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<p>PLAINS TWP. &#8211; Hundreds of people gathered at The Woodlands Inn on Sunday for a celebration of old-school sounds recorded on old-school media.</p><p>The NEPA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Record and CD Fair brought 25 dealers to the venue &#8211; offering thousands of records and CDs from multiple genres.</p><p>Sam Frankelli, from Bear Creek, has been coming to the event for several years, and said, for vinyl lovers, it doesn&#8217;t get any better.</p><p>&#8220;Country, punk, heavy metal, blue grass,&#8221; Frankelli, &#8220;It all sounds betters on vinyl.&#8221;</p><p>Frankelli&#8217;s friend Brian Pizzano, said the two had recently been talking about how vinyl was better in a variety of ways.</p><p>&#8220;It has a warmer sound,&#8221; Frankelli sad.</p><p>Frankelli&#8217;s said one of his most memorable purchases at the fair was last year when he bought an Aerosmith album for $1.</p><p>At that same Fair, Frankelli said he also bought another album for $40.</p><p>&#8220;You get some good buys,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and others are more expensive.&#8221;</p><p>Both men have quality turntables and were looking forward to listening to their purchases later in the day.</p><p>Jack Skutnik, from Binghamton, N.Y., who has been organizing the event since 1993, said vendors were offering recordings from the early 1900s through today.</p><p>&#8220;Early in the 1900s they listened on 78s,&#8221; he said, referencing a type of record produced following the use of cylinders on old-school phonographs.</p><p>Among the favorites offered were classic rock and sports-themed albums.</p><p>But, Skutnik said the appeal was broad and across generations.</p><p>&#8220;From Bach to rock, from pop to punk,&#8221; he said.</p><p>Joe Joyce, from Scranton, bought a Baltimore Colts album and several comedy albums from Skutnik.</p><p>&#8220;I like to buy rare stuff,&#8221; he said, &#8220;anything, special quirky.&#8221;</p><p>Tom Konopka, a vendor at the fair, said many people who &#8220;dumped&#8221; record albums in the 90s are now trying to buy the same albums back.</p><p>Konopka said the vinyl market is fluid with customer preferences changing regularly.</p><p>For those that missed the sale, Skutnik said the event will once again return to the Wyoming Valley in March.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Organizer and vendor Jack Skutnik chats with Joe Joyce, of Scranton, about a Baltimore Colts album at the Wilkes-Barre Record and CD Fair at The Woodlands Inn in Plains Township on Sunday. Skutnik said entire sports seasons were once recorded on vinyl and were now a favorite f customers. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/web1_20191124_120521.jpg</photo0><caption0>Organizer and vendor Jack Skutnik chats with Joe Joyce, of Scranton, about a Baltimore Colts album at the Wilkes-Barre Record and CD Fair at The Woodlands Inn in Plains Township on Sunday. Skutnik said entire sports seasons were once recorded on vinyl and were now a favorite f customers. </caption0><photoCredit0>Geri Gibbons | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/web1_20191124_121220.jpg">
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<div class="neCaption">Alex Krist, from Dunmore, attended the Wilkes-Barre Record and CD Fair for the first time on Sunday in Plains Township. He and his wife, Jennifer, often go to different record shops across the area to seek out vinyl favorites. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/web1_20191124_120940.jpg</photo2><caption2>Alex Krist, from Dunmore, attended the Wilkes-Barre Record and CD Fair for the first time on Sunday in Plains Township. He and his wife, Jennifer, often go to different record shops across the area to seek out vinyl favorites. </caption2><photoCredit2>Geri Gibbons | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Geri Gibbons</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach the Times Leader newsroom at 570-829-7242 or on Twitter @TLnews.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Record and CD Fair draws a crowd