Vinyl Obsession

When I was young, my bedroom was a hodgepodge mess of random things hanging from the walls. One of these items was an old vinyl record with Strawberry Shortcake on it. As a five-year-old, this was the coolest thing in the world. None of my friends were cool enough to have a vintage Strawberry Shortcake record hanging in their bedrooms. As I got older, my fascination with the Strawberry Shortcake record faded; however, I developed a fascination with the 1960’s. That included a fascination with record players and vinyl records. My family did not have a record player; however, my mom had saved some of her 45’s in an ice cream bucket and when I discovered those, it began my collection of records. I began scouring antique stores for records that I could add to my collection and my collection steadily grew. In the past few years my collecting has slowed down considerably. I still enjoy looking at records in antique stores, but I’m much more selective now when buying records. Last year I went through all the 45’s and vinyl records that I have and made an excel document so that I could figure out how many records I actually have in my collection. The final count came to 73 albums and 126 45’s. When I was in middle school my parents bought me a record player and I now have my record player and records proudly on display in my room. Few things beat the sound of vinyl on a rainy day. It’s definitely a collection that I have enjoyed having.

A glimpse at my collection

My Strawberry Shortcake record