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Thread: Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Us-&-Them View Post
    You're never gonna believe it but, I managed to pick it up on CD from a charity shop on Saturday for £1. Mind you, I have owned it on (black) vinyl since it came out and it still sounds good on there too; but for a £1....................... I thought, that's coming home with me!!!

    Definitely put it on your wish list - it's worth it !!!!!
    Charity shops up here are all crap, never have anything worth buying. I get all my £1 or less bargains at car boots. And if it's something in particular I want, Music Magpie (via Ebay) is a good place.

    Never been a better time to throw together an extensive CD collection. And long may it last
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    AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. IF YOU LIKE GRUNGE AND ALSO PINK FLOYD, THIS BAND KINDA MIXES THE TWO GENRES AND EVEN DOES IT WITH A "SLIGHT" PROG INFLUENCE ON OTHER ALBUMS. GOOD BAND AND GOOD ALBUM - I LIKE IT!!
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    It isn't necessarily about doing things right, its also about doing the right thing !!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    It's not that Loz, I don't have a problem with vinyl, but I've long harboured the feeling that picture discs and coloured vinyl tend to sound 'wrong'. At least that is what I've found with the few I own.

    I also have "We Too Are One", "Revenge", "Touch", "Be Yourself Tonight" and "Savage" on normal black vinyl (all fine iirc), and "Peace" on CD which is excellent.

    But I'll put "Sweet Dreams" on my CD wish list. Not heard it in years.
    If LPs are not black vinyl, I won't touch them. 'Vinyl' (polyvinyl chloride) is transparent. The addition of carbon black makes it black (obviously!) and thus easy to cue tracks, and the carbon also greatly helps reduce problems with static.


    Sales of CDs at boot sales are becoming more expensive - typically £1/ or occasionally 50p/, and they are often in poor condition. Whereas most charity shops now only charge 50p/, and as is becoming increasingly common: 4 x CD for £1, or 25p/. They are also in much better condition.
    The charity shops in some of the more 'cosmopolitan' parts of London stock the most amazing variety of CDs. At 25p or 50p, one can afford to gamble and be introduced to acts and music that is new to you. Only rarely have I picked up a CD that didn't like.

    Returning to LPs, boot sales are largely useless - the choice is poor, usually 'best ofs' and easy listening, and the condition of both the record and the sleeve is often poor. There are of course the traders, who armed with their Record Buyers Guide, sell their wares for high prices; largely irrespecive of condition. The best however are those record sellers who get their stock from house clearances - they sell LPs for much more reasonable prices, and the condition is always good.
    Barry

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    Tool – Lateralus
    Label: Volcano (2) – 61422-31160-1 LP, Volcano (2) – 61422-3116-1 LP, Tool Dissectional – 61422-31160-1 LP, Tool Dissectional – 61422-3116-1 LP
    Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Picture Disc, Reissue, 180g

    Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ajski2fly View Post
    tool – lateralus
    label: Volcano (2) – 61422-31160-1 lp, volcano (2) – 61422-3116-1 lp, tool dissectional – 61422-31160-1 lp, tool dissectional – 61422-3116-1 lp
    format: 2 x vinyl, lp, album, limited edition, picture disc, reissue, 180g

    Funnily enough, I was playing this last night and I've just been finishing the last couple of tracks this morning.

    Good album !!!
    It isn't necessarily about doing things right, its also about doing the right thing !!!!!

    ITS A LONG WAY TO THE TOP........................ WHEN YA WANNA ROCK N ROLL !!!


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    Nakamichi Cassette Deck 2. Linn Index II + Ku-Stone Stands. REL Strata. Linn Interconnects throughout and Chord Flat Strand speaker cable.

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    pure Proustian existentialism..dylan.
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    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Us-&-Them View Post
    Funnily enough, I was playing this last night and I've just been finishing the last couple of tracks this morning.

    Good album !!!
    I only discovered them a few years ago, on recommendation from my nephew. This is probably my favourite of theirs, although I rather like Fear Inoculum. Lateralus musically is quite a varied and and even some individual tracks shift around musically, I cannot remember which two tracks but there is distinct overtones of and early Black Sabbath sound and feel, certainly the guitar and bass.
    Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.

    Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner

    Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive

    Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp

    Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones

    Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links


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    Picked this 1st Edition up today in Sidmouth Red Cross shop, bit pricey at £4.99 but as NM/NM was worth it, it sounds rather good, surprised to see what its selling for on Discogs.

    Duran Duran – Rio

    Label: EMI – EMC 3411, EMI – 0C 062-64 782
    Format:
    Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
    Country: UK
    Released: May 1982

    Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.

    Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner

    Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive

    Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp

    Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones

    Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links


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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    If LPs are not black vinyl, I won't touch them. 'Vinyl' (polyvinyl chloride) is transparent. The addition of carbon black makes it black (obviously!) and thus easy to cue tracks, and the carbon also greatly helps reduce problems with static.


    Sales of CDs at boot sales are becoming more expensive - typically £1/ or occasionally 50p/, and they are often in poor condition. Whereas most charity shops now only charge 50p/, and as is becoming increasingly common: 4 x CD for £1, or 25p/. They are also in much better condition.
    The charity shops in some of the more 'cosmopolitan' parts of London stock the most amazing variety of CDs. At 25p or 50p, one can afford to gamble and be introduced to acts and music that is new to you. Only rarely have I picked up a CD that didn't like.

    Returning to LPs, boot sales are largely useless - the choice is poor, usually 'best ofs' and easy listening, and the condition of both the record and the sleeve is often poor. There are of course the traders, who armed with their Record Buyers Guide, sell their wares for high prices; largely irrespecive of condition. The best however are those record sellers who get their stock from house clearances - they sell LPs for much more reasonable prices, and the condition is always good.
    At car boots there are still individuals who maybe going over to streaming or have digitised their collections, and there you have a fair chance of picking up something decent.

    Traders at car boot sales I always walk past - easy to spot as they tend not to sell anything else, and their wares look like they've been out in all weathers.

    What is your opinion of record fairs? We plan to go to one this Saturday, there's one in Manchester and one in Windermere. We will decide which one on the day - if the weather's nice the Lake District will be gridlock and best avoided.
    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

    Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.

    KICKSTARTER: ENABLING SCAMMERS SINCE 2009

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    I haven't been to a record fair for years. The last one was in Chelmsford, probably about 25 years ago. I think I picked up one or two LPs, in good nick and for a reasonable price.

    I think one of the record emporiums here hold a monthly Record Day bash, but they usually promote LP titles specially chosen for the occasion, and are attended by 'vinyl groupies' - I can't be bothered: vinyl is not that important to me.

    But if you haven't been to one, you might find them interesting - and you might find something you have been after for a good while. I would imagine that record fairs now also sell CDs.

    Good luck.
    Barry

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