I just spent about a half an hour explaining this mysterious object to one of my students, a college junior or senior:
They were a completely foreign object to him. He was amazed that they had two sides. He was appalled at the notion of fast-forwarding to get to the next song. Rightfully so. The re-usability seemed to be its only redeeming quality. All in all, they just didn’t seem like a decent way to record or distribute music.
He also refused to believe that a record could sound better than a CD or digital file.  I had to explain the whole analog-digital difference.  He had never held a record in his hands, he had only seen them in movies, and had never realized that they could hold information on both sides. Apparently, you never flip a record over in the movies.
It was one of the most fun conversations I’ve had in a long time.
One of my old 8 tracks would blow his mind!
I had to explain 8-tracks and reel-to-reels as well.
Next lesson: VHS and Buzz’s Bathroom Antics.
he had never been in a car with a tape player?
tapes were fazed out in the 90’s, right?
am I that old?
the record thing seems funny to me too… have you been hanging out in the short bus area again?
My car has a tape player though I’m not 100% sure it works.
he’s seen tape players before. Just never used an actual tape.
is he retarded?