In the past few months I have been busy with transferring most of my favourite LP’s to CD. During this , I came across some pretty good music that I still enjoy listening to after all these years and some of them really bring in precious memories. Some vinyl I particularly like are :

Vanilla Fudge - Album Vanilla Fudge
Jan Akkerman - Album Tabernakel
Respighi - Album the Fountains of Rome ( Berlin Philharmonic with Von Karajan)
Fungus - Album Fungus
Zappa - Album Illegal bootleg from somewhere in 1974
Tony Williams Lifetime - Album Emergency

I reckon that most of the LP’s can be purchased on CD today, but while going thru hours of recording to CD myself I found a lot of treasure in listening to most of the recorded vinyl tracks.

Anyone out there with the same experience, you’d like to share.

Cheers, Ron

My wife inherited a large collection of Deutche Gramaphone classical music when her mother passed away.
The problem is, they're 78's (known in the music trade as dodos).
Have you tried to find a turntable that will play 78's? They no longer exist. I went to our local classical station and told them they could have the records in exchange for cassette or CD copies. Even they don't have a 78 turntable.

Have you tried to find a turntable that will play 78's?


Hey Statsman,

Do a google for Lenco L75 ( old type) or Stanton T80. The last one was recently renewed and does play 78 rpm.

Link :
http://www.stantondj.com/v2/prod_t80.asp

Succes.

Ah, Vanilla Fudge. Their cover of You Keep Me Hanging On is definitely better than the original.

I'm actually going the opposite way -- the record store to me is my addiction. Since I've reduced my budget due to the new house, my vinyl collection has been about the same and I have to really struggle to not walk into the record store.

I still haven't hooked up my turntable/stereo since the move, and I'd better do it soon. :)

Ah, Vanilla Fudge. Their cover of You Keep Me Hanging On is definitely better than the original.



Exactly, we played that track so many times, that I had to buy the album twice :)


I'm actually going the opposite way -- the record store to me is my addiction.


Nowaday's it's difficult to get some good vinyl. I bought some new albums last year ( mainly classical music on DGG), but even these series seems to be less ( sound quality) then say 20 years ago.

I just really like the warm sound that comes from playing vinyl.

I've only purchased a few new albums on vinyl in the past year, so I can't really comment on the difference. For me, it's a more interactive listening experience, since you can't just hit play and leave it for an hour. *shrugs*