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You might avoid legionnaires disease, but a sedentary lifestyle will kill you in the end.
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The Vinyl Thread: Hazardous To Your Health
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Getting started in vinyl with a bang--lp1240, at440mla, marantz pm5004. No half-measures  Found this lovely record yesterday for $3. Cobham is one of my favorite drummers ever 
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BigFactory posted:You might avoid legionnaires disease, but a sedentary lifestyle will kill you in the end. Someday I'll die doing what I love. Inhaling dangerous spores in a dimly lit store front that smells like a basement.
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I want my last words to be "the choirs of heaven lack the warmth of vinyl." Or "is this a hot stamper?"
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Dec 28, 2014 20:23
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Smells like vinyl dust and sun beams...
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Dec 28, 2014 22:39
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WASDF posted:Smells like vinyl dust and sun beams... Oh man that smell is evocative. Kinda like old books. Did/do they use the same glue for record sleeves as books? or is the breakdown-of-glue-smell just a general glue thing?
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Dec 29, 2014 13:51
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Geb posted:Oh man that smell is evocative. Kinda like old books. Did/do they use the same glue for record sleeves as books? or is the breakdown-of-glue-smell just a general glue thing? I think it's just a glue/ink/paper thing.
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illestG posted:"We recommend storing this record out of its clear polyethyline case, which will damage the vinyl after prolonged direct contact." From a while back, but is this legit? Seems more and more of my gimmicky records come packaged in these. So I should be keeping them out and in paper sleeves instead? Typically how long does it take to start damaging the record?
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Ballz posted:From a while back, but is this legit? Seems more and more of my gimmicky records come packaged in these. So I should be keeping them out and in paper sleeves instead? Typically how long does it take to start damaging the record? It seems like it's many many years, but it's a real thing. Like it might take 10 years.
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Dec 30, 2014 16:18
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Porcupine Tree's Transmission IV: Moonloop came in a blue PVC sleeve and people have issues with the colour transferring on to the clear and white variations. That came out in 2006 so I'd say it's more of a 5+ year issue rather than 10
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I just picked up a Sanyo JCX 2400 in really nice condition and holy crap does it sound good.
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Dec 31, 2014 04:05
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TubeStank posted:I just picked up a Sanyo JCX 2400 in really nice condition and holy crap does it sound good. Hard to imagine Sanyo ever made anything worth owning, but that looks like a solid receiver. Take pictures.
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Crappy cell phone pic incoming. The wood and metal are both in really good shape. It's a little dirty behind the glass (you can probably tell) but nothing too major. All of the electronics were working just fine. The place I bought it from does a bunch of rehabbing and rebuilding of older gear (mostly cabinets, though) and they said they barely had to touch it. EDIT: Whoops, JCX 2100K. I can read 
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Dec 31, 2014 05:11
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Looks sweet. Pretty low power, right?
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Dec 31, 2014 05:34
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That's the same receiver my parents have at their house, it's probably been the same place for well over 30 years and still works well. When I'm in town and grab a record from a local shop and play it on their stereo I'm always impressed considering they don't really care about music at all and only have a few John Denver, Eagles and Moody Blues albums.
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More than enough for the speakers and room it's in. I really haven't seen how loud it can get, but around 30 is where I start worrying that my upstairs neighbors will get upset.
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Dec 31, 2014 05:53
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Anniversary gift from my girlfriend is a holy grail: Been wanting a copy of this forever, and she managed to find a sealed copy. Of course I unwrapped it immediately even though my receiver doesn't work so I can't listen to it yet, but I am super pumped about it. Cpt. Spring Types fucked around with this message at 07:02 on Dec 31, 2014 |
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Dec 31, 2014 06:53
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I slightly prefer Bitter Tea, but drat if that isn't an awesome find, especially new. Congrats on the awesome girlfriend.
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Bitter Tea is indeed awesome. It was my first FF vinyl. Hoping to eventually snag copies of EP and Rehearsing My Choir (which is my favorite album of theirs) to round out the hard-to-find stuff. I never thought I'd even see a copy of Blueberry Boat, though. Edit: Another new arrival - Bilateral, by Leprous. Incredible album, loving gorgeous vinyl:   I've not seen a splatter on such a heavyweight record before; it's really cool to see the depth to the splatter. Seriously need to have my receiver repaired and get these things spinning... Cpt. Spring Types fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Jan 1, 2015 |
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Dec 31, 2014 17:01
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My gets over the past few weeks. Mostly mail order stuff. But first, I saw this at an antiques store and was intrigued by the cover and the band name. Couldn't really find anything about them online while doing some quick Googling while I was there, so I got it and hoped for the best. I kinda figured they'd be some late-80s punk band. Turns out they're some crappy rip off of what the Beastie Boys were doing around that time and it sucks and I wasted money on it. Blood Bats - Fatal Book Opened  Anyway, onto better things. Cruised around the Prosthetic Records site and saw this on sale for $6.66. Listened to a couple tracks and bought it. When I finally listened to the whole album it turned out pretty great and I'm more than happy to have gotten it for that price. Withered - Dualitas  The back.  The fold. Please ignore the lens cap.  Another find while cruising Prosthetic. Another band that was unfamiliar to me. Listened to a few tracks of a different album, snapped this up. It's one long, 40-minute track. The first part on side A is a slower, twangy instrumental bit. Side B gets nasty. Dragged Into Sunlight - Widowmaker  Love the artwork.  White vinyl, cool sleeve.  Hello there, little fella.  The reason I went to the Prosthetic site in the first place. A friend of mine posted the link to their Bandcamp and after I heard the album, I had to buy it. It was on sale for $15, which is a pretty good price for a 2xLP I think. If you like proggy, folky, atmospheric, sprawling black metal, I think you should check this out. https://wayfarercolorado.bandcamp.com/ Wayfarer - Children Of The Iron Age  The back.  That fold.  Plain black vinyl, but the labels are nice.   My last post had a 7" single from this band. Decided to pick this one up, too. Nice, sludgy epic in the Nordic sense of that word. Hull - Viking Funeral  The reverse.  Came with this insert.  Tells the story of the song, though not all of that is the lyrics. Complete with cool angry Viking art.  It's about revenge, by the by.  Nice silver and purple swirl.  Since the track fits on the first side, the backside of the vinyl is etched with some artwork. The Swamp Goat single also had something like this, but I forgot to take a photo of it last time and am too lazy to do it this time.  The last one. Heard this album a long time ago, loved it, but sorta forgot it had a vinyl version available until I remembered it suddenly the other week. It's a pretty nicely put together package. If you like apocalyptic crusty doom, you might wanna check this out. What's this fancy slipcase?  Three tracks. Got it.  Dead To A Dying World - Self-titled  The rear. Tofu Carnage seems to put together some good packaging.  Doom un(gate)folds around you.  The sleeves have the lyrics printed on them directly. With only three tracks, why not?    The last track, the longest, is split over both sides of the disc. I was wondering where they'd split the track, and they picked pretty much the perfect spot in the song to do it. The backside of the second sleeve.  The vinyl is a nice dark green which is hard to get a picture of without holding it up to the light. Just take my word for it. Also, ignore the dust. I ran into a bit of a staticy situation.  P.S. - Anybody got a site in the US with Morbus Chron's Sleepers in the Rift for a decent price? All I'm seeing is Discogs, and the reasonable stuff is in the UK and the US stuff is expensive. I'll buy from the UK if need be, but I'd like to save a little on shipping and get it a bit quicker, if I can. Detective Thompson fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Jan 1, 2015 |
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Finally took the time to open up and listen to my xmas gift.   Shame they couldn't be assed to print different labels for the different volumes but nothing else about it feels cheap. Edit: Oh yea, it has old love/new love. Best record set. Cyberball 2072 fucked around with this message at 10:36 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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CPL593H posted:Speaking of cool news, John Carpenter is putting out an album of all new music. This is up for pre-order, $23 shipped. http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr123-john-carpenter-lost-themes
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Cyberball 2072 posted:Finally took the time to open up and listen to my xmas gift. One of the circle things in the center was too small, so I had to cut it to make it fit my turntable. I was pretty disappointed at that.
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ambushsabre posted:One of the circle things in the center was too small, so I had to cut it to make it fit my turntable. I was pretty disappointed at that. That happens pretty regularly. What I use is a pencil. I just shove that thing in and out and in and out a few times until the hole is big enough to fit on my record player. It's just something that happens for some reason. But a pen or pencil will widen that hole pretty good if it is too tight.
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This just came in the mail today. One of the best death metal albums I've heard in a long time (plus some of the best album art, too). It's spinning as I type this and it's incredible. The label was sold out, so I had to buy it directly from the band. I just have to say, they shipped it out faster and packaged it up better than some record labels I've bought from. Horrendous - Ecdysis  The back. They are delightfully old school early-90s death.  The insert.  Lyric side.  No fancy colored vinyl, but the labels are nice. Side A.  Side B. 
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Boinks posted:This is up for pre-order, $23 shipped. Thank you so much for posting this. I'm super hyped about this album.
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Picked up a copy of American Football on blue vinyl at last night's show. Discogs says only 300 were pressed for the Chicago shows but I can't find anything to back that up as of yet. Still, it looks and sounds great.
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Here's some pickups from recent weeks.   Ensemble Pearl - Ensemble Pearl Nilsson - The Point! Merchandise - Totale Nite Tortoise - Tortoise Sweep the Leg Johnny - 4.9.21.30 Wipers - Is This Real? Botch - Unifying Themes Redux Botch - American Nervoso Pneu/Nervous Kid Split Rodan - Fifteen Quiet Years Oneida - Preteen Weaponry Isaac Hayes - The Man!
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Nice finds at Red Onion in dc this weekend Earth 2  Tim Hecker - ravedeath 1972  Fold  Oneohtrix point never - betrayed in the octagon   Few others too, but these are my favorite visually emdash fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Jan 5, 2015 |
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Anyone here own the Fela Kuti boxsets? How are they?
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Latest record pickup, grabbed it at a Goodwill shop earlier today. Pretty underrated album imo, and definitely one children should be exposed to.
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Can't believe my luck recently. Today I went to this place I'd been to a bunch of times so I kinda knew what was there. Picked out 4 records that were five bucks each. The dude only charges me ten bucks. Sweet. Then, on my way out, he goes, "Hey I don't know if you're interested, but we're throwing away that stack over there, you can have any of those records for free." gently caress yeah. I start looking through it and of course there's some torn up bullshit but then I started finding some great stuff. I found some Kitaro, Donald Byrd, Lou Rawls, Herbie Hancock and then possibly one of my craziest finds yet... A little late, but hey, i'll take it. http://www.discogs.com/Snoop-Doggy-Dogg-Merry-Christmas-Muthafuckers/release/861928
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Whaaaat the gently caress. Apparently the Snoop Dogg wasn't the best thing I found. http://www.discogs.com/Gil-Mell%C3%A9-The-Andromeda-Strain-Original-Electronic-Soundtrack/release/669736 The sleeve was totally destroyed but the hexagonal record is in good condition. Wow.
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illestG posted:Whaaaat the gently caress. Apparently the Snoop Dogg wasn't the best thing I found. That's the coolest thing I've seen in a while. Nice find
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illestG posted:Whaaaat the gently caress. Apparently the Snoop Dogg wasn't the best thing I found. That is awesome and why the hell would anyone throw that away?
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CPL593H posted:That is awesome and why the hell would anyone throw that away? I don't get it. I even held it up and showed the guy at the shop and he just kinda shrugged and said the sleeve was too damaged. Dude was cool as hell, makes me want to head back there and see if he'll hook me up with even more deals.
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I saw that in a shop for like $40 a few years ago. I covet.
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