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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Guided By Voices  “Propeller”  Scat Records 2021 (reissue)Windy & Carl  “Instrumentals For The Broken Hearted”  Blue Flea  2009Blonde Redhead  “La Mia Vita Violenta”  Smells Like 1995Packs  “Take The Cake”  Royal Mountain-Canada 2021 
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@sourpuss123-Keep your Spin Clean around. When I have very dirty records, I give them a spin in the Spin Clean (with 3 drops of Tergikleen in the tank) prior to a dip in the Degritter. Keeps the filter much cleaner in the Degritter.You might find ... 
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V/A “Detroit On A Platter” AutoMotive Records 1981(classic version of “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” by Destroy All Monsters during the Ron Asheton era in this compilation)Fred Frith “Cheap At Half The Price” Ralph Records 1983Nels Cline + Dev... 
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Sleater-Kinney “Path Of Wellness”  Mom+Pop 2021Squarepusher “Feed Me Weird Things”  Warp 2021 (25th anniversary reissue) 
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Name  “A great life!  A glorious death!”  Self released 1981Cam Newton “Welcome Aliens”  Inner City 1980Lora Logic  “Wonderful Offer”  Rough Trade 1981 
Buying from Parts Connexion
I’ve purchased 2 pair of Takatsuki 300Bs from Parts Connexion with absolutely no complaints.  Quick service, great packing, friendly staff.  But, I’m in the States so cannot comment on tax/tariff to the UK.Regarding the Takatsuki 300B, absolutely ... 
There us a Worldwide Panic on Availability of Vacuum Tubes
Case study, Western Electric Rossville Works.  This took over 3 years to finally get to the point of making working products that met the original Western Electric standards.And this is only 1 tube type, 300B.It's certainly not just blowing glass ... 
Why have capacitors improved so much over the years?
Here is a person who has done a lot of subjective testing with many different brands and types of capacitors. Might be worth reading before diving headlong into capacitor rolling. It saved me a lot of time and money.http://www.humblehomemadehifi.c... 
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@spiritofradio,Starless & Bible Black / ST“They named their band after the album?” It’s the reverse, the artist/band just uses their name as the record title. 
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@boxer12,I have yet to buy the Domino release.  Since Saturday is RSD part 2, I’ll add that to my loot list. 
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@boxer12 Tim, did you get the Domino re-release of "m b v" or the original self release version from 2013?I rather accidentally ended up with an original 2013 version in a gatefold jacket which contained the vinyl plus the CD.  The interesting thi... 
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@tomic601 “are you up here ??? Pac nw ?”I wish, but SoCal.  We have friends in Surrey and Squamish, BC.  If Trudeau carries through with the idea of allowing vaccinated US residents entry into Canada without quarantine, we may be coming up in the ... 
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@flennon "My excitement over a bargain bin find, or sonic excellence is met with "meh". Ah, that "yeah, so?" look.  Know it well.  Or that chilling look when the postal carrier or UPS delivers the ubiquitous cardboard record shipper.  I'll have t... 
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@tomic601 "...coming out of Canada after a long week of fishing together ( with no music ), the Indy College radio station in Bellingham..."KUGS-89.3 by chance? On more than one occasion when I was sitting in the very long line, well past the Pea... 
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@boxer12, Tim, you're welcome, glad you enjoyed "mbv".  Maybe today I'll have a chance to get the tape measure out.  But laundry and yard work are the rule of the day.  When that's done, a load of stuff for Goodwill.Plus, I cracked open another bo...