On CD it was Love Over Good by Dire Straits. If my memory is correct it cost a whopping £14.99. That was in 1985!
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On CD it was Love Over Good by Dire Straits. If my memory is correct it cost a whopping £14.99. That was in 1985!
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I do remember the price of most CDs was astronomical when they were first launched but you thought you were buying space age technology!Originally Posted by prestonchipfryer
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You were.
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And at the dame time the quality of vinyl records was taking a nosedive, which I'm convinced was a deliberate ploy to shift us over to "perfect sound forever" with a little help from John Cleese. I resisted until 1990, by which time I decided they might actually be right.
Still kept my vinyl though, just didn't buy any more for about twenty years.
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Back in 76 (I think):
Vinyl 12”
Roxy Music Siren
Elton John’s Greatest Hits Volume 2
But my first 7” was
Sex Pistols God Save The Queen
First CD was quite late and I think it was a Prefab Sprout number because I didn’t have access to a player until I met my now missus in 1986. (I bought her a discman for her birthday in 1987).
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Have you still got it? Outside chance it might be worth a fortune. Mine is the wrong one, only worth about 7 quid
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie.
I still have it, but I bought another copy that doesn't have all the scratches, jumps and surface noise caused by playing it on the various crappy record players that were all I could afford at the time.
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"There's a man with a van, playing John Cale records, behind the green door"John cale it is, Paris 1919, sorry wrong thread.
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Have you still got it? Outside chance it might be worth a fortune. Mine is the wrong one, only worth about 7 quid
Sadly not. I think it is the second or third pressing.
I did buy the first pressing but it was for my cousin in Norway. I should ask him if he still has it.
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(1) Antipodes CX and EX, Matrix Audio X-Saber DSD, Meridian DSP7000 active speakers;
(2) Lumin D2, Cary CD-308 cdp, Quad 99 power amp, Horns 5degreeN*27 speakers;
(3) Homebrew PC with Onkyo Wavio SE200 soundcard running Daphile, Quad 44 and 405.2 into Dali Zensor 1s;
(4) Sooloos C15 plus storage, Braun A2, P1, CD3, C1 and T1 into Sonus Faber Concertos.
Integrated Home System:
Sony PS-X600, Naimnet NNT01 DAB Tuner; NS02 Server; NNP01/NNP02 room amplifiers; Netstreams switches, keypads, KEF Ci130QS/Soundlight speakers.
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First single- Diamonds by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan. 1963.
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