November 3, 2025
Records I’ve owned more than once: Ten Years Together
My parents being of the generation they are, I grew up with this album in the house, of course. Peter, Paul and Mary were actually one of the first concerts I was ever taken to, when I was eight.
I bought myself a copy in college–our debate society’s hall had a turntable, donated or left behind by another alum, so a couple of us bought a few LP’s to have around from one of the record stores downtown, though I don’t actually remember if I found it at Wuxtry or Schoolkids or a sidewalk merchant’s table. I got us that one, and also the Moody Blues’ On the Threshold of a Dream.
And then of course I had to leave it behind when I moved to NYC. I hope it’s being enjoyed there still. I didn’t own a turntable for a long, long time. Money aside, there was just no space.
One year as I was getting ready to leave a friend’s Thanksgiving gathering, already the last person to leave, I noticed that she had a copy, and we put it on, and wound up talking until 3:00 in the morning.
But finally some domestic musical chairs left me with a little extra room, and I spent part of a workshop stipend on a cheap portable turntable from Barnes & Noble, when they’d decided to start carrying music again.
And told myself that whenever I next ran into a secondhand copy of this, I had to buy it.
Which I did a couple weekends ago when I took a little adventure up to Peekskill, NY, on one of my last days off before I started rehearsal for a new show. In a used book and record store called the Bruised Apple.
Yes, it really was $4.50. And it’s in almost perfect condition.
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