2026 - Vinyl Records Revival — where memories come alive again 📀📀

Holding history in his hands — Ching Neng Bin with the 1958 classic Elvis' Golden Records. 👑

Earlier this year, while doing some spring cleaning in an old cupboard, we stumbled upon a forgotten treasure — my parents’ Long Play records from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Dusty sleeves, slightly worn covers, but still carrying the quiet dignity of another era.

Holding them in my hands felt like holding time itself. These were the songs that filled our home long before playlists and streaming existed. Music that played during family gatherings, quiet evenings, and ordinary days that are now precious memories.

So we decided to bring them back to life. We bought an Audio-Technica turntable, and when the needle first touched the vinyl, that gentle crackle before the music began sent chills down my spine. It wasn’t just sound — it was nostalgia spinning at 33⅓ RPM. In that moment, the past didn’t feel so far away. Some things are never truly lost. Sometimes, they’re just waiting in an old cupboard to be heard again. 🎶💿


1958 - Elvis Presley's Golden Records Volume 1 (original US release).

1959 - Arthur Murray’s Music for Dancing (RCA Victor LSP-2155)

1959 - Connie Francis – Country & Western Golden Hits (original recording) 


1959 - Mitch Miller and The Gang – Folk Songs Sing Along with Mitch 


1960 - It's Party Time A Go Go


1961 - Cliff at 21.


1962 - The Best of The Kingston Trio (original compilation) 


1962 - Victor Silvester and His Silver Strings – Waltzes of Johann Strauss 


1963 - Big Ben Hawaiian Band – On the Beach at Waikiki (UK Columbia) 


1963 - Ray Price / Various – Greatest Country and Western Hits No. 4 


1963 - The Blue Danube – A Johann Strauss Festival, Performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra, Conducted by Eugene Ormandy.

1963 - The Brothers Four – The Big Folk Hits 


1964 - Big Ben Hawaiian Band – Hits Hawaiian Style 


1964 - Glenn Yarbrough – One More Round 


1964 - The Best of Jim Reeves 


1964 - Los Indios Tabajaras - Always In My Heart


1965 - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass – !!Going Places!!


1965 - Joan Baez – Farewell, Angelina


1965 - Nat King Cole – Sings His Songs from Cat Ballou and Other Motion Pictures


1965 - Al Hirt – The Best of Al Hirt 


1965 - The Sound of Music – Original Soundtrack 


1965 - Non Stop Dancing 


1966 - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass – What Now My Love 


1966 - José Feliciano – Fantastic Feliciano 


1966 - Ray Conniff – Somewhere My Love and Other Great Hits 


1966 - Ray Conniff, His Singers, His Orchestra, His Sound


1966 - The New Christy Minstrels – Greatest Hits 


1966 - Chet Atkins


1967 - 黑飛龍 Hark Fei Loong Hei Fei Long – 城賭見再


1968 - Connie Francis – Connie & Clyde (Hit Songs of the Thirties) 


1967 - Simon Junior – 15 Greatest Hits 


1968 - The American Breed – Pumpkin, Powder, Scarlet & Green 


1968 - The Melodians – 12 Golden Instrumental Hits 


1968 - 凌云 (Rita Chao) & 樱花 (Sakura Teng) – 家喻户晓 (Talk of the Town) 


1968 - Organ Freakout


1969 - Al Martino - Spanish Eyes

1970 - SAKURA

1970 - Rita Chao 凌雪 (Ling Xue)


1970 - 张小英 (Chang Siao Ying) – 张小英之歌第一集 (Songs Vol. 1) 


1970 - 楊小萍 (Yang Xiao Ping) – 品大拉台牌


1970 - 難忘名曲 第三辑


1971 - Carole King – Tapestry 


1971 - Charlie & His Boys – The Enemy Vol. 6


1971 - Studio 70 Orchestra – Jesus Christ Superstar (Singapore)


1971 - Popular Music in Hong Kong – 香港名曲音樂 


1971 - Title: 世界唯一 口琴進行曲音樂 Artist: 湯勝雄 神奇演奏

1971 - 优雅 (Yu Ya) – 优雅之歌 (LFLP 212)


1971 - 邓丽君 (Teresa Teng) – 最新流行福建歌曲特辑


1971 – Michael Nesmith


1972 - Bee Gees – Tour Souvenir (Singapore)


1972 - Bert Kaempfert – His Greatest Hits (Polydor compilation)


1972 - Bread – Baby I'm-A Want You


1972 - Ervinna, Charlie & His Boys Vol. 7 (White Cloud EALP-148L)


1972 – Frances Yip’s Target Hits


1972 – Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel


1973 - Burt Bacharach's Greatest Hits


1973 - Carpenters – The Singles 1969–1973


1973 - Wally Whyton’s Party Playtime (Pickwick PLC 7019)


1973 – Charlie Rich


1974 - Juliet Lau (劉美萍) & Pang Fei (龐飛) – Vol. 3 (GWO GL-270)


1974 - Ronnie Aldrich – The Way We Were


1974 - 李逸 (Lee Yee) – Vol. 3 (LFLP 435)


1975 - Andy Williams – The Other Side of Me


1975 - Helen Reddy – Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits


1976 - Ervinna & The SAS Group – Favourite Hits Vol. 2


1976 - Ervinna & Charlie & His Boys – Open Hello of 20th Century Vol. 7 


1976 - The album “Tees-Side Echoes – The Life of the Tees… The Story of a River”.


1977 – Tom Jones


1978 - Anne Murray – Let's Keep It That Way


1978 - Eric Clapton – Backless


1978 - Pete Tex – I Love Sax


1978 - 邓丽君 (Teresa Teng) – 一封情书 (A Love Letter)

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In 2026, vinyl isn’t just making a comeback — it’s reclaiming its throne.

From the warm crackle before the first note to the ritual of lowering the needle, records offer something streaming never can: presence. Listening becomes intentional. You don’t skip. You sit. You feel.

Albums like Elvis' Golden Records by Elvis Presley remind us that music was once experienced as a complete journey — artwork in your hands, liner notes to read, songs flowing side A to side B.

In a world of instant everything, vinyl slows us down. It reconnects us to analog sound, to nostalgia, to memories shared across generations. Parents pass down records. Children discover music the way it was first heard — rich, textured, alive.

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