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skye said
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Hi! I’m a 14 year old (will be 15 the 2nd of September) Norwegian boy who loves the Beatles. I got interested in Beatles because of my dad. I remember finding his mini disc player with pre-recorded Beatles songs. I remember laying in bed while listening to “I Am The Walrus ”, and imagining me sitting on a cornflake (which I thought was weird). And then there was We Can Work It Out . Maybe my earliest memory of the Beatles. I loved and still love that song, but I didn’t know what the name of the song was(it did not say in the screen, because ha had not put any title)! I know, it’s pretty obvious that it’s We Can Work It Out , because they sing it all the time, but I didn’t know that much English. That’s one of the wonderful feelings about music, where you like a song that much, but you don’t know the name, so you go on a long quest to find out. I didn’t want to ask my dad because (I don’t remember). Sooo everyday after that, I took my dads iPod and began listening to the Beatles. I have not jumped into the pool of different songs yet, so I was just listening to for example let it be or Hey Jude .

Later, when my family visited my grandma and grandpa, I fell in love with the vinyl format. I had a little bit of experience before that (it was just putting on a Swedish record called “mor sjunger”, which my grandma liked), but when I looked through her collection, I found the compilation album: The Beatles Rock And Roll Music . It was sooo cool! My grandma said that I could have it, so I took it to the nest destination: our cabin (it was summer break I think, so we had a lot of time). Every day, when I woke up, I took the big black discs out and studied them. It was this big mystery about this band with all the old songs. 
And then it was time to go home. AND I FORGOT THE RECORD. I know it’s weird that you can forget a thing that you care about so much and wondering how it’s going to sound. But either way, when I got home I went on the local used market (it’s on the internet. Finn.no.) and found a record player for 30$. My mom said that I could have it with her money, so we went and bought it. I already had speakers, and I hooked it up to my CD player (without grounding, so when I turned up the volume it was a LOT of this buzzing sound). And after that I went out and asked all my neighbors if they have any records. And then I came to the last neighbor which was a record collector (I did not know that!), and he gave me a kool and the gang record. Yes he gave me it and I was so happy because it was my first (and second) record in mint condition :)). I went home and played it. A LOT. 
And then a bit time after that we went to my grandmothers cabin (they did not have a record player at that place). One day we went to a place called “marknad” which means market. There my dad bought – little bit overpriced Beatles records (I didn’t know anything about how much they should cost), but it was okay (not that much more expensive). So the albums he bought for me was: the White Album , Past Masters , revolver and Pink Floyd the wall (not original pressings, except for Past Masters ). When I got home (to their cabin) again, I found the pictures of the four Beatles. I was so happy because the guy at the marked said that it wasn’t complete (I didn’t know that the White Album was supposed to come with a poster, so the guy was right) but there it had the pictures, in the middle of the sleeve inside. 

So we went home and after going to my grandmothers place (not cabin so they had a record player) AGAIN, it just took off. I went to my first visit of a record store and bought Abbas Waterloo and the Beatles in Hamburg for a dollar each. I also took home moms records (Michael Jackson dangerous and off the wall and madonnas I’m breathless) And that’s the weekend I switched from spending all my pocket money on games, to records. I got a new turntable for Xmas (at-120X USB), so now I could trust my record player. And oh, I almost forgot: before Xmas I went to my grandpas place, and he liked the same music as me. There, from his collection, I took home a rare norwegian Paul McCartney single (I take GOOD care of my records. Also at that time, because then records was so exclusive and rare for me), Give My Regards To Broad Street , record two of the Red Album (the rest of it was lost and still is) and Venus And Mars . Later I got a deal with him that I could take 10 records from his collection every time I’m there (he has a really good collection from the 70’s. All from the red and the blue albums to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin).

Now I listen to the Beatles every day, both streaming and records (mostly records). If you want to see my collection, here is the link: will post it separately because it won’t work (I don’t have that many records, but the collection is growing fast! Remember I have not collected records for even a year yet.).