Whats on your turntable tonight?

@spiritofradio Cool beans!

@ mammothguy54 +1 Phoebe Snow

i think @slaw has a pretty sure fire flattening process…also try an enzyme cleaner for a couple of cycles…the enzyme takes time to “ eat “ the goop, so give it time WET. i have had good results w both Nitty Gritty and Walker enzymes.

i deleted a post seeking a free or nearly free Decca London so i can properly culturally indoctrinate the Croft phono pre…..

just kidding…who knows…?

@tomic601 thanks for the tips. I’ll check with @slaw about flattening. I’ll look into Nitty Gritty and Walker to try and rescue my termite terrorized records.


@big_greg Understand about leaving the shrink wrap in place if it is stickered up. However, nearly all what I listen to lacks anything other than a price sticker. And that has been an experience seeing $5.99 records from 1975 ($29.97 adjusted for inflation) and $7.99 from 1979 ($29.63 adjusted for inflation). Not to mention all the record stores that have gone away like Aron’s, Licorice Pizza, Moby Disc, Zed, Play it Again, Tower, etc. etc.

Considering what I’ve been paying for 12" lately, seems vinyl prices corrected for inflation haven’t changed much over the decades.

Many records I’ve received lately from Bleep and Rough Trade UK have been sent without shrink wrap with the record outside the jacket in a thick (3 mil) anti-static inner sleeve. Both the sleeved vinyl and jacket are placed in a thick (5 mil) outer jacket.

My crystal ball says there’s an Orb in my future.

Procol Harum's 1968 album Shine On Brightly. A&M/Varese Vintage 2017 Reissue. 

following the above post...
Part of the shed haul from this morning.

Procol Harum "Exotic Birds and Fruit" Chrysalis 1974

@puffball08  @big_greg,

Be glad to give you all some tips on using the ORB if you decide to buy one.

Paul Desmond
Pure Jazz Gold 
1978 RCA reissue
Originally Desmond Blue 1962

Oscar Peterson
A Rare Mood
1976 reissue
MPS

@slaw - Please do reveal the inner secrets of the Orb.  I pulled the trigger today. 

Puffball,
Bummer about the "Pere Ubu" album cover. Hopefully the Orb will clean up the vinyl!

Psychic Temple / Houses of the holy 

Pere Ubu / Pennsylvania 

Aimee Mann , no wonder it’s all on the server…$&&& $

Pere Ubu / Pennsylvania

@boxer12,


”I have an old light bulb”

fairly hilarious if not quite genius.   

Jason (‘s microphone) is in my living room and my speakers are the PA.

Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
Live From The Ryman
Thirty Tigers/Southeastern Records 2018

Now this, for good or ill, sounds just like the sound at concerts I’ve been to lately, well before all this lockdown anyway.  And the talent and live energy of these players - whew!

Speaking of Jason, I ordered the  Cooley, Hood, Isbell  Live at the Shoals, 4 lp box recently. Hope it's sound is as good as the Ryman set.

@slaw Nice!

Please do report on that SQ Steve, my sense is Jason is one of the top ten songwriters today… 

Robin Trower
For Earth Below
Chrysalis 1975

Spirit
Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Epic 1970

Beethoven Violin Concerto C major, op61 Jascha Heifetz/Boston Symphony-RCA Red Seal (France) 1969

The Romeros “The World Of Flamenco” 2 disc set-Mercury 1975

Dvorak “New World” Symphony-Eugene Ormandy/London Symphony-Columbia Masterworks 1975

Luciano Pavarotti “Favorite Tenor Arias”-London 1975

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 3 D minor Anatole Fistoulari/London Symphony-London 1982

Human Switchboard “Live” (approved bootleg)-Square Two 1980

@puffball08,

Prior to buying the ORB, I had over 4 years experience with the VinlyFlat in it’s two "pouch" iterations. So I was familiar with the process. My ORB is the DF-O1iA.

