Once again my Dads birthday is here, and once again I have NO idea what it is I should get him. Another tie? Another pair of socks? We both are sick of the same old presents, the siblings are going for them, because they are safe, but I want to get him something different, something original that he will actually appreciate not just look at once and add to the pile at the bottom of the wardrobe.



I end up trawling the internet, trying to find a really exciting gift; absolutely nothing is catching my eye, until I start looking down the road of music. Now I could get him some more CD's but I don't know what new stuff he is into, and he has all of the oldies. I decided I should go and have a look through his record collection to get an idea of the music he is interested in.

As I was sorting through the dusty vinyls and tapes I realize he never listens to this stuff anymore, and not through choice we just don't have the technology to play them. Record and tape players have been replaced by CD plays, MP3 players and iPods, the only time you will see a record player nowadays is in front of a DJ. Maybe I should buy him a record player? Too expensive… maybe there might be a way that I could possibly download all these songs and put them onto CDs?

Once again I'm searching through cyberspace, and I come across a nearby recording studio that will take all of the old vinyls and tapes and put them onto CD for me, perfect! So I chose a select few that I knew where his favorites shook away the dust and bagged them up.

The next day I made my way down to the recording studio to enquire about this service and how much I need to fork out for it. My music was taken by the nice recording studio worker and I was instructed to come back the next day to collect my new CDs! My brother and sister were hounding me about what I was getting him, my smug look told them that it was something pretty good but I wouldn't spill, their presents were obviously not going to be as good as mine!

In the morning I wandered down to the recording studio to collect the music, they were all copied and set out ready and waiting for me. They had even created me a front cover for all of them wishing my dad a happy birthday! The original vinyl and tapes were also returned as good as new, and I made my way back home to wrap up my excellent birthday present.

My dads face when he opened my gifts and saw what his presents were was a picture. It was so nice to finally get him something that he really did appreciate and he was excited to receive. He spent all day listening to all the songs that bring back great memories and he was so happy to finally be able to listen to his favorite songs again. The present was definitely worth it and the recording studio did such a good job, to produce a high quality original birthday present, and save me and my pocket from downloading all the songs I have already got available.