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Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
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I'm ChrisB.
From the Grave
Beechy no longer has the time to run his thread called: Great Threads Revisited: The AOS Thread Of The Week, so I’ve offered to resurrect it……..
Link to Nick’s original thread:
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2727
I’m keen to see that members don’t get too tied up in what’s going on right now at the expense of appreciating what a great resource The Art of Sound has become.
So the first one is 'Does Size Matter?':
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=162
Administrator / Magnetic Tape Person
Location: Bristol, UK
Posts: 9,962
I'm Nick.
Blimey! A real blast from the past, thread 162Thanks for picking this up and dusting off a great concept!
Banned
Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
Posts: 16,937
I'm ChrisB.
This week's rave from the grave was started by Mudbug:
Has your life been influenced by a pop song?
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=714
The premise is that you find what was number 1 in the charts on the day you were born & decide whether that song somehow charted your destiny.
The original post links to the home page of the site, but this one takes you direct to the Birthday Number 1's page:
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1
..........mine was 'Get Off My Cloud' by the Stones, both in the UK & the US, a track I heartily approve of. But our colonial cousins in Australia were pretty turned on by 'Que Sera Sera' by Normie Rowe and the Playboys at the time & perhaps that laid back sentiment was more akin to my attitude to life than what the Stones had to say!
Pussy Man
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 2,026
I'm Confused.
Uhhhh!!!
Apparently there wasn't such a thing as No. 1 when I was born - am I the only person alive pre 1946??
Bah Humbug !!!
DaveK.
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Amps etc.: 2 x Mini-T amps, MF-X10D Valve buffer clone, StanDAC 7520/Caiman (mod'd).
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Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
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I'm ChrisB.
After a bit of detective work - I deduce you were born in May 1940. The best I can do is:Originally Posted by Dave&Sue
Uhhhh!!!
Apparently there wasn't such a thing as No. 1 when I was born - am I the only person alive pre 1946??
Bah Humbug !!!
Issue Date Song Artist
July 27 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
August 3 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
August 10 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
August 17 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
August 24 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
August 31 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
September 7 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
September 14 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
September 21 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
September 28 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
October 5 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
October 12 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey
October 19 "Only Forever" Bing Crosby
October 26 "Only Forever" Bing Crosby
November 2 "Only Forever" Bing Crosby
November 9 "Only Forever" Bing Crosby
November 16 "Only Forever" Bing Crosby
November 23 "Only Forever" Bing Crosby
November 30 "Only Forever" Bing Crosby
December 7 "Only Forever" Bing Crosby
December 14 "Only Forever" Bing Crosby
December 21 "Frenesi" Artie Shaw
December 28 "Frenesi" Artie Shaw
.........and Frank Sinatra's first hit record was recorded on 23rd May (my daughter's birthday) 1940:
TOMMY DORSEY & HIS ORCHESTRA WITH FRANK SINATRA AND THE PIED PIPERS
'I'll Never Smile Again'
How's that?
Pussy Man
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 2,026
I'm Confused.
GO AWAY !!!! Too damn near the knuckle, that - my birthday is within a day or so of your daughter's (but in 1940, unless, of course you are very, very, very old !!), and my wife is always telling me that I don't smile enough. Let's just close this thread NOW!!
DaveK.
My System:
Power: Belkin PF40, Custom.hifi.cables Hydra and DC PSUs.
Sources: Self built HTPC with Xonar ST sound card, NAD T585 multi disc player, Sony BDP-S350, Squeezebox Touch, Techncs SL1210 (mod'd) + Nagaoka MP30, Thomson Sky HD box.
Amps etc.: 2 x Mini-T amps, MF-X10D Valve buffer clone, StanDAC 7520/Caiman (mod'd).
Speakers: Mission 774s with added super tweeters
Cables: best I can afford and likely to change except Homar's RF attenuated co-ax's and Mark Grant USB and HDMI cables. I also like silver i/cs and speaker cable.
Banned
Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
Posts: 16,937
I'm ChrisB.
Dave,GO AWAY !!!! Too damn near the knuckle, that - my birthday is within a day or so of your daughter's (but in 1940, unless, of course you are very, very, very old !!
I wasn't thinking of you when I called this thread 'From the Grave'!!!!
Witchfinder General
Location: N. Ireland
Posts: 2,475
I'm Steve.
Can someone help? just what is "1946" ????Uhhhh!!!
Apparently there wasn't such a thing as No. 1 when I was born - am I the only person alive pre 1946??
Bah Humbug !!!
They swim... the mark of Satan is upon them. They must hang.
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I'm Neil.
The year before 1947 and the one after 1945Can someone help? just what is "1946" ????
Regards D S D L
Regards Neil
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
I think that from now on we should affectionately refer to our Dave as 'granddad'... I wonder if he has a big bushy beard?
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Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
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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.
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