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  1. #31
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    Ah ha! 'The Church With No Bell...' if I'm not mistaken. Shame it's only 1 bedroom
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    It's got one bell,beachy.
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    Ah yes! You're right. I was going by memory of the story a pal told me of how the album came about - to raise money to buy the church... naturally my brain insisted you'd only do this in the event that there weren't any bells on it... as it was Mr Martyn was blessed with one very nice bell, which only needed a bit of a polish. I'm more a fan of his early stuff I'd say
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    Beechy, David is the Martyn-meister. Quite literally, what he doesn't know about him isn't worth knowing

    I think he's even got one or two of his records...



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    Thanks for the heads up I'll remember not to tangle with him on JM related matters in future!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    I think he's even got one or two of his records...



    Marco.
    Hmm... I seem to have rather more than that!
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    Clue (in case you hadn't noticed): there was a teensy hint of irony in my above statement

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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    Err... ditto. Hence the winky smiley!
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    sorry to say i missed this thread..
    However, in our local Borders this week and spotted Avalon Sunset at £7.99 on this re-issue series.

    Now, I hesitated for a bit cos I love old Van (even if he is a miserable old git and his studio band do unmentionable things to his harmonicas)..
    I have most of his albums on vinyl and cd.

    What caught my eye though was the sticker on the front saying the remastering was done at 96k/24 bit, so I forked out just to see if this really made a difference.

    It does.
    Keep listening to tracks and detail, musical information that wasn't apparent before. Bugger... thankfully they are all at mid price.

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