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I am a big digital advocate, and I didn't buy my turntable myself, I have one because it was a gift. Yet my two year old is fascinated by vinyl in a way that doesn't happen at all with digital music. For some reason, the turning plate producing music makes sense for him, he likes to look at it, and takes more attention to the music being played.

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Four year old me (a guess, don't know the exact age) tried to put on his favorite record all alone and ruined not only the needle but also the record in the process. Haven't thought about this event in decades, first time that hn brought tears to my eyes. Weird mix of long forgotten sadness and nostalgic joy. Birds' voices, with a narrator calmly lecturing the names of the species and probably some small tidbits about the way they live. So much to learn when you are young! Completely devoid of all the "why would I need that" and "ugh, more? really?" that eventually creeps in!

My grandparents had something very similar on cassette... no tidbits even, just, "1234, Greater Spotted Swallow [birdcall]" (the numbers referring to an accompanying book). My sister and I must have spent listened to those two tapes dozens of times.

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