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| TheVinylPress.com I recently received an invitation to contribute an essay to the National Recording Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress. The choice of my first piece was easy: Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced. Here is a link to the essay as it appears on my... | |
| TheVinylPress.com Thanks, Syn.I've been adding content, not necessarily updating here as I go, but the John Martyn album, Solid Air, is probably something many of you would like- it's an odd amalgam of jazz-folk, but with an earthy rock beat. Players include John '... | |
| overwhelmed by record rituals Margot:Prompted in part by this thread, i did a quick 'photo essay' of a basic record cleaning process that you may find helpful. I saw a record in my 'to be cleaned' pile that inspired this as well. Don't mean to flog my blog (ahem), but here 'ti... | |
| Michael Fremer's record cleaning process.... I'd invoke Godwin's Law here, but you guys are being literal. What an interesting thread.... | |
| Michael Fremer's record cleaning process.... Slaw: I'm frankly a little confused by your serial comments. I don't remember saying anything about El Camino, but my recollection is, it was a horrible recording, and deliberately so- to give it that garage/lo-rent sound. If I remember, it was th... | |
| Michael Fremer's record cleaning process.... Slaw: with due respect, the older I have gotten, the less I believe that there is "one best" anything- writer, cleaning method, record, etc. (Frogman did you a solid in response to your 'extraordinary recordings thread' in a somewhat similar vein)... | |
| 180 gram? Lee Hulko is another name to look for in the dead wax. Shown as LH. I find very little correlation between vinyl "weight" and sonics. Some of the CBS stuff from the mid '70s is on flimsy vinyl and sounds great. Ditto some of the UK RCA's from that... | |
| Michael Fremer's record cleaning process.... I give Fremer credit for keeping the vinyl torch burning (sorry for the mixed metaphor) during the nadir of the medium. And he does seem to have endless energy, running to shows, writing for Stereophile, keeping up the Analog Planet site, and doin... | |
| Michael Fremer's record cleaning process.... It was an old piece that Fremer had republished from another writer, as I recall, using Orbitrac(k) pads, and perhaps even a fluid that is no longer made. I can try to find you a link because it was on his AnalogPlanet site. I believe Fremer mainl... | |
| TheVinylPress.com The quirky, great Warren Zevon at his peak, with a host of great players and terrific sonics: http://thevinylpress.com/warren-zevon-excitable-boy/ | |
| TheVinylPress.com Just posted: an overview of various pressings of Rickie Lee Jones' debut album. http://thevinylpress.com/rickie-lee-jones-self-titled/ | |
| overwhelmed by record rituals Margot- yes. that's both. Eventually, you replace just the wand when the velvety stuff wears out. I don't know if there is any size difference between older 16.5 and the current production, I doubt it, but just to be sure, you should check. My VP... | |
| overwhelmed by record rituals Quite welcome, Margot. The historical aspects of recorded music are what really intrigue me- both the technical aspects and the musical/creative ones. Re the glue thing, I never tried it, some people on the Hoffman forum who are avid collectors ha... | |
| overwhelmed by record rituals Margot: Re the 'clarification': if you look at a VPI 16.5 you'll see that the vacuum wand (the part that touches the record, spans that record from rim to spindle and has velvet-like lips and a slot to pull the liquid off the record) inserts into ... | |
| overwhelmed by record rituals Margot, I believe in a 'pure' water rinse- how pure can drive you to distraction, but in my estimation, it is good practice- to remove any residue from the fluid and pick up any remaining contaminants.So, yes, separate applicators, vacuum wands/to... |