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I used to scour second hand record shops in London for old vinyl, taped records my friends told me about, and bought all manner of interesting things for pennies. It opened my musical horizons dramatically.
Now, I look at websites, swap recordings electronically with friends, and download things for pennies. Some people even download for free (I've heard).
I am exposed to more music variety now than I was then.
I fondly remember the old days cruising round second hand shops, and near where I live there is a town full of them that I spend a day trawling round every once in a while (although it's all CDs now) and still find things I'd heard of but not tried.
The game's still played, but the rules and the equipment have changed.
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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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