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cbertra2
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 Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:49 am Post subject: Christmas vinyl |
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| Dug out some of my vinyl Christmas records this morning and will play them all day long. There is just something about playing a record that is almost ceremonial rather than just inserting a CD. I keep my records in pristine condition and always spin the record up and brush it off with a carbon fiber brush as it rotates. This is what attracted me to the CED format at first over laser disc, a movie that was read by a needle. It still fascinates me. Any other vinyl record fans out there? |
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Alchemy
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| Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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I've got vinyl, but xmas already, are you nuts or something? 
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Rixrex
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| Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Nah, it's okay. It's after Thanksgiving. |
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Alchemy
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| Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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we had a station start at halloween with the xmas music.... I'm ok with it for a very small time frame, generally I can't change the station quick enough.
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Rixrex
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I agree on that, no Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving. By doing Christmas right after Halloween, the stores and other commercial interests are turning Thanksgiving into a joke of a holiday, second-rate, and as I remember years ago it used to be pretty significant and important.
Sadly, I think I'm in the minority here as I see more and more people buying pre-made Thanksgiving meals and rushing out to shop. There ought to be a rule in every town, no stores open on Thanksgiving except grocery and such. Thanksgiving reserved for family, dinner and football. And other things like movie watching and Twilight Zone Marathons.
Start Christmas shopping the next day no sooner than 8 am. Plus none of those crazy pricebusters on the first come, first to get items that have only 6 in stock. Somebody's kid is going to be killed in a trample and then a big billion $$ lawsuit that's awarded will make the stores think a little smarter about those things. Right now they just spout platitudes about how sorry they are and how hard they try to control things. A big lot of bull is what it is. |
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Beetlescott
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I'm like you, there is something special about vinyl. I have always loved records. In fact, Santa is bringing me an old fashioned record player for Christmas! I have been collecting some records for the last few years. I can't wait!!!!
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Rixrex
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Vinyl is great stuff. I have a still sealed copy of Inna Gadda Da Vida!
Also have two record players. One is a Curtis-Mathis console from the 60s in colonial style to match the rest of my 1960s LR furnishings. It also has am/fm & 8-track in it. I like playing the classic standards in it, like Sinatra and Dean Martin.
The other is a Magnavox countertop type stereo where the side speakers hinge out to the side and the turntable hinges down from the main body. It's the kind a teenager would have gotten in 1966 as a Christmas gift. Great for playing Steppenwolf or The Doors. |
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Beetlescott
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| Rixrex wrote: | Vinyl is great stuff. I have a still sealed copy of Inna Gadda Da Vida!
Also have two record players. One is a Curtis-Mathis console from the 60s in colonial style to match the rest of my 1960s LR furnishings. It also has am/fm & 8-track in it. I like playing the classic standards in it, like Sinatra and Dean Martin.
The other is a Magnavox countertop type stereo where the side speakers hinge out to the side and the turntable hinges down from the main body. It's the kind a teenager would have gotten in 1966 as a Christmas gift. Great for playing Steppenwolf or The Doors. |
My sister got one of those players in 1966! the speakers swing out and the bottom comes down revealing the turntable. It was "leather" and brown and white. I loved that record player! She got the Monkees first album, which became mine, i'll never forget that Christmas! I was 10 years old. I was introduced to Star Trek, The Monkees and a stereo record player.
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Alchemy
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Just think how much better it would sound on one of these though http://d6p.utnij.net BTW- 25% off sale at SA, if that helps you any 
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