My Dad had a collection of old 78's of the Great Caruso and other great opera singers of that era,it is hard to believe there is not a scratch on them they are still in the original covers and they are all shiny and new looking as he looked after them like treasure, my brother has them now although he cant play them they have great sentiment to all of us in our childhood days and beyond

For Cosi and Issy and any other Londoners - were your family parties a bit like this?

Love the one 5.26 in - it was a real family favourite

My vinyl collection was stolen in a burglery didn't care about the dvd player and stereo-gram! Gutted, had them all in those protective plastic sleeves which you could buy. And also stored in easy to carry (and therefore rob) record cases They didn't touch my GF's of the time as the messy cow had them shoved on a shelf. All those memories - gone, from my Dexy's Midnight Runners to the Specials, from my Marrillion albums to my rare Stone Roses 12" of 'Tell me' all gone..
Used to love the old covers, often a piece of art, the lyrics printed and even secret messages from the band scratchd onto the inner bit of vinyl. Ah well lol