Vinyl Records!

[Heartland Patriot]

My wife bought me a used, non-working Motorola console record player/radio stereo about a month ago. I took it to the fine folks at Dallas Vintage Audio and they got it repaired and in working order again. My wife also had some odds and ends records from an estate come into our possession. I have to tell you, even with the pops and snaps from scratches and dust, these old vinyl albums and singles sound GOOD! Are they as crisp and clean as a CD? Nope, and that is OKAY. They have a something to them that makes them sound better in a way...its like a magic time machine behind me here...right now, I've got Janis Joplin wailing away on some Big Brother and the Holding Company album and she sounds sweet...I now have a new something to spend my money on: old vinyl...anyway, it was I thought this was too good to not share. If you haven't heard vinyl before, OR you haven't listened in a long time, do yourself the favor and try to find a way to do it. Its just so good.

[WildBill]

My wife bought me a used, non-working Motorola console record player/radio stereo about a month ago. I took it to the fine folks at Dallas Vintage Audio and they got it repaired and in working order again. My wife also had some odds and ends records from an estate come into our possession. I have to tell you, even with the pops and snaps from scratches and dust, these old vinyl albums and singles sound GOOD! Are they as crisp and clean as a CD? Nope, and that is OKAY. They have a something to them that makes them sound better in a way...its like a magic time machine behind me here...right now, I've got Janis Joplin wailing away on some Big Brother and the Holding Company album and she sounds sweet...I now have a new something to spend my money on: old vinyl...anyway, it was I thought this was too good to not share. If you haven't heard vinyl before, OR you haven't listened in a long time, do yourself the favor and try to find a way to do it. Its just so good.

Cheap Thrills and Jimi Hendrix Experience were the first two LPs that I bought! My dad didn't like them, but I did.

[Heartland Patriot]

My wife bought me a used, non-working Motorola console record player/radio stereo about a month ago. I took it to the fine folks at Dallas Vintage Audio and they got it repaired and in working order again. My wife also had some odds and ends records from an estate come into our possession. I have to tell you, even with the pops and snaps from scratches and dust, these old vinyl albums and singles sound GOOD! Are they as crisp and clean as a CD? Nope, and that is OKAY. They have a something to them that makes them sound better in a way...its like a magic time machine behind me here...right now, I've got Janis Joplin wailing away on some Big Brother and the Holding Company album and she sounds sweet...I now have a new something to spend my money on: old vinyl...anyway, it was I thought this was too good to not share. If you haven't heard vinyl before, OR you haven't listened in a long time, do yourself the favor and try to find a way to do it. Its just so good.

Cheap Thrills and Jimi Hendrix Experience were the first two LPs that I bought! My dad didn't like them, but I did.

I'm going to be looking for that kind of stuff. Probably 1960s to 1980s rock albums mostly and maybe some country albums here and there, like Hank Jr. I want to pick up Jimi Hendrix---Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love and Electric Ladyland, for certain. I've only ever heard them on tapes and CDs, I can't wait to hear them on vinyl...I know its going to be awesome.

[Oldgringo]

I still have some originally purchased new Kingston Trio, Brothers Four, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary, Ian and Sylvia, Simon And Garfunkle, etc. 33-1/3 LP's. Y'all may not recognize these musicians. They were popular when there was real music to be listened to.

Every now and then, I'll have a scotch and water, or three, and let myself drift back to a kinder and gentler time,

[WildBill]

I still have some originally purchased new Kingston Trio, Brothers Four, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary, Ian and Sylvia, Simon And Garfunkle, etc. 33-1/3 LP's. Y'all may not recognize these musicians. They were popular when there was real music to be listened to.

Every now and then, I'll have a scotch and water, or three, and let myself drift back to a kinder and gentler time,

Of course I recognize and have listened to all of the above. But I'm eclectic.

[G26ster]

Every now and then, I'll have a scotch and water, or three, and let myself drift back to a kinder and gentler time,

I was a senior in high school, the day the music died.

But I've been saving my diamond stylus, and my omni-directional speakers for the day Quadraphonic Sound finally is perfected

[urnoodle]

Somewhere around here I still have a few of my parent's old albums. Off the top of my head I can think of Peter Frampton Comes Alive, The Best of Bread and The Eagles Hotel California. My first album was Queen Another One Bites the Dust. I think I was in 4th or 5th grade at the time. That warm sound is still the best.

How about this for nostalgia. Does anyone remember collecting gum records back in the 70s? The album covers resemble actual album covers including the song list but they were only about 2 inches square. The gum was in the shape of an album and even had tiny ridges on it. I have not found anyone else who collected these or has ever seen them. When I got my first album I went down to the smoke shop (yep I said smoke shop) with my dime and bought the gum version of the same album.

[SQLGeek]

My parents still had a few records when I was a kid. The two I remember listening to had Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. The other was a 45 with Runaway by Del Shanon. I forget what side B had on it.

[Sidro]

Old Gringo you have brought my mind back to some of the music we had years ago. Songs like One Tin Soldier rides away, Cattle call by Jimmy Young and Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers. Of course the best song from that timeline was by Roy Orbison (Pretty Woman). I don't listen to music anymore, but I used to.

[Kythas]

I still have all my vinyl records from my childhood and teen years. Some classics such as Led Zeppelin, some not so classics such as Twisted Sister. I even have the original Village People album with YMCA, the album with Pac Man Fever, and The Story of Star Wars, which is basically the entire movie on vinyl from 1976. I listened to that so much I still have Star Wars memorized word for word.

Unfortunately, I have nothing on which to play them.

[WildBill]

Somewhere around here I still have a few of my parent's old albums. Off the top of my head I can think of Peter Frampton Comes Alive, The Best of Bread and The Eagles Hotel California. My first album was Queen Another One Bites the Dust. I think I was in 4th or 5th grade at the time. That warm sound is still the best.

How about this for nostalgia. Does anyone remember collecting gum records back in the 70s? The album covers resemble actual album covers including the song list but they were only about 2 inches square. The gum was in the shape of an album and even had tiny ridges on it. I have not found anyone else who collected these or has ever seen them. When I got my first album I went down to the smoke shop (yep I said smoke shop) with my dime and bought the gum version of the same album.

I remember them, but I didn't ever buy or listen to one.

Some of the warm sounds of the records come from the type of equipment used to record and play them. One of my friends spent thousands of dollars on tube pre-amp and amplifiers to play his vinyl records.

Another cool thing about the records is some of the cover artwork.

[Oldgringo]

Ooops! I forgot to mention my Canned Heat LP.

[Diesel42]

LMAO!

I was a DJ in college (30+ years ago) and the surround system for my living room consists of my old party setup. There's eight feet of vinyl under the TV, four feet of reels, and my professional platter still works with nary a rumble. There's two reel-to-reel units plugged into the setup as well as modern cassette, CD, and flash drive stuff. Forgive my bragging, but Jurassic Park rattles the windows through 12 inch woofers. On a side note, I never appreciated the emphasis on high watt anything. My system from the 80's is very efficient and only pushes 40 watts at full volume. Yet at half, the sound becomes irritating and the dogs leave the room.

I love the old stuff. Everything can be fixed and many of my records are unavailable in other formats. You can hear Dusty Springfield breathing as she sings "The Look of Love," and there's nothing better than Lindsey Buckinham & Stevie Nicks before they joined Fleetwood Mac.

Thanks for the bandwidth and y'all keep the old stuff running.
Happy Trails! N

[WildBill]

[C-dub]

The wife and I have a large console stereo with a turn table in it and lots of vinyl albums. I even have a couple albums from a few bands I was in.