Rolling 2008 Vinyl Thread

most of that stuff came from bay area vacation rec shoppin...

wow. I've seen that Trux box go for over $50 on eBay.

oh oh right plus at this cool lil punk store in the mission, FORCE OF HABIT RECORDS:

JFA - valley of the yakes
v/a - this is phoenix not the circle jerks (w JFA, sun city girls, etc)

wow. I've seen that Trux box go for over $50 on eBay.

-- sleeve, Monday, August 25, 2008 3:18 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

i know! it was one of those look-around-to-make-sure-it-isnt-a-trick moments! its not in mint shape, but it plays great, and ive wanted it for a while!

v/a - this is phoenix not the circle jerks (w JFA, sun city girls, etc)

Leonardo that SCG track plz plz plz

The Afro Blues Quintet (Plus One) - New Directions

Joe Zawinul - Zawinul (fucking GREAT if you like In a A Silent Way, feat Shorter and Hancock)

Pet Shop Boys - Actually

Killing Joke - what's THIS for..(HONOUR THE FIRE!!)

the sun city girls stuff on there is awesome. that whole comp is awesome.

will leo later this week!

anyone have any feelings about those portable TTs? scott?

one thing about the hard rock comp: it confirms that i REALLY need a copy of the pre-cheap trick band Fuse's one album. so awesome. rick and tom were in Fuse. amazing guitar action.

Funny, I got ahold of that album a couple months back and thought "Scott'll love this." Some time ago, Sony Rewind did an audiophile pressing w/two bonus trax. That's what I have.

Speaking of Sony Rewind, anybody know what else they reissued? The Fuse album was really well done.

Google throws up a bizarre profusion of stuff - Mott The Hoople, Christine Perfect album, Vibrators, Mahogany Rush...

oh wow i'd totally go for a reissue pressing! i didn't even know sony was doing that.

the record store here got in a perfectly perfect u.k. first pressing of the christine perfect album and i wanted it, but i told them to ebay it. they got like a hundred bucks, i think.

PETE, my opinion is that the Numark portable is better. It's got a sturdier construction and more sensible shape (square as opposed to elongated and curved along the base.) Also, I believe the numark has two headphone outs (diff sizes) while the vestax only has one. I don't remember if the Vestax has a 78rpm option, but the numark does and you should become a 78 collector.

also, pete, you are my favorite indie.

do you need a special cartridge to listen to 78s? i thought someone told me that once.

yes. i believe it has something to do with the relatively larger size of the stylus for ideal sound. please correct me if i'm wrong. WRT the portable turntables, i use the same needle to play 78s and LPs, though i'm not sure that's proper in the eyes of 78 collectors worldwide.

pete how's that Human Eye? I looked at it yesterday but put it back. also you are re-creating my college radio playlist up there (Grifters, Revelators, TFUL282, Unrest ....)

also has anyone heard the new ones on Woodsist - Robedoor and Sun Araw?

what I did get:
Sic Alps - US EZ
Magik Markers - Boss (been rockin the mp3's for a while now, luv it, so I sprang for the vinyl)
Dylan - New Morning
Eagles - The Long Run (mostly for Those Shoes)
Eric B and Rakim - Follow the Leader 12"

The new Woodsist titles are both kinda spacey drone/kosmische records like Skaters or Double Leopards kinda stuff.

i havent jammed human eye yet, but i will tonight. ill liveblog it!

Question for Vinyl Thread Peeps:

Do any of you have a record cleaning machine? I really want one but they are like $400 minimum for those VPI machines...any cheaper alternatives out there that are good?

maybe we should all move somewhere and share one

i nominate here
http://www.freewebs.com/gregvan/cc_rock.jpg

I've just got one of these type deals but I never use it. I'm lazy.

http://coolrecordplayers.com/library/cleaner2.jpg

i use mine only if the record looks esp dusty

xpost to M@tt

electric sound of jim noted on some other thread that he thinks cleaners make a BIG difference (he has one). and no, they don't seem to get cheaper than maybe 300.

http://www.teresaudio.com/haven/cleaner/cleaner.html

Oh, this Nat Gonella record is just so good. I'm really getting very lucky with the few swing records I've been buying, but again, if anyone has any recommendations for this sort of thing, the nice, laid back kind of wartime sounding stuff, I'd be very much obliged.

the Emmylou one and Creedence ones are great also. Baccarra is maybe a bit too much over a whole album, but Yes Sir I Can Boogie has to be one of the finest, funnest recordings ever. Untouchables OST wound up being a bit cheesy which surprised me - i couldn't really remember the score from the film.

xp LOL that reminds me of the disposable toilet ad from SNL

I just got one of these on Saturday... free!!
http://www.classicaudio.fi/kuvat/1207/141207Systemdek1s.JPG
I'm stoked.
The new Human Eye cooks too!

