I love the sound of spinning vinyl. But, sadly, I have to go to my parent's house to listen to records.

Swanky people make non-sensical statements like "Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass? They rock!" :rolleyes:

Yes, Mattertransference Fan, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass do rock. But more importantly, they are swanky.

Trivia question for vinyl afficianados:

On average, how many grooves are there on a one side of a typical LP record?

Typically one - but I do have a 3-sided Monty Python record that features 2 grooves on one side.

DING DING DING! Geek alert!:fej:

Oooh! I have a record player. It used to be my dad's. It weighs about a million pounds and is officially called a "portable stereo." The turntable folds up into the case and the speakers hook on to the sides of the case.

I have a record player..in fact I paid a lot of money for a really nice Onkyo one. I even have some great old Disney records like the story book record of Mary Poppins and such.

Dadgumit. Yet another tool of swank, my record player, packed away in a box somewhere. :(

Wheee! I had that three-sided Monty Python album way back when. (The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief) I have the same album on CD now, but it used to be a real freaky thing to set the needle down twice on the same side and get two different things. It used to baffle my friends.

Speaking of multi-grooved records, MAD Magazine once included a flexible vinyl record in one of their Super Special issues. It featured a really dumb little song ("It's a Super Spectacular Day") The first minute or so was the same every time you played it, but the last part of the record could branch off onto one of twelve different endings. (All of them very brief.) Unfortunately, this meant you had to listen to this inane little tune many many times to hear all of the different options. (There was no way to select which one you would get, it was just a random chance of whichever groove your needle decided to take.) By the tenth play-through, I gave up and never put that damn thing on again.