My parents rock!

[ivank]

Not only did my dad give me his Oplymus OM-1n SLR camera when I found it cleaning the attic, but today when I was cleaning out the basement due to some minor flood damage, I found a Bang and Olufsen BeoGram 1700 Record Deck!!!! AND MY PARENTS GAVE IT TO ME!!:D I AM VERY HAPPY AT THE MOMENT.

[AVGWarhawk]

You like playing the old vinyl?

[ivank]

You like playing the old vinyl?

I never had played one, but I have always wanted too! Now is my chance. I have a Dire Straits vinyl that is it.
I would like a gramophone but wherever I go and ask about them, the people just give me odd confused faces!

[Jimbuna]

I wish you lived in the UK, I've a vinyl collection in excess of easily 6/700 taking up space in my garage you could have with my blessing....honestly :yep:

[Lord_magerius]

I'll quite happily take it off your hands Jim :D *flutters eyelashes*

[OneToughHerring]

I'd definitely hold on to vinyl, especially a bigger collection, those are quite often worth a good price.

[krashkart]

The sweet sounds of vinyl. Take good care of that player. :up:

[raymond6751]

Most parents rock.

One of the most satisfying things about being a parent is seeing your kid 'discover' something cool. It may be nothing new to you, but it is to them.

Funniest memory was when my son first discovered his shadow! Your parents knew you when you didn't know they existed, and will love you while waiting for you to notice them again.

[ivank]

I wish you lived in the UK, I've a vinyl collection in excess of easily 6/700 taking up space in my garage you could have with my blessing....honestly :yep:

I would have loved to taken those

[ivank]

I do not know anywhere in Huntington, Long Island that sells them

[Admiral8Q]

I was talking to my dad yesterday and saying I wish he had kept all his records. He had an entire wall in the living room shelved with them when I was a kid. But my idiot mother made him sell them all off at a flea market.:nope:

[Skybird]

My mom rocks, too. She bursts in laughter when watching Kill Bill or Terminator. She considers Schwarzenegger's movies some of the best comedies she knows. She loves Blade Runner and 2001. Occasionally she eats some university lecturers alive in courses about cultural and anhtropological and sociological things although never have worked herself and having no job education herself. She spends hours per week playing Unreal Tournament. She is curious at everything new. Her bookshelves are filled with books, in parts academic literature she found herself, about almost everything you can think of - she reads that stuff and considers that "relaxation", like I read novels. She's 62 - and although I know her since 43 years now, she still can manage to completely stun and surprise me. :DL If you, at some time in the past, should have thought that I am crazy - wait until you meet her! :sunny:

It's great to have very young parents (my mother was 18 my father 22 when I was born). You really appreciate it once you have grown up yourself and realise your parents are no old, grey mummies already, but still are at the peak of their active lives, sharing adult life with you.

[Schroeder]

I would have loved to taken those
Are you sure? Knowing Jim they surely were all like this:
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/6633356539396231.jpg

:D

[ajrimmer42]

Awesome, Dire Straits ftw!!! :rock:

[Jimbuna]

Are you sure? Knowing Jim they surely were all like this:
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/6633356539396231.jpg

:D

LOL :DL

[THE_MASK]

I still have all my Ted Nugent records i bought in the seventies .

[AVGWarhawk]

I never had played one, but I have always wanted too! Now is my chance. I have a Dire Straits vinyl that is it.
I would like a gramophone but wherever I go and ask about them, the people just give me odd confused faces!


Do you have any idea how old you make be feel? You never played a hard plastic disc with grooves on the surfaces that produce noise when a needle is run in the grooves? This disc is known as a record. Simply amazing how technology has changed. I thought I was kicking it when I had cassette tapes and got away from 8 tracks and records. :hmmm: Enjoy. Some people still swear by records and nice turn tables. They claim the sound produces is the best. Gosh, my first album I purchased was Kiss Alive (in Japan) :DL

[Jimbuna]

I don't remember what my first LP (long player 33rpm) was but these were my first two SP (single play 45rpm):

Manfred Mann - Fox On The Run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zqFDRA1HY8

The Move - Blackberry Way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iirNwgdZbjM

Nowt like a bit of nostalgia :DL

[Sailor Steve]

Single: 7" disc with one song on each side - 45 RPM.

EP: 10" disc with two songs on each side - 45 RPM.

