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Keith G[_2_] December 2nd 09 06:57 PM

Vinyl Memories From W.H.Smith
 

"Adrian C" wrote in message
...
Keith G wrote:
So, for their specific information, the following are (hopefully) now
blocked in the hope that it will reduce acrimonious traffic he

Plowman
Looser
Lesurf


Can you add me as well?



Yep - done! Any more?

@:-)



Iain Churches[_2_] December 2nd 09 08:05 PM

Music download sites offering CD quality.
 

"Michael Chare" wrote in message
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However unfortunately the music has clearly been taken from a some what
scratchy record.


No excuse for such a thing these days. Systems such as Cedar have been
around for a generation now. With care, superb clean transcriptions can
be made from very poor pressings indeed.

Hopefully you will bring this to the attention of the suppliers, or they
will never know that their work is sub-standard.


Iain.




Iain Churches[_2_] December 2nd 09 08:06 PM

Music download sites offering CD quality.
 

"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote in message


http://www.darksidevoices.com/buyvinyl.phtml



CD = In stock.


LP = Sold out.



:-)


Indeed:-)

Iain




Michael Chare December 2nd 09 09:00 PM

Music download sites offering CD quality.
 
"Iain Churches" wrote in message
...

"Michael Chare" wrote in message
...


However unfortunately the music has clearly been taken from a some what
scratchy record.


No excuse for such a thing these days. Systems such as Cedar have been
around for a generation now. With care, superb clean transcriptions can
be made from very poor pressings indeed.

Hopefully you will bring this to the attention of the suppliers, or they
will never know that their work is sub-standard.




I did not do that, but I found the album that I wanted on Songs.sky.com.

The FAQ on that web sites says that music is mp3 and may be 192 or 320 kbps.
What it does not tell you is the format of any particular album, so you
don't know what you are getting until you have bought it.

I thought that Sky ought to know better than that so I rang up to ask if
they could answer this question on the phone.

The response was that they could not, and that it is only a 'beta' web
site, and they are trying to find out how much business they can attract.


--
Michael Chare


Dave Plowman (News) December 2nd 09 11:48 PM

Vinyl Memories From W.H.Smith
 
In article ,
Adrian C wrote:
Keith G wrote:
So, for their specific information, the following are (hopefully) now
blocked in the hope that it will reduce acrimonious traffic he

Plowman
Looser
Lesurf


Can you add me as well?


Carry on this way and the only posts he'll be reading will be his own.
Come to think of it...

--
*The longest recorded flightof a chicken is thirteen seconds *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Jim Lesurf[_2_] December 3rd 09 08:04 AM

Music download sites offering CD quality.
 
In article , Iain Churches
wrote:

"Keith G" wrote in message
...

"Iain Churches" wrote in message


http://www.darksidevoices.com/buyvinyl.phtml



CD = In stock.


LP = Sold out.



:-)


Indeed:-)


Seems strange to me if you are pleased that the LP is unavailable now you
have a copy. But then I tend to acquire recordings to enjoy listeing to the
music. Not for the sake of feeling I have 'collected' some item that is
'rare' and others might desire but be unable to obtain.

Slainte,

Jim

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Jim Lesurf[_2_] December 3rd 09 08:21 AM

Vinyl Memories From W.H.Smith
 
In article , Adrian C
wrote:
Keith G wrote:
So, for their specific information, the following are (hopefully) now
blocked in the hope that it will reduce acrimonious traffic he

Plowman Looser Lesurf


Can you add me as well?


FWIW It suites me if he wants to ignore my postings as I decided some time
ago there was no point in saying anything to him. His action just confirms
that. But I suspect in time he will start making 'asides' and then later
restart reading and responding if he wants to generate more arguments to
'win'. :-)

Slainte,

Jim

--
Please use the address on the audiomisc page if you wish to email me.
Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scot...o/electron.htm
Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html
Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html


Iain Churches[_2_] December 3rd 09 11:00 AM

Music download sites offering CD quality.
 

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
...
In article , Iain Churches
wrote:

"Keith G" wrote in message
...

"Iain Churches" wrote in message


http://www.darksidevoices.com/buyvinyl.phtml



CD = In stock.


LP = Sold out.



:-)


Indeed:-)


Seems strange to me if you are pleased that the LP is unavailable now you
have a copy. But then I tend to acquire recordings to enjoy listeing to
the
music. Not for the sake of feeling I have 'collected' some item that is
'rare' and others might desire but be unable to obtain.


Jim. I wrote a single word "Indeed" and you managed a negative,
and totally incorrect interpretation :-(

If you want to "acquire recordings to enjoy listening to the music"
you can still buy the CD:-)

No-one these days wants to bother with vinyl (rifle shots and breakast
cereals, snap crackle pop)

Or do they?

The fact that the vinyl pressings were sold out on the day of release,
and the CD is still available many months later speaks volumes:-)

Compare the limited edition vinyl pressings with the equivalent CD
(Count Basie/Ray Charles, is a good example) and you will find out why.

Regards
Iain







Don Pearce[_3_] December 3rd 09 11:03 AM

Music download sites offering CD quality.
 
On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:00:42 +0200, "Iain Churches"
wrote:

The fact that the vinyl pressings were sold out on the day of release,
and the CD is still available many months later speaks volumes:-)


What is speaks volumes about is probably the relative quantities of
each that are produced. The manufacturers know that the CD will go on
selling in the long term, while the vinyl will be snapped up quickly
by the enthusiast, then stop dead.

d

Keith G[_2_] December 3rd 09 11:32 AM

Music download sites offering CD quality.
 

"Iain Churches" wrote


No-one these days wants to bother with vinyl (rifle shots and breakast
cereals, snap crackle pop)

Or do they?

The fact that the vinyl pressings were sold out on the day of release,
and the CD is still available many months later speaks volumes:-)

Compare the limited edition vinyl pressings with the equivalent CD
(Count Basie/Ray Charles, is a good example) and you will find out why.



The simple truth is that all the *enthusiasm* for audio and music lies with
the (valves and) vinyl brigade as even a cursory trawl through the Net will
very quickly show - start with eBay's completed listings and find a recent
Thorens TD124 MkII deck (listed as a Beogram 3000) that went for about 800
quid when Yamaha DSP *FX boxes* need 6 bids to reach a *heady* £12.50 if
they sell at all..!!

@:-)





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