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Without a doubt, it's those strongly amazed and appreciative people who keep vinyl record collecting alive. They are those who had experienced the outward burst of yesterdays technology. Everything from a rainbow plastic shield that covered the television to give the illusion of color, to a stereo sound in base, a voice that make's its way through a one speaker hi-fi system. There's one in particular collector that comes to mind now, my brother Tom. He is the master of yesteryear's tune... with a craving for tomorrows technology! He's the type of person who keeps vinyl alive, turning, and seriously protected. His love of music reflects his passionate desire to preserve it. Vinyl recordings are etched in his heart and soul as a screeching introduction of the past, only to improve and to embark upon tomorrows tunes!

Though vinyl is Tom's first real love, it wasn't long before he turned to CD's as his second in the early nineteen nineties. And for my brother, the collector, this was kinda' like taking on a mistress drenched in gold to let his lady love come to rest. This became his way to preserve her beauty, her grace, her vocals, and her face you might say! Years and hours went into putting his personal collection into alphabetical order and to this day he continues. When the CD phase became increasingly popular, Tom immediately began transferring the sound of yesterday from his vinyl collection to those recycled plastics of today, the CD. The only differences I could see for myself was the size differences of the disc, and the fact that the CD was capable of musical sound on only one side. But then, I was also astonished to learn that more than one song could accommodate the one sided miniature record!

Of course, I was never a high tec person who understood the music makers,i.e records and how the sound came from them, and nor am I today! I've grown up now and I'll admit that I still don't have a clue about any of the contraptions you can listen to music on, except a radio and a turn table, that's about it for me.I remember being at the doctors office a few years back with my teenage daughter setting beside me, and her wearing earphones listening to her CD. After about 45 minutes, off came the ear phones and she just sat there looking bored out of her skin. Immediately I suggested that she "flip the CD" and just keep enjoying her tunes so she'd relax. Well, that was it, unbeknown to me she had plenty to smile about for the rest of that day! I was informed

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