We now have "state of the art" record-players with usb connections and all the software to copy from our old vinyl pushed upon us.

My wife bought me one of these USB turntables for my birthday with the intention of getting some priceless vinyl onto CD-R, but six months on & all it's done is re-awakened my love of playing vinyl. Not one transfer, but many happy hours enjoying some of the most wonderful vinyl ever pressed - Codex Gluteo by Atrium Musicae de Madrid, Versalii Icones by Peter Maxwell Davies & the Fires of London, Bonny Bunch of Roses by Seamus Ennis, The Singing Molecatcher of Morayshire by John MacDonald, Won't You Go My Way? by Peter Bellamy, Times & Traditions for Dulcimer by Roger Nicolson, Jake Walton & Andrew Cronshaw, an original yellow label Bakey copy of the first Backdoor album... I dare say some of this has made it onto CD, but I'm sure the music loses its soul in the process. My dream remains to spin a vinyl copy of And Now it is So Early...