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The Ritual

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Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #399,
using the word “groove”. In 75 words, this is my story.

There’s nothing like the sound of an LP playing on the stereo.

Choosing the perfect record is like selecting your first dish pattern as a newly-married couple. As soon as you slide out the right album, it’s like Dio singing.

Center the album on the turntable’s spindle, raise the arm, carefully place the needle in the groove. Embrace the magic.

The music-making ritual can never be replaced by turning a knob or clicking a link.

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75 Words

This is “Come Together” by the Beatles

Weekend Writing Prompt #399 – Groove

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35 thoughts on “The Ritual”

  1. Excellent use of the word, when I first started reading I thought you’d use it in a different way. I agree, I miss turning and touching buttons instead of clicking a link or swiping things! 😭

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      1. I had to give mine up when I got divorced. I just didn’t have room for them when I moved into a flat, and even my large CD collection rarely gets played these days. Streaming is easy and I’ve found it a good way of building another collection for very little cost.

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  6. Ah vinyl! I remember the crackle of sound from an album played often, the “extra” becoming a essential part of the songs themselves, and the awkwardness of slipping the disk from its cardboard sleeve and holding by its edges to avoid the dreaded finger-smudges.

    Vivid nostalgia and great song!

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    1. Vinyl’s back, baby! I’ll never forget the shock when I saw that a friend of ours inserted the dust cover (which held the album) into the album jacket with the opening AT THE TOP as opposed to the side. No chance of the record falling out. Brilliant! Fingerprints were the bane of our existence. We’d blow the dust off the vinyl or use a little brush as the record slowly spun around.

      I’m in the mood for a little vinyl right now! Thanks, Liz! Glad you enjoyed the ink and the tune.

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  10. Wow!!! A great answer to keep us all groovin’ another day. I feel the emotion of this and know it is a dying tradition as people today don’t have time to dust an album off and spin it. Also a great video to close, well don Nancy.

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