It’s important to get the lp as clean as possible first. I place the lp between two pieces of felt that I cut O.D. 11.5" and the spindle hole 1.25". Doing this allows any lp that is thicker around the spindle hole to lay flat and any lp that doesn’t have a flat profile (outer rim) to lay flat as well. The felt I have was purchased with the VinylFlat.

In spite of the directions ( I learned the hard way not to keep it in heat mode for two hours), I always use the unit on the low setting. Always let the cooling cycle go the complete two hours.

All vinyl is not created equal, so there will be a learning curve regarding how long to let the heat cycle go. As a general rule, thin vinyl or colored or clear vinyl, I put in for 60 minutes. If it isn’t enough, you can always try again with additional time based upon how the warp looks. If still warped, increase another 10 minutes.

For heavy vinyl, use the heat cycle at 1 hour and 15 - 20 minutes.

That’s pretty much it. As I said there will be a learning curve. Enjoy!

James and Steve - ordered the box set of Live at the Shoals…..what a great story…

streaming it on Tidal till such time as it arrives…..

Goat ‎– Commune (Sub Pop 2014)

Cover Me Up….brilliant in all the warts of real live music…

Spirit,
The first time I heard that song from Pere Ubu, I called my youngest into the room & we both got a chuckle out of it. 

Noromance,
+1 for "Commune" 

Can / The lost tapes 

Pick Hits - John Scofield, Dennis Chambers, Gary Grainger and Robert Aries
An absolutely wonderful NHK Japan, live recording. On Gramavision.

Gary Grainger is a hidden treasure of the UK...

A Eurotrader? Or a listener to his radio show?

Radiohead The Bends
The National, Boxer
Miles Davis, Bitches Brew.

@slaw- thanks very much for the tips on using the Orb.

The one I will receive is a DF01iA+.

I will post reports about how it works.  I have plenty of candidate records with varying degrees of warp ready to test.  All have been degritted and await their chance at a flat life again.

Silver Mt. Zion / Horses in the sky

Henryk Szeryng in Recital
w Charles Reiner, Piano
RCA/AP 1961/2018

I'm getting close to the end of the journey through all my Johnny Cash records - Ring of Fire The Best of Johnny Cash.  This is a stereo version, and I also have a mono version.  Both sounded great, not sure if I'll be able to part with either one.

@puffball08 I've been thinking about getting an Orb also.  During the height of the pandemic I was ordering a lot of vinyl from my local record store's Discogs site and picking up curbside or having it shipped.  I got a lot of warped records.  They have an Orb and have flattened a number of records for me and they come back flat and play great.  They said they have had bad luck with colored vinyl, but maybe they "cooked" them too long.

Last night,
Ten Years after - Cricklewood green (Chrysalis), reissue, 1978 UK.
The Doors - Soft Parade (Elektra), reissue, 1976 USA.
Yello - You gotta say yes to another excess (Stiff), 1984 Italy.

Warming up with "Metals" after a good US clean.

..........
Surprisingly, my Cooley, Hood, Isbell arrived today.

Sturgill Simpson "Cuttin' Grass" Vol 1

A recent (sealed) purchase. "The Johnny Cash Show" pp, recorded at The Grand Ole Opry

@tomic601 

i deleted a post seeking a free or nearly free Decca London so i can properly culturally indoctrinate the Croft phono pre…..

Why post that you posted and deleted? What's up man?!

Sarah Jarozs "Build Me Up From Bones"

Where's Brian?

Rhiannon Giddens "They're Calling Me Home"

@noromance i was just kidding, no idea about deleted posts…. Obviously bad humor 

Both RSD Steely Dan discs arrived today….

Anticipation

Or misguided perception?

Rhiannon Giddens lp is HIGHLY recommended!

The Jerry Douglas Band "What If"

Sir John Barbirolli conducts Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 5. Philharmonia Orchestra. Anghel 1962

Edit: For a 1962 recording/release/pressing, this LP is really pretty incredible. Very enjoyable.

@slaw 

Where's Brian?

I’m here Steve, just been very busy. Late days/evenings/nights of work recently.