Why Vinyl Junkie?

Why indeed.
Well, this is an idea i've been meaning to get around to doing something about for some time now.

I've had a love of music for as long as i can remember and "back in the day" i used to spend a lot of my money on buying vinyl records. Both albums and singles. Didn't we all?
That, of course, has since turned into buying CD's and mp3's. But, as many of us now realise, there is something about vinyl that just can't be replicated by a CD, mp3, cassette, or even an 8 track cartridge. Remember them?

Back in 2009 i made a series of 8 videos (since extended to 9) on YouTube called Vinyl Junkie
In those videos i went through a big box of 45rpm vinyl singles that i still have. During those videos i told stories based around some of the 45's, or about the memories that a particular single brought back to me.
Since then i've been meaning to do something similar, but taking it a single at a time.

Now is that time and this is the result.

So, what do i intend to be doing on this blog?
Well, as mentioned the idea is to take a vinyl 45 single, show a photo, or two of the single and talk a little bit about it. That might be a personal memory, or maybe something about the record label, or band concerned.
I shan't be writing about every single 45 in that box, but just about the more interesting ones. That interest might be regarding the cover art, the colour of the vinyl itself, or the actual purchase of the single.

It will almost be like taking a musical journey back in time. Both for me and maybe for you as well?

One of the great ironies of this journey though, is that i no longer have anything to play all of these wonderful vinyl 45s on. Like many people nowadays, i don't have a turntable.
Maybe this journey will inspire me to change that?

So, where to begin?
At the beginning of course.