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Record albums as musical media are one of those things I don't really remember except as something my dad had lying around gathering dust below the stereo. Sure, I have a vague recollection of getting a 45 from a friend for my sixth grade birthday (Starship's "We Built This City," possibly one of the worst songs ever, if I remember correctly). But I was more of a cassette kind of girl; klutz that I was, records always struck me as requiring too careful a handling. And by the time I reached seventh grade, my technophilic dad had already bought a CD player for the house, which meant the CD revolution hit before I ever had a chance to get attached to vinyl. So it's not really the
nostalgia factor that makes me such a sucker for old record albums. No,
there's a really simple reason I can't help but flip through the record
bins when I'm out thrift shopping: I like the way that records look. I
love the shiny black vinyl, with all those concentric grooves; I love
the big 12.5" covers, featuring funny hairdos and crazy outfits and
fabulously dated fonts and color schemes. Record albums just look so
much cooler than CDs. This, combined with their dirt-cheap price, makes
those old LPs absolutely perfect for all sorts of fun crafts. record
bowl what you'll need |
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Here, we
offer instructions for two classic record album projects: the record
bowl and the record album box.