Vanishing Vinyl

You can’t stop progress, and I do admit that compact discs can sound pretty wonderful . . . but surely there is a place for the vinyl record.

I know I am not alone when I ask that the record companies not give up on a format that has been pretty good to them for nearly 45 years.

I get an empty feeling when I think that vinyl albums are almost obsolete; I feel like I’m losing a long-time friend. For me, LP albums are like old baseball cards: There is a sense of history behind every one of them.

CDs and cassettes are now the desired formats in the music industry. It won’t be long before only a few of us Neanderthals are left with only a turntable and our memories of more innocent days.

MARC PLATT

Culver City