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Oh boy. A friend just stopped by with a gift for me. His older brother abandoned these puppies years ago, and they just resurfaced at his mom's place. The Zoot Allures is literally in new condition, it appears unplayed and let me tell you, it sounds amazing. Mothers of Invention at the Filmore is a great album, but I'm unimpressed with the quality of the pressing.
On second thought, Joe's Garage is one of those albums that renews my faith in this format. Recorded perfectly of course, and pressed so wonderfully. Just amazing...gotta look for more Zappa on vinyl.
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Another excellent score courtesy of my buddy's older brother. More Zappa. The ACDC is a Canadian original pressing and the Judas Priest is just shy of mint, looks unplayed.
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Poppa!! I want that Judas Priest album!!!!!
Nice acquisition!
I wonder if it is just me, or if you have the same experience ( or anyone on this forum), that Heavy Metal records are really hard to come across? I think they are hard to come by, because the fans are so die hard. I've been looking for some original Ozzy and have no luck.
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Sundays finds
Went to a record show. Not a great one, but I suppose worth the trip. I passed on the one record I wanted most. It was covered in big, hardened, greasy-looking fingerprints but otherwise in NM condition. Here are the ones I didn't pass up.
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Well done noob. I thought you had Something Cool?
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Well done noob. I thought you had Something Cool?
Yes...but found a NM mono.
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Let's not discuss mono.
I bet you that Madonna sounds great. Some of those pop albums are amazing. My Bowie Lets Dance and Prince Lovesexy are 2 of the best I have, they FAAAAR exceed any CD.
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Went to a record show. Not a great one, but I suppose worth the trip. I passed on the one record I wanted most. It was covered in big, hardened, greasy-looking fingerprints but otherwise in NM condition. Here are the ones I didn't pass up.
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IS Paul Desmond on the Brubeck Album?
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Let's not discuss mono.
I bet you that Madonna sounds great. Some of those pop albums are amazing. My Bowie Lets Dance and Prince Lovesexy are 2 of the best I have, they FAAAAR exceed any CD.
Nothing wrong with mono...if you have good gear.
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Check out this 1986 release that was in my dad's collection. It has early Hooker from 1954 with no other band members...just him playing singing and taping his foot...excellent stuff and the album is in really good shape.http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8...500aa30078.jpg
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IS Paul Desmond on the Brubeck Album?
Yes, indeed.
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Let's not discuss mono.
I bet you that Madonna sounds great. Some of those pop albums are amazing. My Bowie Lets Dance and Prince Lovesexy are 2 of the best I have, they FAAAAR exceed any CD.
The Madonna record actually does sound very good. It's also in perfect condition. Not even the smallest flaw to be found, anywhere.
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Nothing wrong with mono...if you have good gear.
I used to avoid mono. Now if I have a stereo version of something that came out on mono, I'll sometimes get the mono, too.
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Sometimes the vocals sound much better on a Mono record, because they mixed them to sit more forward in the mix, while trying to accomplish the difficult task of having the rest of the instruments stand out. My original Sam Cooke mono copy sounds so good I could never listen to another version.
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I have a few CD's that I think are mono.
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I'd love the hear the new remastered mono Beatles albums.
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Yes, indeed.
MY man!
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Eat Your Hearts Out...
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Poppa,
I covet your goods. You have such eclectic taste and collection. Man, that Motorhead and Maiden must rock!!!!How is that Page, Clapton, Beck record? I have heard about it but never heard it . I saw some short film footage of them making it and they looked totally trashed :)
I always think that if someone has a varied music collection that they must be alright in the head. (audionoob might need to verify that or frenchmon)
Great pics!! I gotta post my recent thrift store finds and pose an interesting question.
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Poppa,
I covet your goods. You have such eclectic taste and collection. Man, that Motorhead and Maiden must rock!!!!How is that Page, Clapton, Beck record? I have heard about it but never heard it . I saw some short film footage of them making it and they looked totally trashed :)
I always think that if someone has a varied music collection that they must be alright in the head. (audionoob might need to verify that or frenchmon)
Great pics!! I gotta post my recent thrift store finds and pose an interesting question.
Chubbs, If you need anyone to vouch that you're alright in the head, just give me a call.
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Thanks Eno, and noob for the references. I am just warming up the tubes now. Yes I do enjoy several styles of music. I am a bass player, I think this helps. I am washing up the Humble Pie but I'll let you know about the Guitar Boogie LP. I suspect it's shoddy recording, but we'll see. Frank Marino is another one I'm very excited to have, that's going on first followed by Humble Pie. My wife is not amused.
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Very nice. Frenchie my buddy has a blues collection on vinyl to die for. I was over there the other day listening to a mint Chess double LP, it's a blues comp from the 1987 Montreux Fest. Amazing. I'll see if he'll part with any and send them your way.
That Hooker looks great, how does it sound?
I scored this on your suggestion. Haven't listened yet but it looks good.
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Nothing wrong with mono...if you have good gear.
Is that your latest toy? I like it.
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Does anyone know a good site that has the cheapest prices for plastic outersleeves?
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Does anyone know a good site that has the cheapest prices for plastic outersleeves?
How about http://www.sleevetown.com
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Does anyone know a good site that has the cheapest prices for plastic outersleeves?
Doesn't your local shop carry them? If I buy quantity, they give me a break in price.
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I just unwrapped a sealed copy of Styx - Pieces of Eight that my wife had when we got together, 20-plus years ago.
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My local shops don't carry them. The shops are either too high end or too low end to bother.
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I just unwrapped a sealed copy of Styx - Pieces of Eight that my wife had when we got together, 20-plus years ago.
20-plus years ago? I just assumed you where a kool 25-30 year old audio hobbyist...what do I know.
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Is that your latest toy? I like it.
No but thinking about getting it in a few months down the road. Wife bought me a Music Hall 2.1 a few weeks ago and it aint bad at all. I was surprised at what turntables could do after not having a TT sense the 80's. Music Hall tables are really Pro-Ject players made for MH. The table in the picture is a Pro-Ject 1 Xpression III....nice carbon fiber arm.
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I was just listening to an Expression Mahogany a few days ago. Awesome table. And you're correct, Music Hall don't actually make much. My local shop sells Pro-Ject and you can't even mention Music Hall in there, they all make fun of it.
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No but thinking about getting it in a few months down the road. Wife bought me a Music Hall 2.1 a few weeks ago and it aint bad at all. I was surprised at what turntables could do after not having a TT sense the 80's. Music Hall tables are really Pro-Ject players made for MH. The table in the picture is a Pro-Ject 1 Xpression III....nice carbon fiber arm.
I think most people are getting a bit of a misconception about Pro-Ject. They're not making turntables, either. That factory near Prague that makes the Pro-Ject and Music Hall turntables...
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...has been making turntables since long before their deal with Pro-Ject. In the 1950s, they even made this guy...
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20-plus years ago? I just assumed you where a kool 25-30 year old audio hobbyist...what do I know.
I like to think I'm a kool kat, but I'm not too sure my Styx album is going to git 'er done. :)
Edit: Now I'm cool. Today's top find...
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Nice find noob, looks great. Is that wallet embossed on the cover?
Anyhow, I am here to gloat about my latest haul. Everything cleaned up to reveal mint or near mint. Imagine the sheer joy, listening to an original copy of Highway 61 Revisited as though it was just pressed. Not a single hiss or pop. Sometimes I let out a laugh while listening. No sibilance or hissing so often found on LPs of this vintage. The Zappa and Humble Pie is out of this world.
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That thing in the wallet area is a sticker on the outer sleeve it came in...
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Hahaha! I take it you edited the photo? That's too funny, with it's placement it looked like an embossed wallet or pocket for the jeans. Did you buy that new? That's one hell of a sleeve.
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noob. From what I understand of Pro-Ject, its no different from a lot of companies including those who sell Road Bikes under their names....many of the better bikes are made in the same factory but don't actually own anything. They give their designs to the factory and they build it. Pro-Ject is the biggest client that factory has. This is also true of drivers for speakers. Tymphany a company that owns and manufactures speakers under its own name and manufacturing and owning Peerless speakers...Vifa speakers....Scan Speak speakers before selling , also make speaker drivers for other brand name speaker company's according to that company's specs. One such client of Tymphany is Klipsch. I ran accross that information about Klipsch while researching drivers. I hope no one gets the idea that sense some companies don't actually make their own product then the company is some how less of a real company...that is far from the truth.
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yeah
"no different from a lot of companies including those who sell Road Bikes under their names...."
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yeah
"no different from a lot of companies including those who sell Road Bikes under their names...."
same with vw and audi and opel in europe. note the similarity of the seats and knobs etc.
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Hahaha! I take it you edited the photo? That's too funny, with it's placement it looked like an embossed wallet or pocket for the jeans. Did you buy that new? That's one hell of a sleeve.
I would guess those stickers are applied by hand and the worker bees must have decided on that spot. Maybe just having a bit of a chuckle at work.
It's a "new" record, in that it was sealed, but I paid $6.91 including tax for it at Half-Price Books, a chain of stores that carries used and overstock books, movies and music. My Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple came from the same series and in the same type sleeve. It also came from Half-Price, but I don't think it was as cheap as this one.
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...I hope no one gets the idea that sense some companies don't actually make their own product then the company is some how less of a real company...that is far from the truth.
That's really what I was getting at. Music Hall isn't less quality than Pro-Ject just because they're the little guy who doesn't own anything.
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I would guess those stickers are applied by hand and the worker bees must have decided on that spot. Maybe just having a bit of a chuckle at work.
It's a "new" record, in that it was sealed, but I paid $6.91 including tax for it at Half-Price Books, a chain of stores that carries used and overstock books, movies and music. My Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple came from the same series and in the same type sleeve. It also came from Half-Price, but I don't think it was as cheap as this one.
That's really what I was getting at. Music Hall isn't less quality than Pro-Ject just because they're the little guy who doesn't own anything.
noob...I just went to the web site half-price books. Unbelievable prices on their CD's. Are they new or used?
PoppaC...they have Frank Zappas CD "Hot Rats" for $2 bucks.
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PoppaC...they have Frank Zappas CD "Hot Rats" for $2 bucks.
Right, and probably $25 to get it across the border. I've been shopping domestically for over a year now. My favorite E-shop, especially for vinyl is Acoustic Sounds. Great shipping prices and amazing selection. I haven't bought anything from them in quite some time. You should check them out.
www.acousticsounds.com
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Most of the inventory at Half-Price Books is the used stuff individuals come in and sell to the store.
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