Quote Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
I agree with all that except:

Harder to skin up on a CD cover than a 12".

I replaced all my LPs with CDs at uni. But in the first year, we'd put an album on and skin up on it. By the 2nd year, I had a CD multi-changer in my room, but it wasn't the same.

I also miss the waking up to the tssssss-doomp of the needle going round and round at the end of the album.

I do know what you mean about rediscovering all your fave bands.

But I miss the analogue world. The 12" album covers - some of the finest artwork this country has ever produced. The physical feeling of putting the needle on the record and watching it ride those grooves up and down.
And, of course, CDs changed not just the artwork but the art itself. Albums stopped being two sides and became one long list of songs.

The flow of many great albums was disrupted. Born to Run isnt the same without its four corners.