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Well, it's definitely a Motorola, so that's a start! Edit: At least, the one in that photo is. Motorola Stereophonic something or other. Any way you can take a picture of the one you found? Cpt. Spring Types fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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Devoyniche posted:I posted this in the "Old Electronics" thread in GBS but I think I might get some more advice here, so I am reposting, hope you don't mind: It sounds like you found yourself a nice doorstop.
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Aug 9, 2013 02:14
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This thread inspired me to rip all my Billy Joel records to my PC. Say Goodbye to Hollywood sounds infinitely better on LP.
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Aug 9, 2013 04:01
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As they said in the other thread it's a changer, but without the center adapter it won't work unfortunately.
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Aug 9, 2013 04:53
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I have a bunch of Billy Joel records no one will take. If any of you guys are interested in them I'll sell them for cheap. Also Springsteen.
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Aug 9, 2013 05:39
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CPL593H posted:I have a bunch of Billy Joel records no one will take. If any of you guys are interested in them I'll sell them for cheap. Also Springsteen. Post which ones and I'll let you know.
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Aug 9, 2013 05:47
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Post which ones and I'll let you know. I know I at least have that one with Billy Joel throwing a rock or something and the one with Bruce Springsteen's rear end being patriotic. Edit: Actual list. Billy Joel Glass House The Stranger 52nd Street An Innocent Man Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA. The Stranger, Glass House and 52nd Street are all NM. The rest are a good VG+. They appear to have superficial scuffs here and there, but very likely not deep enough to be audible. Most likely none of these records were ever played. Original inserts are there for all of them. Covers are all pretty much VG+ CPL593H fucked around with this message at 06:03 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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Aug 9, 2013 05:52
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I have a some weird Bruce Springsteen Live Box set which has like 8 records or something. Never heard a Springsteen song consciously in my life.
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Aug 9, 2013 06:21
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Dissapointed Owl posted:I have a some weird Bruce Springsteen Live Box set which has like 8 records or something. I always confuse him and John Mellancamp because they both sing a bunch of songs about steel mills and New Jersey or whatever the gently caress phoney bullshit.
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Aug 9, 2013 06:25
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Fun fact, 52nd Street was the first album commercially released on CD.
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Ron Burgundy posted:Fun fact, 52nd Street was the first album commercially released on CD. The format was ruined before it even began.
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Dissapointed Owl posted:The format was ruined before it even began.  I like you. You're a cool guy.
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Aug 9, 2013 06:53
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CPL593H posted:I know I at least have that one with Billy Joel throwing a rock or something and the one with Bruce Springsteen's rear end being patriotic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScIWg0iOxUw Also, gently caress all y'all.
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Aug 9, 2013 06:58
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Electric Bugaloo posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScIWg0iOxUw So I'm guessing that's a "no"?
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CPL593H posted:So I'm guessing that's a "no"? Nah, sorry- I have all of the ones I want of those already. Either way, you'd have to be pretty near me in Boston to make it worth it. None of those albums is worth more than $5 and I live about 5 blocks from the Comm. Ave 'In Yer Ear' so shipping them or even taking the T somewhere would be a waste for everyone involved. Also, I know this is swerving into 'pedantic sperg' land but "Born in the USA" isn't really as patriotic as a surprising number of people think it is. It's not as dark or pessimistic as Nebraska but it largely contrasts the patriotism that got/gets attributed to the working class with how hosed over they were post-Vietnam and throughout the '70s. And after the GOP tried to appropriate the title track for the 1984 campaign and got publicly told off, it became pretty much the de-facto anti-Reagan album of the '80s. Just for that I think it's pretty worth listening to- even if it's my least favorite of the big Springsteen albums. I just bring it up because a lot of people will only get as far as the chorus of the title track before assuming it's just the synthy '80s version of a Toby Keith song.
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Aug 9, 2013 07:27
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Nah, sorry- I have all of the ones I want of those already. Either way, you'd have to be pretty near me in Boston to make it worth it. None of those albums is worth more than $5 and I live about 5 blocks from the Comm. Ave 'In Yer Ear' so shipping them or even taking the T somewhere would be a waste for everyone involved. Oh I already knew all that about Born in the USA because I actually bother to listen to the rest of the words from songs. I do pop up in Cambridge pretty often, for what it's worth.
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Aug 9, 2013 07:46
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CPL593H posted:I do pop up in Cambridge pretty often, for what it's worth. Let's get drunk and yell at each other about how punk we are(n't) sometime. Seriouspost: This just gave me an idea- Ya'll wanna do a record exchange at some point? Like a secret santa but made up of insufferable people (with a price limit of course). I dunno if it'd be best to make it a regional thing or to open it up to mailing as well. On the one hand, the local record exchanges I've done in the past are fun because they're essentially just a bar meet with LPs- but on the other, the option of going international with it (and some lucky sod getting a 12" of didgeridoo tracks from David Puddy, assuming he'd be party) is kind of appealing, if potentially expensive.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Let's get drunk and yell at each other about how punk we are(n't) sometime. I'd be all over this if shipping costs weren't loving ridiculous internationally. e: Actually, I'd really like to do this. I like looking for rare records, and I can make some people happy with somewhat uncommon vinyl. Dissapointed Owl fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Let's get drunk and yell at each other about how punk we are(n't) sometime. That might be complicated due to how many records the regular posters here typically own.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:(and some lucky sod getting a 12" of didgeridoo tracks from David Puddy, assuming he'd be party)  I will take part but if the price limit is $25 or whatever I will only be able to afford to send/be sent a mailer 
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Aug 9, 2013 08:21
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Hope you all like spoken word Australian folk stories. With any luck david and I will get each other.
