Where else can you hear the following phrase come out of an employees mouth (and yes, he’s talking business) “Well, our cat butt buffer is almost gone.”

Our own dear Purchasing Manager.  Yep.  That’s right.  Sergio Bencivenga is back.  Again.  With another music diatribe.  Here goes.  Sergio, take it away:

LISTEN UP!!
I got the BEST secret santa gift ever! 
OK.
My secret santa got me the new Pearl Jam Album (Backspacer) on VINYL! Vinyl! Not CD, Not an iTunes download, but VINYL! I love it!
 

There is something so awesome about going back to the vinyl days. It’s something that all of our kids are going to miss out on (but not my kids, just yours). And that’s a tragedy. The music is…unadulterated – the way it was meant to be. Here, I’ll prove it to you. When you go to a concert, you know why the band you’re listening too sounds so much better live than on their CD or iTunes download?

Times up – cause it’s raw!

It’s not messed with. It’s left alone.  No mixing.  No “oops, can you clean that part up”.  If they mess up, you hear it!  Dirty the guitar riff up a bit?  Yup, you hear that too!  It’s raw, pure, rich, and if the band is any good – freaking awesome. You will never be able to duplicate that sound at home.  But vinyl will get you damn close to it.  Yeah, I know, there’s a bit of clean up here and there with vinyl too, but it’s about as close as you’re going to get to the raw listening pleasure you get from being at a concert. And don’t say “just buy the live cd”, cause it’s not the same!

A vinyl album is a needle on a record – dirty by nature. Pure listening enjoyment if you ask me.

Oh, and you also get the bonus of kicking back and flipping through the gigantic booklet full of album art all while listening to the melody’s bursting out of your speakers. Check it:
 

Ask yourself this:

When was the last time you kicked back and not only listened to the song, but absorbed the album cover, booklet, lyrics, and whatever other goodies came with the album?  Yeah..I thought so, it’s been a while hasn’t it? Vinyl can give you all that and more.
So dust off that old record player and hop on the vinyl band wagon. I promise you won’t be disappointed. 

Trust me. I know. I’m an expert.

I’ll even throw in this bonus: need a Christmas gift idea for that music lover in your life?  Hook’em up with vinyl!  Here are a couple of links to get you started:

Go here.

And here.

And here.

One more here.