As somebody whose early childhood memories are firmly established in the 1970s, I grew up in an era when vinyl was the dominant source of personal music collections. Raised in a household with much older[…]
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‘A guest, I answer’d…’ – Vaughan Williams, “Five Mystical Songs”
My recollections of undergraduate school are – like so many other phases of my life – inextricably intertwined with music. I sang in a choir during college, and it was there that I became acquainted[…]
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Warped Memories and Kleptomania: Supertramp, “Breakfast in America”
We all have memories of multitudinous firsts in our lives… first day of school, first date, and so forth. For those of us with a musical inclination, that could also include the first rock album[…]
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