The Vinyl Countdown # 1429

Count Basie, The Legendary Count Basie (1982)

When we first got a CD player (c.1990) mum and dad were suddenly so excited about buying music again – they stormed into stores and snapped up things they’d had on vinyl and given away or worn out (or both). The also bought loads of things – in that first great wave of CDs – that they had never owned on vinyl…