Britny Fox - Self Titled - Columbia Records 1988
Despite this blog being about vinyl, my first musical format as a kid was nothing but cassettes. They were as integral as vinyl is to me today. It's the format everyone had in 1988. It was the only portable way to listen to music. With vinyl basically out the door at that time and CD's soon to put cassettes on the same tombstone as vinyl. The only record I vividly remember my mom buying and owning was the "We Are The World" 45 rpm 7" when it was released in 1985 when I was 5. I remember that record being in our house far more than the memory of any record player itself. My dad's records were all apparently stored away before I was probably born at my grandmother's house until they were magically rediscovered around some time in my early high school years. There were probably 50 records in that collection and with most things pop music related, I have a bizarre memory of remembering which titles he owned especially when I see them at record stores now...