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Aug 9, 2013 10:45
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Finally an excuse to buy 100 yen Japanese reggae albums!
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Aug 9, 2013 11:05
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You know I've never actually listened to any Springsteen (sorry) ... fancy posting it to the UK?
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Dissapointed Owl posted:I have a some weird Bruce Springsteen Live Box set which has like 8 records or something. I have that too, it's pretty word. It's got his cover of Jersey Girl on there.
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Aug 9, 2013 13:19
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Also, for whoever it was that was trying to buy the Solaris soundtrack in the UK, it's back in stock at Boomkat: http://boomkat.com/vinyl/772562-edward-artemiev-solaris-original-soundtrack
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Aug 9, 2013 14:58
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Doing a record exchange sounds like a pretty cool idea. Hope everybody likes Billy Joel. 
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Aug 9, 2013 17:51
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Start diggin', New Yorkers New York Public Library Selling 22,000 Vinyl Records
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Aug 9, 2013 18:46
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The retro video games thread has been having a lot of fun with their secret santas, the second or third one is wrapping up soonish (basically when the last few packages reach their destinations) and is already developing into a mini-culture, with certain terrible titles being sent along for fun alongside actual good games and hardware, often stuff from people's wishlists. Also to prevent overlap, some people will post lists of what they already own. Their cutoff is $50, but $50 in games is way lighter than $50 of vinyl. (Also, I don't think they consider shipping costs as part of the price cutoff?) e: Also, I just found a new thrift shop and decided to do it old-school; buy poo poo that's either awesome or crazy or both. A dollar a piece, gently caress it, let's buy some records.  
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Aug 9, 2013 18:57
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The final Altar of Plagues album made it to American shores at last. Double LP at 45RPM, sounds fuckin' stellar. Really glad I got to see these guys live and super glad I have all their releases.
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Aug 9, 2013 21:04
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Haven't bought a new record in three months.  I've actually managed to listen to some of my records.Also I never realized I could have this much money.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Haven't bought a new record in three months. Ah yes, the upsides of taking a break from buying. I have several more rolling onto the doorstep soon, but I'll be taking a break after that. Yet, even not listening to records is fun. It's almost as if your collection enjoys itself, and you live through it vicariously, through your imagination. Also, I like Walter Benjamin's take on collecting and not listening to records. He's actually talking about books, but the meaning carries over: quote:The most profound enchantment for the collector is the locking of individual items within a magic circle in which they are fixed as the final thrill, the thrill of acquisition, passes over them... And [not playing one's records], you will object, should be characteristic of collectors? This is news to me, you may say. It is not news at all. Experts will bear me out when I say that it is the oldest thing in the world. Suffice it to quote the answer which Anatole France gave to a philistine who admired his library and then finished with the standard question, “And you have [played] all these [records], Monsieur France?" “Not one-tenth of them. I don’t suppose you use your Sèvres china every day?" "Not one-tenth" is pretty extreme, but I'll confess to owning records that have never touched a needle since they've resided in my house.
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28 Gun Bad Boy posted:While I can't comment on the sound quality, I did just have a quick check online and Rubadub do have a Numark portable online, though out of stock. Truthfully I've never checked when I'm in there myself, but you could always pop in or phone and see if they have one in store or they could probably order one in for you. Sound guys who know their stuff too. Just round from St Enochs on Howard St. Ah, thanks, I walked past this place the other day and promptly forgot about it. I'll see if I get a chance to go in next week. I live in the West End so there are plenty of record shops around, but I'm not as familiar with the ones in the centre. Cheers!
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landofcake posted:You know I've never actually listened to any Springsteen (sorry) ... fancy posting it to the UK? I wouldn't mind but it's probably not worth it to you considering how expensive the shipping would be for a very common record.
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CPL593H posted:I wouldn't mind but it's probably not worth it to you considering how expensive the shipping would be for a very common record. This is true, I figured it might be a laugh, but it's at least sowed the seed of some sort of goon record exchange  Also, I have discovered that it is extremely nice to unexpectedly win records you really, really want on eBay ... I stuck in a bid expecting the end cost to go sky high and it didn't, so thanks to that this should be whinging its way to me in the post this week (I'm so excited): 
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Aug 10, 2013 21:59
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Oh my god. All I have ever wanted.
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Aug 10, 2013 23:24
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At first I thought that was Bryter Layter. I got a good laugh out of it when I noticed that it's not. What the hell is it, by the way?
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Aug 10, 2013 23:38
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Akuma No Uta by Boris. I want it. I saw them live recently, they owned so hard.
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Aug 10, 2013 23:48
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Great record, Boris is great.
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Aug 11, 2013 00:03
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Yeah, I would do bad things for that record. And what's great is that Boris knows how to play quiet as well as loud---that's got to be an honest tribute with that cover.
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landofcake posted:This is true, I figured it might be a laugh, but it's at least sowed the seed of some sort of goon record exchange Beautiful. I am green. In other news I'm sourcing the parts to do a complete re-cap of my Technics SL-D2. Mostly because of this wavering pitch problem that I can't seem to shake but partly because I'm very, very bored. I don't expect it to sound any better, I just want the pitch to stay steady. I know I should just get an AT120 or something but I like this turntable and don't want to give up on it.
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