Vinyl Thread

sefleming

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my older brothers had huge collections and REEL TO REEL Too

I remember all the fuss about certain types of needles, cleaners and hard plastic sleeves to keep the LP's in......

but my brothers were a little OCD sometimes.....one of them painted hundreds of esoteric symbols all over his dresser BUT came back later and used black-light reactive paint and added a hidden trail of occult style messages on the thing.......

that's when I first saw the Blue Oyster Cult "Cronos" symbol
It was also my first tattoo



but back to LP's --- there's a radio station here in Tucson that's playing eclectic music in the a/m and it's all on vinyl

really weird to hear some of the pop/hiss over the radio like that.....I hated the songs they played but I guess I can see the draw with the "warmer" sound

at lest I THINK I'm hearing it
I'm starting to wonder after this thread!

What station in Tuscon? Was wondering if you could listen to it via the web? Thanks
 

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Do the records hold up well over more than 10 years?

I mean - assuming you don't leave them in an attic, accidentally set some of them on fire, throw them into a hot car trunk or throw up in the "box where they are stored"......NOT SAYING I DID ANY OF THAT ---


But if you take reasonable care of them -- do they still warp or degrade?
I really don't know - I had an LP collection for maybe 8 years and either sold them at a yard saLE, lost some or gave some away (possibly AFTER setting some on fire and regurgitating on the whole collection)


but do they HOLD UP?
I still listen to mine. I keep them in a spare bedroom in the milk crates
 

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What station in Tuscon? Was wondering if you could listen to it via the web? Thanks


I know it was in the low 90's / FM -- maybe 912.something?

I know it's the first channel on my preset and that it was very .... I guess it's eclectic --- but what I heard was eclectically weak and ,,,,,I didn't like the music I heard the two times I've tuned in -- but I'm not sure I can explain why

and that's a really weird feeling....
 

CastleRubric

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I know it was in the low 90's / FM -- maybe 912.something?

I know it's the first channel on my preset and that it was very .... I guess it's eclectic --- but what I heard was eclectically weak and ,,,,,I didn't like the music I heard the two times I've tuned in -- but I'm not sure I can explain why

and that's a really weird feeling....
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I can and really will check it tonight if you want - just ask again and I'll have it to you in 10 min's


random historical Steelers of the day: Mike Merriweather, Carnell Lake, Tunch Illken
 
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What are you spinning on, and what are some of your favorite records?

What else sounds good on wax?
Wow, $2 well spent at Peddler's Mall in the old Hoover Furniture. I picked this up because $2:


I was expecting awful double G trumpet wailing and was Mega-surprised to get sick grooves laid down by Steve Gadd, a cool Chick Corea composition with bitchin' Moog lines and a generally very inventive (if a little dusty) listen.
 
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Round 2 tonight is $.50 near mint this:


So far this is a recording with great depth and performance is amazing. The loudness wars really never infected classical recordings.
 

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$.50?

There is nowhere that cheap around me. One store has a dollar bin, but it sure as **** doesn't include Beethoven. Greater Philly area has a lot of sticker shock, even for vinyl, and after I pay for shipping on discog.com, it's a wash.
 
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$.50?

There is nowhere that cheap around me. One store has a dollar bin, but it sure as **** doesn't include Beethoven. Greater Philly area has a lot of sticker shock, even for vinyl, and after I pay for shipping on discog.com, it's a wash.
Most of what you find for <$5 is in bad condition or is Herb Alpert/Pat Boone LOL. Peddler's Mall is a crap shoot but every now and then you find a new stack brought in.
 
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Score at half-price books today...$6 dirty copy of this. Cleaned up nicely. Keith Moon was the most wonderfully spastic drummer in rock history. Hard to imagine what it was like to have been a teenager when this stuff was showing up as new music. I've often thought that I was born 20 years too late.

 

WilsonPiCAT

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Hahahaha

I bought many a record (even a couple of 12" singles) and many a cassette tape at Kitty Hawk Records...in the old school Brighton Park Mall in the early 80's. I also dropped a few million quarters at the Game Zone..."

