tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post2021671732046132284..comments2024-03-27T22:41:44.357+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: 2016 – The Year in Vinyl by Steve T.Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-52610500516994967652017-01-10T02:20:29.432+00:002017-01-10T02:20:29.432+00:00If a record started jumping, putting a penny on th...If a record started jumping, putting a penny on the arm above the needle sometimes enabled the stylus to plough through the scratch; it was a short term solution. Told you I had cheap record players (and couldn't afford to change the stylus often enough) and scratched records.<br /><br />I also had a cat named Mingus, which must be the coolest name in the world for a cat. I wanted another to Steve Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-17341345682314540202017-01-08T20:09:11.984+00:002017-01-08T20:09:11.984+00:00A penny on the needle? Explanation please!A penny on the needle? Explanation please!Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-85318720152497201722017-01-05T23:43:53.625+00:002017-01-05T23:43:53.625+00:00I'm actually old enough to remember 78s. and I...I'm actually old enough to remember 78s. and I don't personally get hung up on sound quality; great music always shines through. Having said that, Country Blues from the twenties and thirties and Studio One recordings have been improved massively on CD. Most of my music listening was done on scratched records on cheap record players, often with a penny on the needle. For a time I lived inSteve Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-33614251437202465122017-01-05T21:33:07.915+00:002017-01-05T21:33:07.915+00:00Cats know the score!Cats know the score!Bill Montgomerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-26956302743462641262017-01-05T19:53:35.657+00:002017-01-05T19:53:35.657+00:00An interesting viewpoint Steve. CDs, and other for...An interesting viewpoint Steve. CDs, and other forms of compression are great for slotting in the car stereo although, of late, I've been gambling on DAB Jazz FM for my driving [dis]pleasure. Like all gambling you win some you lose some although, in my particular case the bookies [jazz FM} would win but it would be a photo finish.<br />If I could replace my LPs with CDs it would create space Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.com