You can listen to any genre of music at the touch of a button and gain access to millions of albums. I long to go back to the days when you had to hunt for your preferred music and artists especially if your tastes were not mainstream. There were many shops you could visit and browse through the racks and sometimes you were lucky and sometimes not. It was the thrill of the chase.
If you were looking for new music there were Samplers which put me on to a lot of artists I didn't know and were cheap and fun to listen to. There were stores that specialised in deletions often stuff from the US, one particular shop was The Slipped Disc in Clapham Junction. I spent a lot of money there and had a ball listening to Jazz and Soul artists on 45 and LP for very little money.
FOPP were good for hunting sessions and had a lot of artists that you would not find in HMV or Our Price. Remember Harlequin Records they were good too IMO. When Tower Records first appeared they had a massive range of stuff but you had to go on a hunt.
When streaming I find myself jumping around listening to part tracks and then moving on. For me it's all too easy and not as satisfying as it was, but sadly the old days are gone and one can only look back with nostalgia and maybe blurry rose coloured spectacles.
If you were looking for new music there were Samplers which put me on to a lot of artists I didn't know and were cheap and fun to listen to. There were stores that specialised in deletions often stuff from the US, one particular shop was The Slipped Disc in Clapham Junction. I spent a lot of money there and had a ball listening to Jazz and Soul artists on 45 and LP for very little money.
FOPP were good for hunting sessions and had a lot of artists that you would not find in HMV or Our Price. Remember Harlequin Records they were good too IMO. When Tower Records first appeared they had a massive range of stuff but you had to go on a hunt.
When streaming I find myself jumping around listening to part tracks and then moving on. For me it's all too easy and not as satisfying as it was, but sadly the old days are gone and one can only look back with nostalgia and maybe blurry rose coloured spectacles.