My best friend from the US reminisces about his history with turntables. Too good a story not to share, despite the unsatisfying ending.
http://bodger.dreamwidth.org/23539.html
(To be fair, while he insists on sticking with his Technics linear tracking turntable, he *does* have a rather interesting Carver power amp and a pair of Carver Amazing Loudspeakers, which sound great but look like alien monuments and would be mind-bogglingly tacky in almost any civilised surroundings. He's also the person who taught me everything I know about CD transports and valves, and he once built me a portable battery powered guitar amp out of pieces of an old blueprint duplicating machine. Surely he's got to deserve some respect for that.)
A twisted tale of turntables
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#1 A twisted tale of turntables
"Hey, you know the rules, baby. If you wanna PLAY funky, you gotta SMELL funky." -- Mike Troutman
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#3 Re: A twisted tale of turntables
Interesting.
The Brit equivalents of those yellow records were the "Kidditunes" 78s
A childhood friend of mine had a Kidditunes record player in red and blue plastic.
A bit of long lost innocence below:
"Fun and joy for girl and boy"
The Brit equivalents of those yellow records were the "Kidditunes" 78s
A childhood friend of mine had a Kidditunes record player in red and blue plastic.
A bit of long lost innocence below:
"Fun and joy for girl and boy"
Sgt. Baker started talkin’ with a Bullhorn in his hand.
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#4 Re: A twisted tale of turntables
That's so fun! We found a 78 today that appears to be 100% undocumented on the internet -- a rare thing in and of itself -- by a group called 'The Marimbaphone Orchestra', which is the sort of thing that's just up any kid's alley. Lots of fast fun melodies, a bit on the repetitive side, but I can literally picture my brother as a kid dancing madly to this.
I think I'd better not mention that to him now, as he is the big guy in this photo:
"Hey, you know the rules, baby. If you wanna PLAY funky, you gotta SMELL funky." -- Mike Troutman