puffball08
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? @boxer12, if you enjoy "Suffuse" look into Windy & Carl's "Allegiance & Conviction" (Kranky-2020)While you're at it, go back to Roy's early work like "Scenes From The South Island". The 2019 Yellow Electric re-release contains the origina... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Spirit “Feedback” Epic 1972 This is the second version of Spirit. Ed Cassidy and John Locke remain from the original band.Ten Years After “Cricklewood Green” Deram 1970Jethro Tull “Benefit” Chrysalis 1970Jethro Tull “Aqualung” Chrysalis 1971Was (... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? +1 Nels Cline, super nice guy, well known and regarded in the local Los Angeles indie community Yoshihide Otomo “Memory Defacement” Japan Overseas 1997Takahashi Yukihiro “Neuromantic” Alfa/CBS Australia 1981 (Phil Manzanera-guitars and Andy Mackey... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @bkeskeBrian, ....(at the time a dedicated Dead Head hippy)...Yeah, when I was in college, the Dead were the favorite band of the boozers and stoners. Sounds like you moved along once you discovered The Modern Lovers. For me, it was being introd... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @bkeske +1 Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers++1 Ian Dury (RIP) and the Blockheads | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @mammothguy54 I added one precleaning step in the Spin Clean (10 spins each direction) with a tiny bit of Tergitol in the bath water prior to putting the wet record into the Degritter. Yeah, it increases the labor and time but dramatically cuts ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @flennon @slaw Steve makes a good point about US cleaners and the ability to clean them to help prevent mold growth.Regarding the Degritter, it does not store the bath water in the ultrasonic tank within the machine. It pumps the water in (thro... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @flennon Let me draw a deep breath because I’m going to say what you probably don’t want to hear (hint-$$$$).Before the frightening part, I urge you to check out this document if you haven’t already.https://thevinylpress.com/app/uploads/2021/03/PA... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @boxer12 ...well let me think, who would I sort of compare with Magnetic Fields....First that comes to mind are The Espers. But their records are not easily found except through Discogs. Their first album "Espers" and second "The Weed Tree" we... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @flennon Do you use an ultrasonic cleaner on your records?Lately, I've been bringing lots of 30~40 year old records out of hiding. A ride through the ultrasonic cleaner makes them nearly as quiet as contemporary records. Remarkable how good 4... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @boxer12 +1 Magnetic FieldsExpect the unexpected whenever Stephin Merritt is on the turntable.Kind of sad that "Wayward Bus" was the last album Susan Anway would do lead vocals. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ten Years After “A Space In Time” Chrysalis 1971Rachel Sweet “Protect The Innocent” Stiff UK 1980The Troggs “Contrasts” DJM/Pye UK 1970 (mono) yes, “Wild Thing” is on this album in the original mono formVarious Artists “Not So Quiet On The Western... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @noromance +1 Junior Wells@flennon- I also have an US record cleaner. Even with that, the SC-2 in "click" monitor mode reveals some residual clicks and pops.If you're only looking to control clicks and pops, the SC-1 does that. The SC-2 adds th... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Patti Smith Group “Easter” Arista 1978Sparks “Kimono My House” Island UK 1974Waitresses “Bruiseology” Polygram 1983Split Enz “Mental Notes” Chrysalis 1976Set up a Sugar Cube SC-2 over the weekend to start converting some of these records to digita... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @boxer12,+1 for Pere UbuIn the stack for listening is the Superior Viaduct rerelease of the Electric Eels “Die Electric Eels. There’s a Styrenes record in the stack as well.But, I’m working on a stack of warped shed rescues. Not much listening f... |