This morning I sat in the listening room waiting for my latte to be delivered by my darling husband. By the way, he has nearly mastered the leaf, as you can see. I was so busy snapping photos of said masterpiece and enjoying the fantastic flavor, I didn't realize he put a new album on the turntable. The first song was one I know and love: I've Got this Friend. Such a great sound and I love when I know the words to a piece. It wasn't until song two, which I did not know by heart, that I realized the record playing was not our copy of Barton Hollow. Song two is Kingdom Come from the Hunger Games soundtrack; not what I was expecting. Honestly, the clapping at the end of the songs should have been a dead give away this is a live version...did I mention the coffee?? At this point, I tune in to the music and take note of the fact, it is also an acoustic version. I ask my personal DJ husband "What IS this album?!" He proudly tells me Civil Wars Unplugged VH1. Have I been under a rock? When did it come out? How do I not know about this? I have so many questions. He shushes me. I'm not kidding; there is no talking in the Listening Room, when "someone" is trying to listen. Song three, even more baffling: Portishead's Sour Time. I'm not familiar with the original, but the Civil Wars version is lovely, as is everything they do, so far as I am concerned. Next up all the songs I expect from the Civil Wars: Poison and Wine, Barton Hollow and 20 years. Listening to them repeatedly means I am very familiar with how these songs sound on MP3, which is good, decent. The Barton Hollow album on vinyl is fantastic, but *this* acoustic, unplugged version, on vinyl, is SO...magical, ethereal even. I want to listen to it again tomorrow, that is how much I liked it. It doesn't end there; the last song on the track list is a remake of Billie Jean!!! OMG. I had no idea. I was in complete shock, mouth open for at least the first verse. Just wow. I found the YouTube video for you here. The vinyl is even better, completely superior sound! Definitely my new favorite album.
Our first morning with the Mazzer, we had Kaytie and Cousin Jen over for coffee.
Cousin Jen busted out her long dormant latte art skills, which seemed quite superb to me, but then, you know the latteart I have had in my life recently.
AND Kaytie brought us a gift! She noticed we were missing an album from our collection. So sweet!
I snuck a few shots of Dr T, shh, don't tell. He's quite camera shy lately. Luckily, his defenses were down, not having had his morning cup of jo yet. Heehee.
Great sounding album and eye catching cover art too! *swoon*
Dr T needed a movable cart for his record cleaner. He ordered one online and it arrived today. He stayed up late to put it together. It's absolutely perfect. I'm continually impressed with how resourceful he is. He found it on Bed, Bath and Beyond, it's a kitchen cart sans the handle that would normally go on the side and voila! it's a record-cleaner-cart.
I offered up our entry way closet as a sacrificial lamp to the vinyl gods....the vessel was completely filled. It looks like this on both sides of the closet but I thought this shot was sufficient. Rock On!
Notice the bottom shelf of vinyl...this is what's left to pack that didn't fit in the TEN boxes we bought. I just found out each box holds 100 albums! WHAT? I distinctly remember a conversation with my husband where he said getting a turn table would be so cool, it wouldn't take up much room, and we'd just have our 50 favorite records...someone has a problem counting.
au·di·o·phile (ô'dÄ“-É™-fÄ«l') n. A person having an ardent interest in stereo or high-fidelity sound reproduction. This is only a small portion of Dr T's growing record collection. We usually listen to LPs in the morning while we have our lattes. The audio quality I admit is superior, it's too bad they're not the size of a CD... or an iPod.
Have I been under a rock? When did it come out? How do I not know about this? I have so many questions.
