about £60 on Amazon, not great sound quality, but that's never bothered me with vinyl. It came with a USB output so you can digitise your collection if you want.
if you are a hifi nut then yes you'll be expected to pay top dollar, but I've always thought that the most important bit of kit in the whole shebang is the listener's ears and mine have had a fair bit of abuse - thank you Bass Bins! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Damian Walsh Sent: 17 October 2013 10:34 To: leedslist Subject: Re: [LU] Aznavour(*)..... There's some shameless capitalism going on here. How much did you pay for your daughter's turntable? Until the 80s/ 90s a turntable was the cheapest Hi FI component and I seem to remember that the rule-of-thumb cost was about 15% of your basic Hi Fi. I've been poking about in Hi Fi shops for about a year now (still plucking up the courage to tell the wife it's time to buy a new record player ;) and in both the UK and FR turntables are eye-wateringly expensive, with the 15% going up to roughly 50%! Damian BTW the reason I want to buy a new Hi Fi is 1. to be able to plug an iPod or MP3 player into it, and 2. because I'd like to buy my needles over a counter rather than the hit-and-miss mail order method that is the only option today for my rather old equipement. On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Richard Naef < [email protected]> wrote: > Interestingly this year more vinyl will be sold in the UK than in any > year since 2001 - 700,000, mainly down to David Bowie & Daft Punk. > > > > Of course Vinyl never went away and my 20 yr old Daughter asked for > and got a record player for her last birthday and has gone through my > vinyl collection and "borrowed" a very strange selection of 60/70's > so called classics. mainly down to what the album cover looked like - > exactly what I used to do! OK so Electric Ladyland was a good album, but it was the cover > that sold it for me :) People will definitely be buying Vinyl in 10 > years > time, while CDs 8track, minidisks, cassettes will be just a distant memory. > > > > ttfn > > > > Richard > > > > From: John Lee [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 15 October 2013 11:41 > To: Joe Skinner; Brendan; Richard Naef; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] Aznavour(*)..... > > > > I don't think it's bizarre - people since the 50s have developed > favourites. > Most people who like Northern Soul that I know are well into lots of > other stuff too. The snobbery around records is the same for all > genres - I'm very guilty of this re house music! > > > > I know the 3 copies myth re Frank Wilson - wonder if it's true?? I've > got a copy on vinyl (Last night a DJ saved my life - can't verify > title but I think that's what it's called). Sounds great on there. > Have a copy on the i-Pod and sounds way too treble-y! > > > > Just enjoy the music :-) > > > > On Monday, 14 October 2013, 12:42, Joe Skinner > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I should start by saying I like Northern Soul (Music, not the nights > or any of the stuff that goes with it) > > Brendan, et al. All you need to know is that it's called Northern Soul > becasue out of Town Northerners buying records down south couldn't get > the bog standard Motown/Stax 'commercial' style anymore, because no > one was making it or selling it in any great quantities - most people > had moved onto Funk & Soul styles > > Some dude in a record shop in London labelled all the old style stuff > Northern Soul because that's who were asking for it, according to him > (Midlanders included) > > So people wanted songs sounding like Sugar Pie Honey Bunch but > couldn't get them. > > For some reason a tiny record buying population with their head stuck > in the past mutated into all nighters where the more obscure of these > tunes (REv's is a perfect example (and a perfect song, it has to be > said) - one song that a Producer at Motown made and was pulped because > Berry Gordy or someone decided they'd rather have him producing than > making records) are discovered (or sometimes made recently and faked > as discovered) by DJs crate digging. > > I think there are only 3 or so records that knowingly exist of 'Do I > love you' (2 by Berry Gordy & the dude himself) - which is daft isn't > it? One record floating about going for a quarter of a million. Both > digital copies I have of it are awful, all tinny and one sided (you > could say that's the whole style of music/production!) > > It's a bizarre musical movement. > > > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:07:15 +0100 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LU] Aznavour(*)..... > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_soul > > > > Rarity/Exclusivity has often been part of the deal Brendan. Whilst > > there > are many Motown footstompers, there's a grittiness and often a rougher > production around cracking songs that sees unfamiliar and commercially > unsuccessful songs given cult status. Occasionally these cross over - > for example, Frank Wilson's Do I Love You (Indeed I do) - no matter > how many times I hear that record I love it! > > > > I understand the 'let's keep this hidden' mentality, but if you like > differing genres of Motown you'll love all the better-known Northern > Soul compilations. I remember DRB 'loaning' me his NS records for a > couple of weeks - I think I loved every one, but had only heard of > about 10%! Had I a bit more cash and a missus who's not obsessed with > clearing out my vinyl (a battle she has yet to realise she will lose) > I'd have made him an offer for the lot! > > > > Anyway, don't get hung up on labels and dip your toe in. Try 'Okeh - > > A > Northern Soul Obsession' (vol1) for a comp with loads of fantastic > tunes you probably haven't heard before. > > > > John > > > > > > > > On Thursday, 10 October 2013, 20:08, Brendan > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Excuse my ignorance (honest), but what's the difference between > > Northern > Soul and say listening to Motown, Jackie Wilson etc? > > > > Or rather, what are the emblematic Northern Soul tunes that are not > > your > regular Motown etc? Anyone have an eclectic playlist at hand...? > > > > Also - and I may get stoned to death by The People's Front of Judea > > for > this one - but is/was there much overlap with the mod scene? > > > > God bless this list (given that the shower we follow are shit)! > > > > BMW > > > > > > > > --- Original Message --- > > > > From: "John Lee" <[email protected]> > > Sent: 10 October 2013 14:51 > > To: "Richard Naef" <[email protected]>, "'leedslist'" > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LU] Aznavour(*)..... > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
