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What is the Best LP Cover Art for you Wall
R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders. 
Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing?
Thanks ff, I’ll check them out too. I had all my regular places in L.A. to find LP’s: Record Surplus, Atomic (only a couple of blocks from my house in Burbank. They have a VPI HW-16 RCM), Amoeba, a bunch of others (as well as thrift stores, etc.).... 
Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing?
Thanks sejodiren. Yeah, I'm just over the river in Vancouver, but there's no serious record stores over here. I learned of Crossroads just recently, but haven't made it there yet. Soon! Millennium's pretty good as far as stock, but not as far as p... 
Best MM?
Very true dhcod. The Londons cause the SME knife-edge bearing to "chatter". Too bad, because the SME arm tube is a great one. 
50 years on---the brilliance of The Band and their astounding debut album.
n80, take a look (or even better a listen, if possible) at Muddy Waters' Folk Singer LP on Mobile Fidelity. Great Delta Blues, in great sound. 
50 years on---the brilliance of The Band and their astounding debut album.
n80, I believe you meant to say 12 Jan '69. I remember the moment I learned of it, from a non-musician friend of mine (I didn't have many of those ;-). I loved The Yardbirds, their first three albums still in my collection. But their 4th (5th if y... 
Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing?
Seeing a common LP (one that I own) priced at $60 in who knows what condition, lead me to conclude my LP collection (somewhere around 3500-4000 titles) is worth a fair chunk-o-change. My CD's (around 3500), not so much. In preparation for my major... 
Magnepan Speakers
Head over to the MUG (Magnepan Owners Group) site, and/or Planar Speaker Asylum. The main failing in old Magneplanars is of the glue Magnepan used to attach the conductive wire onto the Mylar drivers (it was ultraviolet light and moisture sensitiv... 
The sense of smell evokes memories, while the sense of hearing evokes emotions
That’s more like it, MrD ;-) . The 24 refers to my preferred bass drum size (24"), the bdp to my favorite vintage drum wrap, black diamond pearl. I also like that all the letters are flipped versions of the same shape. Aesthetics matter! 
Best MM?
$1500 will buy one a London Super Gold. It's a Moving Iron, not Moving Magnet, producing an output voltage of 5mV! The Herron phono amp has enough headroom to handle the London's unusually high output; not all do. The cartridge is not for everyone... 
Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing?
The good news is there are a lot of used LP's out there. The bad news is many of them are damaged beyond repair. I was in Music Millennium last week, and the sounds of a familiar late-60's/early-70's album (try as I might, I just can't recall whic... 
50 years on---the brilliance of The Band and their astounding debut album.
So true n80. 1968 was truly a landmark year, with an abnormal number of either really great or highly influential (or both!) albums. Two Byrds albums (The Notorious Byrd Brothers and Sweetheart Of The Rodeo) came out that year!1968 saw the debut a... 
The New American Songbook
Ultimately, it comes down to what constitutes, or qualifies as, a "song". Thoughts on that question vary greatly. 
The sense of smell evokes memories, while the sense of hearing evokes emotions
One other point to be made is that for music that includes lyrics, their higher intelligibility (afforded by higher quality recording and reproduction), and the beauty of a voice actually containing beauty (not all do, nor are intended to) capture... 
50 years on---the brilliance of The Band and their astounding debut album.
Speaking of Van Morrison (a favorite singer of mine; I was lucky enough to see and hear him live in Them in 1967), he and Band pianist/singer Richard Manuel sing a duet on "4% Pantomime" on The Band's Cahoots album, and it is fanfreakingtastic!