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It's all songs considered from NPR Music I'm Robin Hilton.

As we enter the holiday season I'm guessing there's a good chance that music will be a big

part of whatever you have planned with your family and friends, dinners, parties, quiet

get-togethers, whatever it may be and for a lot of you that means digging out music that's been played in the family for years

maybe it's something that you discovered from your parents record collection

maybe when you were a kid so on this episode of all songs considered,

Bob Boilin and I share stories from listeners

along with our own memories of the music

handed down from parents.

Hey, come over here to the right hand speaker.

That's right.

Close. Come on, closer. Can you hear me if I whisper in your ear. They're going to

play that tune again over there.

Still, you shouldn't hear much of it over here. That's what we mean by separation.

I'm happy our music.

You're connected to all songs considered. Good morning Mr Hilton.

Good morning Bob how you doing? I'm doing well. So today's show is going to be about

your parents record collection and that little oblique cut will become a little clearer

later on as we progress through our little show today.

And what we've done is we've asked people.

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