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| Sounds like a hot stamper! Jackpot Records, Willie Nelson, "....and then I wrote" I neglected to cover one other factor in the LP sound equation, that of the mastering engineer. The vast majority of LP titles were mastered only once, and all LP’s of that title were made from that one original lacquer (what a mastering engineer ... | |
| Sounds like a hot stamper! Jackpot Records, Willie Nelson, "....and then I wrote" - A "cut-out" is not an early pressing of an LP title, and is in fact amongst the last copies of a title made. When the sales figures for a given title drop below a certain number in a calendar year, the record company may decide to delete the tit... | |
| Rock musicians with musical education. Kenny Aronoff (best known as John Mellencamp’s drummer in the 80’s-90’s) is a very well educated and trained musician (check his history on wikipedia if interested), yet is imo a very boring drummer. "Stock" parts, nothing special. Springsteen’s d... | |
| Bands/artists you never got to see live in their heyday, but would've liked to. I actually saw Them in 1966, on their last U.S. tour with Van Morrison in the group. They were pretty darn great, tough R & B. What The Stones were unsuccessfully trying to sound like. Also that year The Coasters, who had a crackerjack 3-piece... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report The lone album by The Notorious Cherry Bombs, Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill's group, a title in serious need of finally being issued on LP. | |
| What song have you played the most? Fun fact: The all-time most played song on UK radio is "Whiter Shade Of Pale", an of course fantastic song. | |
| Rock musicians with musical education. @frogman: You make a good case, with which I agree wholeheartedly. The only genius I’ve known majored in music in college, got his masters in education, and spent his final years (he died from a heart attack at only 55 years of age) recording Bach... | |
| Rock musicians with musical education. Schooling can help one develop one’s inate talent, and understanding theory---however learned---can help make a better musician. But remember, Danny Gatton was completely self-taught, as is Ry Cooder. Of course there aren’t many Gattons and Cooder... | |
| AR XB headshell/tonearm I guess it's like the Dynaco Stereo 70. You used to be able to pick those up for a mere pittance. For what you pay for one now you can get a Music Reference RM-10, a far, far better amplifier. | |
| Live music you have attended that left impact....perhaps better than you expected. - Leonard Cohen at The Universal Amphitheater in the early-2000’s. Very dramatic, sophisticated, and musical. - In the early-80’s I went to see The Plimsouls at a little "club" on Ventura Blvd. in Studio City named The Garage (it was an actual ga... | |
| AR XB headshell/tonearm AR Turntables are collectible? There are many thousands of them out there (I saw them listed for $50-$100 in local papers for years). I modified my AR XA by cutting out the well for the arm (it’s a piece of junk) and replacing it with a Formula 4 ... | |
| Anyone try using a 5751 in place of a 12AT7? Frank Van Alstine uses 5751's in place of 12AX7's in his re-engineering of the Dynaco PAS pre-amp. Lower gain, lower noise.. | |
| The Good Stuff Iris Dement's My Life album, which includes her devastating song "No Time To Cry" (covered by a big admirers of hers---Merle Haggard). Anything by J.S. Bach. To have your DNA permanently altered, listen to a good recording of his Concerto For 4 H... | |
| What song have you played the most? Great nominee @cmjones! Another one by John is "Lipstick Sunset", with a glorious guitar solo by Ry Cooder. When I saw the two perform the song live (as members of Little Village), time stood still. I had an out-of-body experience, like but not as... | |
| Rock musicians with musical education. There is always the school of hard knocks. |