We use a record cleaning machine at work, and they really do work wonders on dusty records.

damn chad how did you get that for free!

on the record cleaning machine tip...I did look around and find this, which uses your own vacuum cleaner but generally gets high marks (and is 159 instead of 400-500)

http://www.kabusa.com/ev1.htm

I got it for cleaning out the basement of my wife's recently deceased grandfather's house.
It was in the original box with all the packing and the manual.
No one else wanted it.

that looks pretty nice, does yours have the glass platter too?

Huge Lot of Records - $50 (Loudonville)
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various sets of records: Each set has approxiamately 10 records

1. The Great Band Era (1936-1945)
2. Pops Varieties
3. Pops Festival
4. Pop Piano Favorites
5. The Mills Brothers "The Mellow Years"
6. Music of the World's Great Composers
7. Festival of Light Classical Music
8. Mood Music for Listening and Relaxation
9. Populare Music that will Live Forever

Yep, it's got the glass platter too. At first I thought it was missing but the box has a false bottom with a spot for storing it.
The pic above is not mine, but the wood colour is the same. Mine has a Linn tone arm and the plastic lid.
It sounds really great and is a vast improvement on my Pioneer PL200.

looks awesome chad!

I recently got:

Nick Garrie reissue, sounds great
Beach Boys - Surf's Up
4 Not Not Fun lps in the mail..

NNF ones are:

Cloudland Canyon/Mythical Beast
Scorces "I Turn Into You"
Ex-Cocaine/Yellow Swans
Social Junk "Concussion Summer"

big fan of the Cloudland Canyon/Mythical Beast LP. waiting on the Scorces one...

the record store bought ten fat boxes of cool jazz and latin records and i brought home three boxes of good stuff to clean and price. i've been salsa dancing all night. there is a ton of stuff that i want. old jazz stuff. comps. funky stuff. tons of salsa. i never thought i would end up a huge salsa fan, but i have. and i owe it all to ashford and simpson's dead business manager too! when we first moved here the store ended up with boxes of his records after he died, and i've been picking thru them ever since (though i'm pretty much done now). lots of great 70's fania records and the like. plus, just weird 70's test pressings for bands like deaf school and tons of capricorn records promos and warner brothers promos. and, needless to say, enough sealed ashford & simpson records to choke a horse. and ashford & simpson related records.

skot yr kindness warms me cockles

electric sound of jim noted on some other thread that he thinks cleaners make a BIG difference (he has one). and no, they don't seem to get cheaper than maybe 300.

-- sleeve, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 05:54 (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

i reiterate this. one of the best things i ever bought, worth every cent. it won't fix damage but it'll raise your record a grade or more if it's dirty or moldy

A friend gave me a couple Normal Blake LPs on Flying Fish.

jerry garcia - garcia (whoa so good)
OM - gebel barkal/"version" 7" (first new SP singles club)

and...

my new numark pt01 portable record player for my office. work gwan RULE

I got the OM 7" today, too. It's on tan colored vinyl. I think it's great. Somewhat of a new direction for them. Already on my 6th spin or something...

i thought they were stopping after haikus left, but i GUESS NOT

Nope, they announced Emil as the drummer about a month after Chris left.
Is yours tan colored as well?

yeah, sorta skin-ish

also today is the first full day of my in-office record player!

http://www.thespacebar.co.uk/ebayscans/70575.jpg

whoa this is excellent.

big band rocking jazz concert from 1972 in "phase 4 stereo" no less.
fans of axelrod should definely track this down.
todays charity shop pickup for a wallet busting £1.50.
vinyl in relatively good condition, but track 1 side 2 wont play due to the minor warp making the needle bounce off.
if i place the record flat under a pile of vinyl for a fwe weeks will that level the warp out a little ?
i cant adjust the weight on the record deck arm as its semi-fixed, and the 3 positions I can use for the weight don't make any difference to the jump.
worst comes to the worst though, i tracking this down on cd.

The guy from County Records just e-mailed me back, and I'm gonna pick up a whole clutch of sealed old-timey reissues (string bands, fiddlers, mountain blues etc) for $10/per. So psyched.

CO-519 ECHOES OF OZARKS--Vol. 2
CO-520 " " Vol. 3
CO-511 MOUNTAIN BLUES
CO-541 EARLY NASHVILLE STRING BANDS--Vol. 1
CO-701 CLAWHAMMER BANJO
CO-729 THE LILLY BROTHERS
CO-739 STANLEY BROS. of VA. Volume 2