When I was about 12 or 13 I took my first trip to our downtown record store - Galaxy Records in Livermore, California. Although I was rather young I did know quite a few of the artists in the store. And I'm not quite sure how I came to decide on the album I did. Maybe it was because he was one of the first rock-and-rollers. The album I got that day was Elvis Presley's Golden Records, which has Hound Dog, Heartbreak Hotel, Don't Be Cruel, Blue Suede Shoes and many other great songs by the King.
I'd just boutht a turntable a couple days before and as I put the needle in the groove and heard those first notes of Hound Dog, I was hooked. Not only on Elvis and Hound Dog but on what would become a great ritual for years to come: the act of gently putting down that needle on the vinyl and hearting that popping noise, now all but gone from today's digital wares. I recently played Elvis' Golden Records and it brought back some great memories of those first few times I operated my new turntable. 
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