# The 'Bad' "Good Old" Days **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-good-old-days/613030 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [February 16, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-good-old-days/613030 "2012-02-16T15:11:44Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 18
### Author: ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni) #### Post date: [February 17, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-good-old-days/613030/18 "2012-02-17T17:44:39Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s like me with vinyl records. I can’t see the point to them. Sure if you had no other options. And maybe if I could hear the difference, like people claim, but I don’t think I could gather any more affection for a vinyl than I could gather for an 8-Track[URL=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=14780315](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=14780315)”] Vinyl albums and even some vinyl singles had cover art, and sometimes some extra goodies. For instance, _Sgt. Pepper_ had a sheet of cut out artwork, and I think it had some other goodies as well. Now, MOST albums didn’t have the extra goodies, but just the cover art on most albums was a great extra. And you just can’t get that level of art goodness on a smaller package, there’s not enough area. Other than that, the later forms of recorded music were more durable. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-good-old-days/613030)._