My parents rock! - Page 2

THE_MASK · 06-17-10, 05:42 AM

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

AVGWarhawk · 06-17-10, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ivank

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.

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)

Jimbuna · 06-17-10, 09:47 AM

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

The Move - Blackberry Way

Nowt like a bit of nostalgia

Sailor Steve · 06-17-10, 09:57 AM

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 · 06-17-10, 10:05 AM

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

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

Oberon · 06-17-10, 12:06 PM

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...

06-17-10, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 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!!

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

Egan · 06-17-10, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by 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!!

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 · 06-17-10, 02:25 PM

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 · 06-17-10, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dimitrius07

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

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

.

Is the Sequoia a 'dady car'?

Platapus · 06-17-10, 04:30 PM

There is still nothing sexier than a reel to reel.

ivank · 06-17-10, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

There is still nothing sexier than a reel to reel.

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

longam · 06-17-10, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ivank

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

06-17-10, 05:36 PM

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

Jimbuna · 06-18-10, 06:55 AM

Has anyone here had one of these?

06-17-10, 09:47 AM	#18
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	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 The Move - Blackberry Way Nowt like a bit of nostalgia __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-17-10, 09:57 AM	#19
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	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. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-17-10, 10:05 AM	#20
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I remember putting a penny on the needle arm to keep the needle from skipping. It was a tight wad record player Steve, I remember my dads Hi-Fi Fisher stereo. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	There is still nothing sexier than a reel to reel. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-18-10, 06:55 AM	#30
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Has anyone here had one of these? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-17-10, 05:42 AM	#16
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	I still have all my Ted Nugent records i bought in the seventies .

06-17-10, 12:06 PM	#21
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	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...

06-17-10, 02:25 PM	#24
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	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.

06-17-10, 05:36 PM	#29
Dimitrius07 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	This thread reminds of my childhood, cause i grow up on this stuff. There is also a hard payment for that.