I've been reading and posting in the 'Your top ten albums' thread and noted that, for the most part, poster seemed to be in their 50s to 70s - the OP @kab2112 seems to be in his early 70s.

Which got me thinking about two things.

Firstly what is the 'average' age of members here? I suspect collectors are generally a bit older - probably 50+ years old (I'm more than willing to be found to be wrong about this). People younger than that probably don't buy CDs, although there are now a number buying vinyl these days, or for those in their teens and 20s probably just stream their music on Spotify or some such.

The second thought I had was that (generalising like mad as always) we tend to have a favourite decade for music, our 'golden age', so to speak. For me, it was definitely the 70s - I am in my mid 60s so hit my mid to late teens in that era and then into my 20s in the second half of the decade. I can't think of another decade where the music was so varied and exciting. Prog rock was in the ascendancy and Black Sabbath were almost single handedly inventing 'heavy metal'.

I wonder if the majority here feel the same? ie our late teens/early 20s coincide with our favourite music decade?

Your thoughts are invited!