"I've never stopped listening to vinyl." | was really disappointed when the CDs came out because I didn't like the way they sounded.

So much was lost with CDs, and then with MP3s, they took away much of the depth, all panoramic quality in three-dimensional, or even five-dimensional audio experience. So cool to see the revival of vinyl.

Besides sound, there is the touch experience, the art, the notes you can read without using a magnifying glass, and the act of putting on an album.

"It's a charming little ritual I never tire of." - Jimmy Page.

ETTA JAMES.

January 25, 1938 - Etta James born Jamesetta Hawkins was a Black American singer was born in Los Angeles, CA, on this date in 1938.Her style spanned a variety of music genres including blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, gospel and jazz. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as "Roll With Me, Henry", "At Last", "Tell Mama", "Something's Got a Hold on Me", and "I'd Rather Go Blind" for which she wrote the lyrics.

James is regarded as having bridged the gap between rhythm and blues and rock and roll, and is the winner of six Grammys and 17 Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Grammy Hall of Fame in both 1999 and 2008.

Rolling Stone ranked James number 22 on their list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time and number 62 on the list of the 100 Greatest Artists. In 1989, the newly formed Rhythm and Blues Foundation included James in their first Pioneer Awards for artists whose "lifelong contributions have been instrumental in the development of Rhythm & Blues music".

The following year, 1990, she received an NAACP Image Award, which is given for "outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts"; an award she cherished as it "was coming from my own people.” (Brazil Lovers - Guru Cantik).