Music is, and always will be, the universal language of the world. Music has this unique power to trigger raw and riveted emotion, even though a thick language barrier. If you do not believe it for yourself, try listening to a song in a different language. Any song will do, and any language will do. Listen to the singer's voice--the vocals they form deep in their lungs and out through the back of their throats. If a song is meant to be haunting, it will haunt you. If it is meant to make you swoon, it will make you swoon, no matter what part of the world it originated from.

Music is also timeless. Music can withstand the tests of time, and make an impact of the lives of many years and years after it was made or produced by the original artist. Look at Mozart or Bach, or even more recent artists like the Beatles or Frank Sinatra. Music is so powerful, making statements and spreading messages to the generations who are to come; however, as time progresses, technology progresses, and therefore the way we listen to music also progresses. There was the phonograph, then the graphophone, then the gramophone, then the vinyl record player, then the cassette came along, followed by the Walkman, CDs, Disc Players, iPods and iPod Touches, and then finally, the modern day cell phone where we can listen to anything, anytime, anywhere.

However, there has been has been a reemerging trend in music, in which record players are making an astounding comeback. Current artists are selling their albums on vinyls again, and record players can be found in almost any store once again. Just look in Kohl's or Urban Outfitters, and you will probably run into one. The question to ask though is, "why are they coming back, and why should music lovers get them?"

One very nostalgic reason is the warmth and fuzziness. Vinyls have a distinct sound of imperfectness, and that gives the records character. Many people crave to know what it was like to listen to music back in the day, or what it was like to listen to your favorite old time artist during their prime. Having a record player not only gives you an indication of what it was like to listen to music during different times, but it takes you back in time through its authentic and original sound.

If you love older artists like "Pink Floyd," "The Beatles," "The Rolling Stones," Frank Sinatra, etc. It is best to listen to that material on the format that it was originally created for. Many albums released back in the day, because it was so hard to listen to specific individual track at a time (lifting the stylus, and sometimes scratching the vinyl by dropping it), that artists made their tracks transition into each other at the end of each song. One prime example of this is the last four songs of "Abbey Road" by "The Beatles."

Music is magical, now, then, tomorrow and forever, but if you let music whisk you into the past through a vinyl player, you will never forget it or regret it. It is truly an experience that every music lover should experience.