We not only love the sound and like you said the crackle but to hold something tangible in your hand and the art work that goes into them is amazing.
We have a fair few special ones from world record store days when we have queued from super early in the cold in hope of something rare.
I rarely have music on because I’m writing if I’m not crafting and music scrambles the bit of my brain needed for writing. I tend to have three to six shows at any one time that will go on in the background with the volume quite low and be run through from beginning to end a few times on repeat before my brain allows my to switch to another one (an apparently common trait in neurodivergent people).
The current selection is Vox Machina, Daria, Red Dwarf, Big Bang Theory, Porridge, and The Young Ones.
I’m very dull I’m afraid, I work mostly in silence unless the window is open and I can here the birds chirping, or my old cat ‘chatting’ to me.
I do love music (I’ve very eclectic taste) but I find I’m really not listening when I’m painting or drawing, I just seem to get lost in what I’m doing to be honest.
Went to one of their concerts in Colmar, France, back in 2008 I think, and while I was still living in Greece, went to see Tarja Turunen. Both brilliant, I am not up to date with them though.
I always have the radio on, for the music but also to mask out any little irritating noises, the dripping tap sort of noises.
Absolute, Smooth, Radio 2, sometimes a pod cast but stguggle to find them.
Another vote for rock and metal - usually Planet Rock if I’m drawing!
As I get older, I am more comfortable with silence. If I listen to anything it’s audio books and podcasts. My favourites are Jane and Fi and The Rest is Entertainment plus some sewing ones.
Oh how brilliant, we havn’t seen them live yet,
We saw Within temptation last year and Tarja joined them for a few songs, it was a lovely surprise.
Yesterday played a bit of Led Zep, just felt in the mood. Years and years ago at the Surrey rag week and they turned up unannounced and played about 6 songs, fantastic.
The other group, have also seen live, are The Moody Blues brilliant.
Fleetwood Mac, Led Zep and quite a few others used to decamp to Headley Grange to write, play and chill.
What an amazing surprise! Shame there are no radio stations with this sort of music though, had a hard disk with hundreds of songs back in Greece, it was all left there, so it’s down to google to entertain me now 
Usually the sound of my hammer hitting metal 
Or one of a few stations on the ‘I Heart Radio’ app where I stream in a couple different USA radio stations … mostly playing classic rock (mind you - this is pretty much any music prior to 2000 – but I do miss when it was just music from the 60s/70s – weird to hear Metallica and GnR on those stations )
~ Little1
I love listening to audio books on the library app “Libby” and am currently working my way through Faith Martin’s novels. Libby a great app and it’s free - like your local library. I used to subscribe to Audio, but thought it was quite expensive as you bought the book, but with Libby you just borrow it and return it once you’ve listened to it. They do normal reading books as well as audio so well worth checking it out if you love reading!
Yesterday Windsor of the Derby.