Egberto Gismonti - Academia De Danças - EMI-Odeon Fonográfica, Industrial e Eletrônica Ltda 1974
For me, owning a record is the ultimate way of showing my allegiance to the artist. Making the commitment to physically protect it no matter how may times I move it to a new home. It being the largest tangible format, it rewards me with an ever rotating gallery of 1ft ² artwork to display as I listen and learn all I can through the album art and credits. I'm the curator of these sights and sounds in my own home as the historian of my musical experiences. Internet research is an awesome thing but there is no comparing to the presentation a record and artist can give you in the full realized concept of an album. No matter how extensive the story behind every record is, I'm like any addict who is equally obsessed with the ritual, as I am with of the high. .. And I love getting high off vinyl reissues. I like owning an original copy of most anything for its historical significance but often times a reissue has the bonus of ex...