Come Sail Away

Driving home, I blasted and sang along with Styx’s “Come Sail Away” on KLOS FM radio through my old car’s speakers. Then listened to the 2012 rerecorded version off my computer’s equalized speakers. Even though the new version is near identical to the original and uses more modern recording equipment, I still like the original version–the Licorice Pizza, might-as-well-be monophonic, with just enough lack of clarity so you can make up your own words version. That version is a significant inner ring in my life’s cross-section.

I miss vinyl. I miss TEAC turntable needles. I miss analog. I miss spending a whole day simply listening to one album.