Once upon a time, if your'e 'a certain age', (like the 'ol Loydster for example) the absolute BEST way to listen to your favorite tunes, was to dig through the LP collection, stack up a pile of albums-- and drop the needle on your favorite tracks from each record! Maybe go over to a friend's place and dig through their collection, and do the same thing. Some of my fondest memories, relating to some of my ALL-TIME favorite music / artists, have a LOT to do with just 'hanging out', and listening to music in this 'old-school'-type of way!
To the younger folks, it may seem more like 'work' than fun--- but, trust me--- it was FUN! Not only listening to the GREAT music, but looking at the album covers, reading the liner notes on the record sleeves, and just tapping your feet / bopping your head around (c'mon, we've ALL done that to a song we REALLY dig!), just generally groovin' to the music that was making you SO happy in that moment! No matter WHAT else was happening in your life, for the 3 minutes or so that most of those songs lasted on those LPs, life was pretty good!
Here's a few of my 'go-to ' tunes, that pretty much ALWAYS take me back to those times! Just genuine 'feel good' tracks! Four of them refer to 'shake', shakin'. or having 'the shakes' in their titles! One is just an all-around ROCKIN' instrumental! Let the 'virtual record PARTY' begin!---
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