Don’t think twice, it’s all right. The following set of questions require nothing more than your gut answers. There’s no right or wrong answer, but some answers may be correct. What’s most important is that you answer. Are you ready? Let’s roll!
Name an album you frequently dismiss or lampoon, despite the fact that you have never heard it!
Excepting your own band’s releases or releases you have recently received as a critic, do you own any unopened albums or CDs?
Have you ever purposely placed a certain lp at the front of a stack minutes before rock-nerd company arrives, you know, to impress them? Similarly, have you ever filed away an album that you’d rather not have your company find sitting in front of your stereo?
Honestly, do you get the slightest charge out of an lp’s surface noise?
What’s your favorite record that’s set at the “wrong” speed (ie, a 7-inch at 33 1/3 rpm or an lp at 45 rpm)?
What’s the first lp you remember buying with your own money?
What’s your favorite record label – not as in “record company” but the sticker on the record itself, be it a 45 or an lp. The graphics on a CD itself will be allowed as an answer only if you’re younger than 40.
Have you ever worn a record sleeve on your head, Pope’s mitre-style?
Whatever you do, please don’t…
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