Regular readers will probably know me as the one who got really into turntables recently; overhauling my home system (twice!) to make it vinyl-focused and running our annual Vinyl Week celebrations for the past few years.
But my vinyl obsession is really rather recent; it was CDs that I grew up with. Apart from a handful of cassettes from my childhood, my teenage years were dominated by CDs as I graduated from boy bands and pop divas to alt-rock and rap metal, to indie-folk-punk and beyond… CDs were the cornerstone of my musical education and I would pore over the little booklets (with their artwork, lyrics, hidden messages) while listening to my favourite albums on repeat.