LP (Album): 12" disc with six or seven songs on each side - 33-1/3 RPM.

Of course before my time there were the 78s - 12" discs with one song on each side - 78 RPM. Any turntable from the era had a selector switch and could play all three. I still remember the coming of stereo, and "Hi-Fi" - high fidelity recording.

My first record? Beatles '65, the American version of Beatles For Sale. My stepmom's brother gave it to me for Christmas 1964.

[AVGWarhawk]

I remember putting a penny on the needle arm to keep the needle from skipping. It was a tight wad record player :har:

Steve, I remember my dads Hi-Fi Fisher stereo. :DL

[Oberon]

Good god, now you're taking me back, the old LP, our house didn't get a CD player until relatively late in the technological era, they were just too damn pricey.
Of course, there was always one record that had a slight scratch in the wrong place and you wound up with a loop with a loop with a loop with a loop with a loop with a loop with a loop...

[Dimitrius07]

Not only did my dad give me his Oplymus OM-1n SLR camera when I found it cleaning the attic, but today when I was cleaning out the basement due to some minor flood damage, I found a Bang and Olufsen BeoGram 1700 Record Deck!!!! AND MY PARENTS GAVE IT TO ME!!:D I AM VERY HAPPY AT THE MOMENT.

May i ask something? Are you the guy who driving a dady car and want to kill everyone who stand in your path? I have a small collection of relax music, i wanted to sell this antiques but now i change my mind. I like COOL BOYS :rock:

[Egan]

Not only did my dad give me his Oplymus OM-1n SLR camera when I found it cleaning the attic, but today when I was cleaning out the basement due to some minor flood damage, I found a Bang and Olufsen BeoGram 1700 Record Deck!!!! AND MY PARENTS GAVE IT TO ME!!:D I AM VERY HAPPY AT THE MOMENT.


I've still got my direct drive Technic 1200s from when I used to DJ. Beautiful pieces of kit. I don't even think they make them any more. They always seemed more special, somehow, than the more common 1210's

As much as I used to flat out hate hauling bags of records around (and - heretic that I am - I never really liked vinyl very much,) nowadays it all seems to be laptops or CDs and that just doesn't seem right.

Every couple of years somebody asks how much I want for them. They aren't for sale. Ever.

[longam]

Records definitely sounded better compared to magnetic tapes, unless you had a good Reel to Reel tape player.

I had a nice hi fidelity record player back in the day, but it ended up a a garage forgotten and didn't work anymore. I dug it out when the wife wanted to turn her vinyls and that's when I discovered the mess it was in. I ended up buying her a turn table a few years ago (yes you can still buy them) and we turned a few for a couple of weekends. But it wore off fast because he music wore out fast.

You tube seems to be my music player these days.

[ivank]

May i ask something? Are you the guy who driving a dady car and want to kill everyone who stand in your path? I have a small collection of relax music, i wanted to sell this antiques but now i change my mind. I like COOL BOYS :rock:

I drive a Toyota Sequoia, and not sure I would want to kill EVERYone in my path, just some:D.

Is the Sequoia a 'dady car'?

[Platapus]

There is still nothing sexier than a reel to reel. :yeah:

[ivank]

There is still nothing sexier than a reel to reel. :yeah:

I am afraid this is also WAY before my time, what is reel to reel

[longam]

I am afraid this is also WAY before my time, what is reel to reel

http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/09/17/1253204912-reel2reel.jpg

[Dimitrius07]

This thread reminds of my childhood, cause i grow up on this stuff. There is also a hard payment for that.:yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Has anyone here had one of these? :DL

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/dbvirago/dbvirago0707/dbvirago070700245/1349447.jpg

[McBeck]

Not only did my dad give me his Oplymus OM-1n SLR camera when I found it cleaning the attic, but today when I was cleaning out the basement due to some minor flood damage, I found a Bang and Olufsen BeoGram 1700 Record Deck!!!! AND MY PARENTS GAVE IT TO ME!!:D I AM VERY HAPPY AT THE MOMENT.Ahhhh..Danish design - The best! :03:

[Dimitrius07]

Has anyone here had one of these? :DL

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/dbvirago/dbvirago0707/dbvirago070700245/1349447.jpg

I have something familiar but i`am not sure if it work now :dead:.

[Jimbuna]

I have something familiar but i`am not sure if it work now :dead:.

If it is an original it could be worth a tidy sum :hmmm: