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A cool thing about preordering records months in advance is that I forget about it and then I get a cool surprise at my door I got Bowery Electric's self-titled album and then I have also ordered a copy of Beat because that album is good "sitting in the dark" listening
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I thought the record would have LEDs. Embedded I guess and powered by kinetic energy.
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Sep 15, 2023 22:38
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My Lovely Horse posted:I thought the record would have LEDs. Embedded I guess and powered by kinetic energy. The static electricity generated by the friction of the needle powers them. Thank's, Elon
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Sep 15, 2023 22:56
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Heath posted:A cool thing about preordering records months in advance is that I forget about it and then I get a cool surprise at my door Oh hey - I just found this band while on a trip hop kick myself incredible music that was there and gone and I never would have heard if not for pure chance it's funny and sad to think how much talent is out there at any moment toiling away that will ultimately end up forgotten
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Sep 15, 2023 23:07
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I've found so much poo poo through trawling YouTube. One of my favorite bands was a completely random recommendation on a work computer of all things that all of us used with no logged in account. I cannot fathom how the algorithm churned out this one at exactly the right time for me to find it but I've since been on a mission to get their records since they have apparently vanished off the face of the earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ZpuJjirFM Bowery Electric was a similar one. No idea where they came from or how I found them but YouTube turns up some weirdly specific vibes sometimes
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Happy Hippo posted:To be clear, that's not official, right? Ex-Military is a mixtape so that's an "original" bootleg, right? no its official. his brother bought it way back in their first LA show when they were still running the merch booths and everything https://www.discogs.com/release/3267383-Death-Grips-Ex-Military this pressing.
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Sep 15, 2023 23:41
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Nightmare Cinema posted:To any Genesis fans having trouble finding decent sounding versions of the original mixes for the 70's albums: Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England, The Lamb, and Trick are getting reissues cut from the original master tapes. breaking up supper's ready across two sides is a problem and then eight sides of lamb is an even bigger one
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Sep 16, 2023 01:17
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Creature posted:Isn’t that how it was released in Australia? I seem to recall that it was only when it was released in either the UK or US that they had to redo the samples. Or was there a version before the 'official' first release? Yeah even the very first official release had to have a few samples cut or re-recorded. Can't even find a boot or anything with it all.
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hexwren posted:breaking up supper's ready across two sides is a problem and then eight sides of lamb is an even bigger one Let’s bring back the 8 track and just cut songs in half.
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I like my Rumours 45 RPM pretty well but I don’t think I would enjoy having to get up and turn an album over every two songs or have a long song split up. It’d be like having one of the old Rush albums where there was a single song on a side split up. I want some of the Phil led era Genesis stuff but those prices are higher than I’d want to pay overall I think for 45 RPM versions.
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Sep 16, 2023 16:47
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question about turntable setup if anyone happens to be familiar with it (belt-driven): i recently got a pro-ject turntable (T1 so pretty basic model from them) and i think the cartridge got messed up a little while it was shipping. it was loose in the headshell and the stylus cover had fallen off in the box. anyway i know i should have exchanged it but i was too lazy to send something that heavy and delicate back so i learned how to align and calibrate it myself. i also attempted to verify that the stylus was not damaged using a magnifying glass. so during playback everything works fine now and it sounds great to my ears BUT... issue: as soon as a side is over, if i dont catch it pretty quickly, the tone arm will quickly slide over to the center of the record (like within a matter of seconds) and scratch into the label sticker. is that common or did i gently caress something up calibrating it (maybe the counter weight is off idk)?
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thathonkey posted:question about turntable setup if anyone happens to be familiar with it (belt-driven): Edit: I looked up the turntable and I'm not sure you can adjust anti-skate. Pretzellogic fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Sep 16, 2023 |
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https://reddit.com/r/turntables/s/aqqLjBVCtE This guy has the same problem (but never really fixed it). Check your tracking force. It might be too low so it doesn't stay in the locked groove. You could also just get a really wide record weight that covers the label 
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thathonkey posted:question about turntable setup if anyone happens to be familiar with it (belt-driven): If you bought it new with all the accessories, it should have come with a tiny VTF gauge. Check out the bottom of page 5. You will need a small hex wrench to loosen the set screw on the counterweight. For what it is worth, I ordered the older variant of this turntable almost 7 years ago and ran into the same issue. Mine didn't come with a vtf gauge, however, so I had to find an a/v store to get some help.
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thanks! i believe it did come with an analog vtf gauge. edit: didnt see your link at first. cool!
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Went thrift shopping this afternoon no good record finds (there never are, are there) but check out this CD stack for $3.88 
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god i wish i could find even half those albums on cd when thrifting, or even albums half as good thrift stores are bereft of quality around here
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You know I was wondering how this one consistently has such good poo poo in it and then it clicked with me just now that it's down the street from CD Cellar so they probably give the poo poo they can't sell or direct people to it if they pass on something. It's called Clock Tower (in Falls Church) for anyone in the area. Highly recommended, they also have a great book selection.
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J-Tull Dot Com is a seriously underrated album with an absolutely horrible cover and title.
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Went thrift shopping this afternoon Massive haul, grats
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this is only tangentially related, in that it's also dead media formats, but do we have a laserdisc thread anywhere? it's really tempting to get into it for discs of videos and concerts that never properly made it to dvd
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Speaking of dead media, pre-sale for a rerelease of Gillian Welch’s The Harrow and the Harvest on reel to reel started yesterday. $700.
