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One of the great things about vinyl was the two-sides. The LP really was a perfect medium ... in the sense that the music could actually take you on a journey ... not so much durability.
Good album writers (Pink Floyd; Led Zep; and others) would put a song that ended on side A leaving you in a state of almost hypnosis. There would be this moment of silence while you got up and turned the record over -- then the first song on side B would (usually) just sort of fill the silence. (Good example: Great Gig in the Sky / Money). For an even better experience they'd release double albums (The Wall was probably perfect in it's track order; wish I could say the same about the production).
Tom Petty paid homage to the silence on one of his CDs, "This is the spot where you would normally turn over the record." Or something like that.
I miss the silence. It was euphoric.
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