>And now she loves vinyl like kids did when it first came
>out. Perhaps even more because it's not necessary for hearing the
>music, just a luxury, and because they now mark you as select and cool.
Greil Marcus writes about people in the Appalachians buying records made by friends and relatives who travelled north and recorded in hotel rooms in the early days. They would hang the records on the wall because they didn't have players to listen to them with.