In the 1980s (before I joined the army) I used to trawl record fayres (as I think they were called). Beyond the already serious collectors you could buy records labelled ‘played once’ (ie recorded to tape); ’played’ (ie a few times), and ‘worn’ (ie anyone’s guess). The latter were about 25p and those were the ones to go for. At the time that was stuff with a cool cover, so mainly prog rock and speed metal.
I joined the army and gave most of them away.
A few years back my dad loaned* me his records, which had some of mine in there and some from my late aunt’s collection.
It has everything in there from ‘Revolver’ on HorZu to Yes to Johnny Cash to my early Iron Maiden stuff.
It‘s a slice of family history. My dad played ‘Revolver’ when he was a squaddie in Germany ( REME VM ). My late aunt is much missed, and for some reason, handling the record sleeve takes you back to better times, as well as the music.
*They are on loan. Somehow vinyl is always on loan.
So: dunno about comeback. It sounds better, but it has a heritage. A deep heritage.
