A couple of weeks ago, I went to a friend of a friend's place for a Christmas party, where he had the most amazing audio setup in his house - thousands of vinyl

A couple of weeks ago, I went to a friend of a friend's place for a Christmas party, where he had the most amazing audio setup in his house - thousands of vinyls and a high end turntable and amplifiers, with state of the art speakers all around the room. He tasked me with being the 'DJ' for the night and pick any album and spin it on the turntable, which I eagerly did. Grabbing those album covers, reading the jackets and the inside sleeves etc. just brought back to me how much fun it was doing the same back in the 80's. Not to mention the sheer happiness and memories just seeing some of the cover art could bring back. People across the room would see me pull down an album from the shelf and run up to me screaming "Oooh, I remember that one!! Play track 4 on the 'B' side - that was the song playing when I experienced my first kiss..." etc. Something about that tri fold combination of audio, visual and touch with vinyl that made the experience a whole lot more deeply immersing. Plus the added bonus of discovering hidden gems on the 'B' side of most albums. Cassettes on the other hand? Other than making my own mixtapes for my friends, I always found the cassette experience a PITA.