Thursday, November 5, 2015

Throwback Thursday - Records, Cassettes, 8-Tracks, or CDs: What Did You Grow Up With?

Music has been a big part of my life since childhood.   My parents felt the same way, and I grew up with music as a source of real happiness.  It still is for me.

Did you grow up with vinyl records (45's and LPs)?  I had records as a child - both kiddie records (Disney music, etc.) and 45's of favorite songs.  I played them on a little portable record player in my bedroom and in our basement while I rollerskated.  My parents also had a hi-fi stereo with a fabulous record collection.  They loved jazz (including big band), classic pop, the Rat Pack, Broadway musicals, and Christmas music.  This is all music from my childhood, and I love it to this day.



Did you have 8-tracks?  I never had an 8-track player, although I remember them in friends' cars!


Or did you grow up with cassettes (both the purchased ones and, of course, mixtapes too)?   I loved cassettes, and especially making mixtapes.  I went to an urban university and listened to a Sony Walkman on the subway and as I walked downtown to classes.  Cassettes remind me of my college years.


If you are young, maybe you grew up with CDs?   Even in this age of digital music, I still love CDs and have a bunch of them.  Of course, I especially love retro music on CDs!




How about you?  What are your music memories?   I'd love to hear from you in the comments, below.

11 comments:

Unknown said...

Talk about a walk down memory lane! I grew up with cassettes and CDs. My husband and I were talking the other day about how attached we both were to the walkman LOL.

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kim hansen said...

Records, cassettes and 8 tracks.

Kim said...

LOVED the 45s on the little record players with the disc you popped into the middle:)

Danielle said...

I grew up with cassettes and CD's. I loved my portable CD player lol. Thanks for this walk down memory lane!

Kati Rose @ Constantly Seeking Wonder said...

I grew up with a little bit of everything! Tapes were big when I was fairly young and then I remember it being the coolest thing when I got a portable cd-player and cds. But when I became a teenager I stumbled upon my mom's record collection and starting playing around with those before it became a big trend again. Only to see Mp3s and iPods take effect. (I also had the totally 90s clip-bits which played grainy 30 seconds of songs, but boy was that cool in 1996.)

Shann Eva said...

I totally used to roller skate in our basement too!! My favorite record was either The Jazz Singer from Neil Diamond or The Wizard of Oz soundtrack. Oh! And Grease.

sabrina said...

I grew up with cassettes. Total life changer when CD's came around.

me _imperturbe said...

Records, 8 track, then cassette, then cd. Still can't get used to digital downloads.

Unknown said...

This takes me back awhile!!!!!! Love music - and I am OLD - so especially 70's and 80's music! We had real albums and 8-track and then cassettes!

Annmarie said...

I grew up in a time of cassette tapes....definitely rocked some Debbie Gibson back in the day! :P

Birdhouse Books said...

Thanks for visiting! I really enjoyed reading your retro music memories.