Rolling 2008 Vinyl Thread

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.

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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

good lord, replacement Goldring needles start at $185. what have I gotten myself into with this turntable?

all the LPs I justed on 8/29 arrived today.
Early Nashville String Bands has a dish warp, but plays. A few of the others (Banjo, Echoes of Ozarks vol. 2) have small edge warps but play fine. Gettin old timey.

jethro tull heavy horses is rocking my vinyl world

this is the recent vinyl i've been listening to. posted this on listening thread, but what the hell:

little brother montgomery - crescent city blues (!!!!)

brothers & other mothers vol.2) (!!!! - brew moore, allen eager, bernie privin orchestra, phil urso, teddy reig all-stars. outstanding comp!)

solo flight - the genius of charlie christian (!!!!)

howard roberts quartet - h.r. is a dirty guitar player

nat king cole trio - great capitol masters (!!!!)

turiva alice coltrane/devadip carlos santana - illuminations

lionel hampton - sweatin' with hamp 1945-1950

elek bacsik - jazz guitarist

art ensemble of chicago - nice guys (!!!!)

willis jackson - west africa

hadley caliman - s/t

john coltrane quartet - ballads

john coltrane - impressions

marion brown - porto novo (!!!!)

nico - the marble index (!!!! - never heard this album till last week. can you believe it? found it cheap on vinyl.)

jazz experiments of charlie mingus

charlie parker - quartet quintet & septet (!!!!)

charles mingus - my favorite quintet

exciter - unveiling the wicked

venom - hell at hammersmith - alive in 85

utfo - doin' it!

charles mingus - jazz workshop

exciter - long live the loud (!!!!)

john coltrane - ascension (!!!!)

gene ammons & dexter gordon - the chase! (!!!!)

chris connor - he loves me, he loves me not

lee konitz - motion (!!!!)

fats navarro - boppin' a riff

al cohn - the progressive al cohn

maynard ferguson - m.f. horn

maynard ferguson - s/t

billy eckstine - the mgm years

perez prado/shorty rogers - voodoo suite

david murray octet - home (!!!!)

the sauter finegan orchestra - the sound of... (!!!!)

gene ammons - nothin' but soul

duke ellington - carnegie hall concerts december 1944

john klemmer - blowin' gold (2 album comp)

john handy III - jazz

gunter hampel big band - cavana

gunter hampel - flying carpet

roy eldridge - little jazz

gunter hampel & his galaxie dream band - vogelfrei (!!!!)

allen toussaint - life, love and faith (!!!!)

human arts ensemble - whisper of dharma

hot chocolate - man to man

transaxdrum vol.1 (!!!! - alex foster/john lewis duo)

john klemmer quartets - involvement

charlie mariano - mirror mirror mirror (!!!!)

exuma - reincarnation

chris connor - i miss you so

exuma - snake

paul jeffrey - family (!!!!)

meet the jazztet (!!!! - art farmer, benny golson, curtis fuller, mccoy tyner)

this is hampton hawes vol.2 - the trio (!!!!)

the new john handy quintet - new view!

roy eldridge - the early years (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

hampton hawes trio - here and now

black california vol.2 (!!!! - kenny clarke, helen humes, slim gaillard, wardell gray, wild bill moore, russell jacquet)

ruby braff - swinging with ruby braff

duke ellington - magenta haze

the bop masters (!!!!!!!!!!! - unissued/rare diz/bird/fats/etc. all live/radio recordings.)

Yesterday at a thrift store for 2 bucks a piece I found

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark "Crush"

2 XLC. Presents "Music From Belgium" which on the back cover says "This record will show you the roots of belgian electronic music, young musicians who don't want to ride on the new beat wave. They want to do 100% aggrepo for your body mechanic!"

Thrift stores are great places to record shop but of course some are better than others. This Last Chance I used to live nearby had a ridiculous amount of indie/hipster records pop up all the time for just a buck or two. I got "Another Green World" LP, "You Made Me Realise" 12", and the first Flaming lips album on purple vinyl there once all at the same time. The upsetting thing was that I was there pretty late in the day so I imagine I missed out on even more cool stuff...

My favorite vinyl scores are from Gwinnett county (i live in Georgia, southern US), where the thrift stores always have tons of 70s and 80s mexican pop music. I got these in January and they are some of my favorite album covers ever:

http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/oliver8bit/?action=view¤t=LaCandelosa.jpg
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/oliver8bit/?action=view¤t=LosDiplomaticos.jpg
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/oliver8bit/?action=view¤t=DiscosyLicor.jpg

The last one the girl and the text are both raised!

Fuck, how do you post pictures now?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/oliver8bit/LaCandelosa.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/oliver8bit/LosDiplomaticos.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/oliver8bit/DiscosyLicor.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/oliver8bit/LaCandelosaBack.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/oliver8bit/TremendoRumbon.jpg