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.
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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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Records, cassettes and 8 tracks.
LOVED the 45s on the little record players with the disc you popped into the middle:)
I grew up with cassettes and CD's. I loved my portable CD player lol. Thanks for this walk down memory lane!
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.)
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.
I grew up with cassettes. Total life changer when CD's came around.
Records, 8 track, then cassette, then cd. Still can't get used to digital downloads.
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!
I grew up in a time of cassette tapes....definitely rocked some Debbie Gibson back in the day! :P
Thanks for visiting! I really enjoyed reading your retro music memories.
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