Intro

A few months ago I hatched a plan to go through my entire collection of LPs and listen to them all in order. I've been working on it for a while, mostly on weekends, and have made it through a small chunk of vinyl. It's been great fun, and I've been keeping track of the albums with little write-ups. A new idea popped into my head recently, which is that maybe other people would be interested in banal musings on the records in my collection. Hey, it works for other (to remain nameless) reviewers on the internet, so why not? Anyway, I'm going to post a whole bunch of entries now and then continue as the project goes forward. Before I do, here are the rules I set forth when beginning my quest:

1. I must listen to every 12" record in my collection. Not sure yet whether I'll tackle the 45s.

2. No skipping, unless the record is still sealed and I wish for it to remain so.

3. If I realize after listening to a record that I'm not really into it anymore, it goes to the freecycle pile.

4. I may put the quest on pause if I am entertaining guests who don't want to participate in my quest (e.g., if I happen to have someone over when I reach the Philip Glass section of this endeavor. I don't think it's fair to force that on someone) but I cannot abuse this privilege.

5. I must write at least a little bit about each volume in the collection as I go.

It's pretty simple, and so far it's pretty fun. Here we go!