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  1. So, i'm over at a friends place today and i mentioned this post. He is a hard core Jazzbo' He pulls out three Flim &the BB's cd's...Tunnel, Big Notes and Neon...I've got a week or two to give them a listen.
  2. That's it...Thank you for giving this gem a new life...
  3. If DaddyJT wants to create a second CS Reference disk set, this is very highly recommended to be included on it. I have a XR-metal recording which someone made for me. It is on a cassette tape. The CD is currently unreasonably priced (at least for me) - http://www.amazon.com/Morello-Standard-Time-Joe/dp/B000003DE9 Give it a listen,...turn it up very loud...and enjoy...
  4. I was lucky to see and hear Frank Zappa. I love his work.
  5. In the mid '90's dmp or, Digital Music Products, released a few music samplers in the "20" bit format. It was new at the time. We are way beyond that now. One of their sampler catalog CD's has a recording of "Take Five"... It was taken from the Joe Morello CD, "Standard Time". Joe Morello was Dave Brubeck's drummer and Paul Desmond was the sax player that wrote the song. Joe Morello's version of Take Five will make you cry...trust me, If you are a Sax player, it will make you smile, if you are a drummer,...you'll learn from a true master. I am neither.
  6. A horse walks into a bar...Bartender say's...Hey!...what's with the long face?
  7. A jazz guitar player has his daughter take him to see her favorite Metal band. He watches the guitar player tuning up. It takes him at least a half hour to tune up and then he delivers a great gig. Later, after the show, the fathers bumps into the metal guy and say's " That was a great show however, i was astonished it took you half and hour to tune up. I saw Andres Segovia years ago and it took him about thirty seconds to tune his guitar...The metal guy reply's.......Ya?...really? well some guy's just don't give a shit"...
  8. Thank you, Thank You, Thank You!!! You rock Kevin...
  9. I'm still lame at posting pic's and Alex Harvey was elusive at best...His first and last solo record after TSAHB was called The Mafia Stole My Guitar...on side two of that record he does the greatest version of "Shaking All Over" that you will ever hear...Absolutely Killer. I bought the record back in 1979 and to this day it still sends shivers down my back bone...
  10. Just ordered the Limited Edition Box set...thanks for the heads up. I haven't been on site for quite a while and yours was the first post i've read in a while. Wow!
  11. ...Come on Steve...you don't have a Zero Stat?... Finally! Something we can instigate Steve with. Steve this baby works real goooood. Tori Spelling and Zero Stat's...Good job Guy's...True Colours...
  12. Ray, You rock....and i have seen the steam clean and how it can warp you inside and out...very harsh for such a sweet format...Ive used VPI and simply pushed a warp from outside to inside and three hours later, pushed it back out...that too me is too much vinyl in the puck at press time...and not letting it cool down before trim...
  13. ...Come on Steve...you don't have a Zero Stat?...
  14. One more thought before you rag on cleaning blocks of old records...even new vinyl should to be washed...
  15. I know of a local gentleman that had one of the finest New and Used record stores here in Edmonton...every time i went in there, he was hand washing and wiping his records clean. He was in two locations over a period of thirty years and his vinyl was spotless and pristine...I've had every type of record cleaner and nothing comes close to doing it right in the sink with a mild detergent...It's labour intensive but more importantly...a labour of love...There is no room lazy folks when it comes to vinyl...whats next...instant coffee and fully auto turntables?....
  16. staticvar

    Vinyl Facts

    I read a piece on Shelby Lynne after she recorded "Just a Little Lovin' " The album was done old school analog on 2 inch tape. While they were listening to play back, she heard the echo on one of the tracks and it blew her mind...she made the comment, It's just like Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta' Love"...I can hear the echo. That Shelby Lynne album is a brilliant recording. It's a tribute to Dusty Springfield and when you hear the first few chords from the Fender Roades keyboard, it still sends shivers up my spine...and it's why i'm still hooked on vinyl...
  17. Tom Petty "Runnin' Down a Dream" and Black Sabbath "Paranoid" worked for me in the past...
  18. staticvar

    Vinyl Facts

    Probably needs a new belt Dano. Should be pretty easy to replace. 1229s do not have belts.... They're "idler" drive tables.... My bet (and I've owned many of these) is that it merely needs cleaned and re-lubed... When the oil and grease that was originally used when they were built gets old and dried out it gets stiff and parts won't want to move freely... The best way is to take it apart and clean with alcohol and then relube.... Some spots want 30wt motor oil and some spots grease (I like white lithium)... In my opinion it's worth it.... They're quite nice tables You may already be aware of this but the service manual for the 1229Q is available on Vinyl Engine...
  19. Happy New year folks...it's been a while. I love how this post jumped from the last post three years ago, to minutes ago...it's a great topic. Going back to late '09 when Music Matters started remastering all of Rudy Van Gelders original Blue Note recordings at 45 rpm, i got hooked and haven't looked back. It's been four plus years of subscription patronage and one hundred plus recordings of the most brilliant music ever re-recorded that make this series very special...check them out and enjoy...
  20. Two Irishmen walk out of a pub...Hey!...it could happen!...
  21. I've had that CD for the last 3 months or so. I like most of it, Steve doesnt sing much...lol Nice find in Vinyl, bet it sounds very nice. I walked into a high end store that had it playing on a large set of Harbeth M40 They only had the one opened copy, but they had no problem selling it to me for $20.... Why I DIY so much.... Thanks for the input, Perry. Do you normally like Eide? I don't run into many people that gave heard of her... Her song "What i am" was from "Shooting Rubber Bands at The Stars"...there is a song on that record called "Keep Coming Back" I don't know why it wasn't a huge hit because it just flat out rocks and shows what a great band they where...
  22. I agree James...Thick As A Brick has great stuff and suffers from mud. I'm still sending those Dynaco Xfmers to you...A tube pre with stellar tone control... would be sweet. It's taking me a little more time to get my stuff together...Whatever you do with those puppies is up to you...they're your's...I just can't send them all at once...
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