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BigFactory posted:Speaking of dead media, pre-sale for a rerelease of Gillian Welch’s The Harrow and the Harvest on reel to reel started yesterday. $700. That’s $200 more than Elephant by the White Stripes. I’m confused at who needs to spend this much on music. Like $100 for a reel release I could get. It’s extravagant, but it’s also super niche. But $500? That is just at the point where if you can afford to buy it, you have too much money.
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Cemetry Gator posted:That’s $200 more than Elephant by the White Stripes. It’s 2 reels, and hand transferred from 1/2” by Dave Rawlings. I bet they’re not making many. And I’m sure it will be worth a lot more than $700 the minute it’s released but it’s too much for me.
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BigFactory posted:Speaking of dead media, pre-sale for a rerelease of Gillian Welch’s The Harrow and the Harvest on reel to reel started yesterday. $700. WHAT Too much. but I love that record and am glad we got a vinyl pressing even so many years later.
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dorium posted:WHAT You know it’s going to sound amazing
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BigFactory posted:You know it’s going to sound amazing Yeah i bet it sounds incredible. I dont even know anyone with a reel to reel that I could convince to make such an investment. Lucky SOB's whoever gets one.
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BigFactory posted:It’s 2 reels, and hand transferred from 1/2” by Dave Rawlings. I bet they’re not making many. And I’m sure it will be worth a lot more than $700 the minute it’s released but it’s too much for me. So the guy pushes record and that’s worth $700? It’s just audiophile nonsense - the same thing with the Electronic Recording Company. If you’re willing to spend hundreds of dollars on a mono copy of the Doors’ debut because it’s an audiophile pressing, then you need to reconsider your financial decisions. The Doors stands out to me especially since the mono version of the album has pretty rough sound quality with a ton of distortion baked into both the recording and the mix. And the mono tape is in pretty bad shape. So yeah, it’s all analog and tube cut, but it’s always going to be a low fidelity record anyway!
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What's the future equivalent of white hot stampers? Yo did you get the limited digital release of Lil Martha n the Stewarts? 128 Kbps mp3s with each song saved as a different image. Apparently you can even hear the baby crying in the background of Soundcloud4eva like the artist originally intended. Absolutely worth $400.
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Cemetry Gator posted:So the guy pushes record and that’s worth $700? It’s just audiophile nonsense - the same thing with the Electronic Recording Company. Ok, but this is a brilliant recording, not lovely, and it would be the equivalent (kinda) of Jim Morrison and Ray Manzerek being personally involved in producing the reels out of their home studio and autographing them before they ship them to you. It will be worth double or triple what someone pays the minute they get it. But it’s still a lot of money and I’m not doing it. But I wish I could. I’m sure it sold out in hours.
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 I took a chance and won these from shopgoodwill for $16 out the door. They turned out to be in excellent condition (except Nilsson which is fairly scuffed). I'm pretty happy.
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dorium posted:Yeah i bet it sounds incredible. I dont even know anyone with a reel to reel that I could convince to make such an investment. Lucky SOB's whoever gets one. Reel to reel is such a loving headache. I have a deck and analog mixing deck, it's fun to record on it, sound is cool, but gently caress it. The amount of things that go wrong and/or need repairs + costs make it a gently caress off format for me.
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I just walked into my Goodwill and there was an Original Master Recording Dark Side Of The Moon just sitting in front inside of the first record crate. I did a double take so hard I think I broke my neck. End up with 20 classic rock records out of 100+ in the crates, sadly most were missing the inner sleeve and completely trashed.
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Real talk: How do we feel about taking out a used record in a store and inspecting it before purchase? I feel like it's necessary, but I'm curious...
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Nightmare Cinema posted:Real talk: How do we feel about taking out a used record in a store and inspecting it before purchase? I wouldn't buy a used record without doing that. Good stores will have a player set up so you can test them too.
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Nightmare Cinema posted:Real talk: How do we feel about taking out a used record in a store and inspecting it before purchase? I've only ever been in one record store that didn't allow it. I didn't buy anything. Online reviews of said shop are mostly people complaining about it, and the owner dutifully responding "gently caress YOU!" to each of them.
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Pretzellogic posted:I've only ever been in one record store that didn't allow it. I didn't buy anything. Online reviews of said shop are mostly people complaining about it, and the owner dutifully responding "gently caress YOU!" to each of them. There's a place like this in Elmwood Park, NJ. Just a consumer watch so local goons know to avoid this place like the plague.
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Nightmare Cinema posted:Real talk: How do we feel about taking out a used record in a store and inspecting it before purchase? I always do and if a shop has a policy against it you shouldn't be in that shop.
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Nightmare Cinema posted:There's a place like this in Elmwood Park, NJ. drat that's some nice 2-3x mark-up on any given record the stand out being that Herman's Hermits for $30 how on earth can a place stay in business at those prices
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:drat that's some nice 2-3x mark-up on any given record unfortunately the people who are regulars are dumping CASH in there (or the store itself knows/has good hands for finding/acquiring large collections of records that will sell pretty well and fast) most likely. That and with the resurgence of the format ive seen some truly comical records being flipped for triple its usual asking price just because its in store.
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