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Yes, I think I once had a couple of Altered Images LPs. Only a year or so ago, whilst having a bit of a clear out, I recorded the tracks that I liked and gave the LPs away.Originally Posted by Thing Fish
Don't feel bad - this is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for when started this thread. If you enjoy it then that's all that matters, but like you there are perhaps some titles we all have that are secret and guilty pleasures.
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Perfect example of what I had in mind: a fine artist sadly enjoying very little "street cred" these days.Well time for me to fess up I guess, so this is mine
One of the greatest voices this country has ever produced IMO, like drowning in liquid chocolate
It's a good job I had zero street cred to start with.
Any Perry Como fans out there?
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Nothing wrong with that. So it's a bit of a classical "lollypop", who cares if it's programmatic, it's full of emotion and anyway it was one of the first classical CDs I bought.
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No, but what about a spot of Engy Humpydick?Any Perry Como fans out there?
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What about Acker BilkNo, but what about a spot of Engy Humpydick?
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Como had soul, "Humpydick" did not!No, but what about a spot of Engy Humpydick?
Marco.
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No-one can touch Dean Martin or 'Get yer Nat King', baby!!
I presume you're familiar with the vernacular expression of 'Get yer Nat King'?
Marco.
P.S Tom Jones (his rival) was the one with soul, during the era of Sir 'Humpydick' of Blandness.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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.
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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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Aye, why not?What about Acker Bilk
But only after I've played my Max Bygraves, Sydney Devine and Val Doonican records!
[And then committed suicide]
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Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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.
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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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Agreed about Dino, Nat King Cole and Tom Jones.No-one can touch Dean Martin or 'Get yer Nat King', baby!!
I presume you're familiar with the vernacular expression of 'Get yer Nat King'?
Marco.
P.S Tom Jones (his rival) was the one with soul, during the era of Sir 'Humpydick' of Blandness.
Sorry - No I'm not familiar with the vernacular expression "Get yer nat King".Please explain.
But Como did have soul, though I have none of his material.
(P.S. You forgot Des O'Connor.
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Jeez, how could I forget Dezzo!
"Did ye get yer Nat King?"... Is a rather quaint Glaswegian expression, used when one is quizzing a friend if he managed to de-frock the young lady he dated last night and engage in coital union.
"Nat King Cole" = 'hole'... Geddit?
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and 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. 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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