Kaizer, seems like I may know you from Frankfort. A friend and I founded Kittyhawk Records in 1971 in a strip center down the street from KSU, then moved it two years later to Fountain Place, downtown. Our 2nd location opened in Brighton Park around '76. By that time, I had gone to work for MCA Records in LA and when they realized I was still a retail owner, they told me to sell out, which we did in '78. The new owners moved from Fountain Place to Franklin Square and sometime several years later were "involved" in a deal of something or other - and that was the end of Kittyhawk.

It's fun to see the store is remembered! Whatever you got, keep it spinnin!
 

WilsonPiCAT

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Try again...

Kaizer, seems like I may know you from Frankfort. A friend and I founded Kittyhawk Records in 1971 in a strip center down the street from KSU, then moved it two years later to Fountain Place, downtown. Our 2nd location opened in Brighton Park around '76. By that time, I had gone to work for MCA Records in LA and when they realized I was still a retail owner, they told me to sell out, which we did in '78. The new owners moved from Fountain Place to Franklin Square and sometime several years later were "involved" in a deal of something or other - and that was the end of Kittyhawk.

It's fun to see the store is remembered! Whatever you got, keep it spinning!
 
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Try again...

Kaizer, seems like I may know you from Frankfort. A friend and I founded Kittyhawk Records in 1971 in a strip center down the street from KSU, then moved it two years later to Fountain Place, downtown. Our 2nd location opened in Brighton Park around '76. By that time, I had gone to work for MCA Records in LA and when they realized I was still a retail owner, they told me to sell out, which we did in '78. The new owners moved from Fountain Place to Franklin Square and sometime several years later were "involved" in a deal of something or other - and that was the end of Kittyhawk.

It's fun to see the store is remembered! Whatever you got, keep it spinning!
Wow! Interested to know more of the story...I am from Frankfort and grew up during all that. Bought the majority of my music there (rode my bike over from the Meadows subdivision) and they would sell my band's tapes on consignment. I remember vaguely there being some kind of "deal" with the closure of KittyHawk and video store (Dave's?) in Franklin Square but I don't remember the gory details.
 

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I picked up three albums at half price books last night. All three in very good condition; It's Hard by The Who, And Then There Were Three by Genesis, and No Reason to Cry by Eric Clapton. The only thing I dislike about Half Price Books is that they put price stickers on the album covers. I have had good luck getting them off without damaging the sleeve, but on rare occasions it will pull a small piece of the surface of the sleeve off with it. I wish they would come up with another way of putting the price on the album that doesn't potentially damage the album when you remove it.
 

WilsonPiCAT

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Wow! Interested to know more of the story...I am from Frankfort and grew up during all that. Bought the majority of my music there (rode my bike over from the Meadows subdivision) and they would sell my band's tapes on consignment. I remember vaguely there being some kind of "deal" with the closure of KittyHawk and video store (Dave's?) in Franklin Square but I don't remember the gory details.

My partner negotiated the sale as I was still in California, so I didn't really have a chance to get to know the couple who bought the stores. And then it was several years later when they got into trouble and my partner had moved from KY, so we didn't get any real detail about it. Water under the bridge at this point.

I've kept a good many LPs from the years when I was in the industry, continued to add VG+/NM/M wax as I've come across it, accelerating somewhat when new vinyl releases became common. Gear (LP table, CD changer, power) is all Denon, nothing elite. Music is everything, largely rock and soul. Old school. I have a great retirement library (for me)! Not an audio engineer - - it all sounds pretty damn good to me.
 

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I keep telling you guys... WOOD. GLUE. If the physical damage to the vinyl can't be felt with a fingernail, any noise you hear is either wear, dust or static. 2 of those 3 can be removed almost completely by cleaning vinyl with wood glue. And a worn record 'looks' worn and dull, so you have that working in your favor.

Wood glue has changed the way I procure and grade my records. It is a game changer.

Cue someone bitching about gluing vinyl...
 

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My older kid is playing Fallout 4 and she really digs the music... so we've been collecting original recordings of those songs.

Found a 1978 compilation album called "Gabe's Dirty Blues" that has a few on it, but the entire album is fantastic. Highly recommended.