I dug the old turntable out of the loft months ago and never had the time to dub off any of that precious vinyl… and when I did get round to it I discovered the stylus was missing. I didn’t want to shell out the best part of £100 on one of those USB turntables, so I sent £20 to the Diamond Stylus Company in Wales. A few days later a shiny new stylus arrived.
And I know why vinyl died out. It’s crap. It pops, hisses, clicks and is horribly prone to sibilance. But listening to ‘Glad it’s all over’ by Captain Sensible and ‘The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme’ for the first time in over twenty years put a big stupid grin on my face.