Old Records Never Die

Everyone knows the dude--he's your best friend's dad: graying and paunch prone, but hip to Instagram and savvy with Snapchat. He can't resist reverting to air-guitar mode whenever "Brown Sugar" comes on the radio, but somewhere between the time CDs supposedly replaced albums and the recent vinyl craze (and now even his kids are haunting record stores), he regrettably liquidated his vinyl album collection. As he tries to regain these tokens of his past--and the poignant sagas that accompany them--Ramiz Monsef's perfect everyman voice--resonant with the inflections of old-time political hacks and old-school comedians--couldn't be more well suited to the task. Its air of righteous indignation and seasoned wariness is the perfect vehicle for these vinyl memories. J.S.H. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine