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    The Vinyl Thread

    Just got a new turntable and picked up some nasty vinyl today for super cheap:

    Totally scored today in the discount bins:

    Aretha Franklin - Live At Fillmore West
    Traffic - On The Road (live in Germany)
    The Band - Stage Fright
    George Benson - In Flight
    George Benson - Weekend In LA (live double)
    George Benson - Breezin (must have classic)
    James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim
    James Taylor - Walking Man
    James Taylor - Never Die Young
    Lionel Richie - Self Titled
    The Whispers - So Good (bought it cause the album cover is nuts, craziest mustaches EVER)
    Hall + Oates - H2O (because I am gonna be oates for halloween)
    Hiram Bullock - Give It What You Got (signed by hiram!)
    Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
    Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life (with bonus record)
    Larry Carlton - Strikes Twice
    Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
    Al DiMeola Project - Soaring Through A Dream
    Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before
    Sea Level - Cats On The Coast
    Chick Corea - Elektric Band
    Billy Cobham - The Best Of
    Joni Mitchell - Hejira (Jaco Pastorius on bass!)
    Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire

    $23


    Anyone have stuff they are looking to get rid of?....anything along the lines of what I just listed. Always looking for good jazz, funk, fusion

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    I was just thinking today how I miss albums.

    #1 reason? B Side.

    You buy a new album and the thrill of the first song grabs you.
    Second song is usually pretty good.
    At the end of side A, you get the thrill of a whole new Side B.

    Artists specifically saved a good song for that first track of the B side.
    Plus it was made all that better by the pause created by the need to flip the disc.

    CD's killed all that.
    And I miss it.

    good on ya phish for going retro
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    Quote Originally Posted by Core Shot View Post
    I was just thinking today how I miss albums.

    #1 reason? B Side.

    You buy a new album and the thrill of the first song grabs you.
    Second song is usually pretty good.
    At the end of side A, you get the thrill of a whole new Side B.

    Artists specifically saved a good song for that first track of the B side.
    Plus it was made all that better by the pause created by the need to flip the disc.

    CD's killed all that.
    And I miss it.

    good on ya phish for going retro
    So true, and the warmth of the audio cannot be matched on any other medium.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MOHSHSIHd View Post
    So true, and the warmth of the audio cannot be matched on any other medium.
    I was just gonna say, that's not all CDs killed
    "if it's called tourist season, why can't we just shoot them?"

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    Bossa Nova sounds best on Vinyl. Getz & Gilberto. Ahhh.
    Elvis has left the building

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    where did you pick up all that for that $23?

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    Mostly at Bart's....a couple of them I got at the hospice thrift store.

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    Just keep checking thrift stores, some of them are goldmines for good old vinyl. A lot of times I come out with a bunch more than i really want/need just based on the price and the rarity. Records are great

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    whats up with the digital turntables that will transform vinyl onto an ipod? anyone done this?

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    mp3s killed everything
    fine

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    Records is the way to go. There's an incredibly amount of jazz that never made it to any other media besides vinyl. That's reason enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by powder11 View Post
    whats up with the digital turntables that will transform vinyl onto an ipod? anyone done this?
    Don't waste your money. Just split a line off your mixer or amp and run it directly into your computer and use Audacity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirshredalot View Post
    Don't waste your money. Just split a line off your mixer or amp and run it directly into your computer and use Audacity.
    Exactly.


    When I have more time I plan to rip alot of my vinyl onto my computer using this exact method.

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    I've scored a lot of great vinyl off of eBay too. Especially when you search for lots.

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    Quote Originally Posted by connersw View Post
    I've scored a lot of great vinyl off of eBay too. Especially when you search for lots.
    how else would you find a lot?
    fine

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    Physical audio always beats the digital. Even the Kid A and Ok Computer I have on 8" sound better than the cd and they were made for digital. If I could carry one around, or somehow installed one in a car(I think they did that on pimp my ride, in the glove compartment) Id definetly do it.

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    You can find good stuff at the Twist & Shout and Wax Trax down in Denver. My turntable has been sitting unused since I switched from my old preamp with built in phono to my new integrated amp without. I keep buying ski gear instead of a phono preamp. doh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jon turner View Post
    Wax Trax down in Denver. .
    wax-trax=
    ‎Preserving farness, nearness presences nearness in nearing that farness

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    Quote Originally Posted by El Duderino View Post
    Physical audio always beats the digital. Even the Kid A and Ok Computer I have on 8" sound better than the cd and they were made for digital. If I could carry one around, or somehow installed one in a car(I think they did that on pimp my ride, in the glove compartment) Id definetly do it.
    agreed on the radiohead.

    actually, back in the 60s, they did make an "in-dash" record player (for 45s). it employed a crazy VTF which would effectively destroy the record after one play.

    here's a photo of my current vinyl rig:


    fully agree with nick p -- even for the jazz that's been released on CD, but of the stuff up to and including the early- to mid-60s was meant to be heard in mono.

    pick up any of these and thank me later. ;-) (yes, photos of actual album covers...)









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    wish you were here....pink floyd is my fav. album on vinyl.....then any who album..i got all my vinyl for free...i just wish i had room for it in my room in my apt...second favorite would be the specials album my friend has....i want to steal that so bad
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    one of the saddest days of my life was in college when i discovered that some bonehead drunk friend of my roommate had sat a beer on my 200+ record collection, spilled it, and abandoned it there. it must have been a week before i discovered it, by then the beer had soaked thru all the album covers by osmosis and mold had begun to grow. every single album cover ruined. i salvaged the records themselves but was so hearbroken about it i later just gave them away.

    i have a friend now that had an impressive collection of 60s and 70s rock albums complete with tube amplifier and some damn impressive speakers. the presence that it gives it astounding. we were listening to beck, bogart, and appice the other day and i actually asked to turn it up during a drum solo and that never happens with drum solos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MOHSHSIHd View Post
    Just got a new turntable and picked up some nasty vinyl today for super cheap:

    Totally scored today in the discount bins:

    Aretha Franklin - Live At Fillmore West
    Traffic - On The Road (live in Germany)
    The Band - Stage Fright
    George Benson - In Flight
    George Benson - Weekend In LA (live double)
    George Benson - Breezin (must have classic)
    James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim
    James Taylor - Walking Man
    James Taylor - Never Die Young
    Lionel Richie - Self Titled
    The Whispers - So Good (bought it cause the album cover is nuts, craziest mustaches EVER)
    Hall + Oates - H2O (because I am gonna be oates for halloween)
    Hiram Bullock - Give It What You Got (signed by hiram!)
    Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
    Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life (with bonus record)
    Larry Carlton - Strikes Twice
    Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
    Al DiMeola Project - Soaring Through A Dream
    Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before
    Sea Level - Cats On The Coast
    Chick Corea - Elektric Band
    Billy Cobham - The Best Of
    Joni Mitchell - Hejira (Jaco Pastorius on bass!)
    Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire

    $23


    Anyone have stuff they are looking to get rid of?....anything along the lines of what I just listed. Always looking for good jazz, funk, fusion
    I've got a pile of them that came to me when someone was offloading their junk. They are in various states of condition, some double albums are missing a disc, but there are duplicates of some of the albums too:

    Bruce Springsteen The River

    Ted Nugent Free for all

    Pete Townshend Empty Glass

    Joan Baez Any Day Now which is all Bob Dylan songs, and Volume Two

    Linda Ronstadt Retrospective I've got two of 'em, one missing a disc

    Bob Dylan Greatest Hits and Greatest Hits Vol.II two of each, but one of the Vol. IIs is missing a disc

    Boston Boston

    Harry Nilsson A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night

    Super Tramp Even In The Quietest Moments and Famous Last Words

    Derek And The Dominos Layla

    Yes Relayer

    Eurythmics Touch

    You can have all of them for shipping and a four pack of Old Rasputin.

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    I think I heard Love Over Gold by Dire Straits was their last record that was analog through the whole process to the final product. I have it on vinyl in Norway and remember it being great that way.
    Last edited by runethechamp; 10-20-2007 at 05:51 PM.
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    I own 1000ish vinyl records. No way I'd part with them, listen to them all the time.

    I transfered many of them to my iPod using Final Vinyl. But this was years ago - does Final Vinyl still exist? It was very easy, just had to stay on top of it in case of a skip, and to change sides.
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    My very small and immature vinyl collection

    12 Inches:
    Annihilation of the Wicked-Nile
    Pelican-Pelican
    Oracle-Sunn O)))
    Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
    Phase 3 Thrones and Dominions-Earth
    Fuck You All!!!!-Carpathian Forest
    Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables-Dead Kennedys
    The Big Ka-Boom-Jello Biafra
    My War-Black Flag
    First Four Years-Black Flag
    Sheik Yerbouti-Frank Zappa
    Bedtime for Democracy-Dead Kennedys
    Tinseltown Rebellion-Frank Zappa
    Phlegm-Phlegm
    Blood on the Tracks-Bob Dylan

    7's:
    Die For Oil, Sucker-Jello Biafra
    Nowhere Existence-Doldrums
    Hung-Napalm Death
    Nazi Punks Fuck Off!!-Dead Kennedys
    A Faction of Mercy-Autonomy
    National Buyproduct-Salted Wounds
    Skewed-Econochrist
    No Love-Snap, Krackle, Drop

    Today I bought $103 in vinyl. I am silly.

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