[Comfortablydumb] I Love Vinyl

[hollyh58 at comcast.net]

yeah, my TT has been out of comission a long time.  All I need is a new needle which will only cost $25, but it seems I always have another use for $25.  I am getting an extra fat paycheck in august, though, and my kids really want me to get a needle because I have Ramones records that they've never heard and both my boys like the Ramones.  So August first or there abouts, I will be getting a needle and will hook up my TT.  I've kept the records I wanted to keep, but the ones I replaced w/ CDs I either sold or just gave away.  There are some that I've replaced w/ CD but am keeping on vinyl as well.  This includes some Beatles and the Who among some of the punk stuff...Clash, Sex Pistols and Ramones.  The fact that my kids are interested, though, is a real incentive.  It's good for their education.  They're both learning to play guitar and Colin, my 18-year-old can churn out Clash and Sex Pistols and Green Day chords quite masterfully.  The younger one (14) has learned to pick
  out V
ideo Killed the Radio Star.  So not bad!
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Jay Bond <jcbond at teksavvy.com>
> About six months ago my dependable (for 20 years) NAD receiver just  
> up and died on me. Luckily I had back-up: the first amp I ever  
> bought, and old Akai AA-6100 Surround Sound amp that I bought in 1972  
> at the height of the 'quadrophonic' era, or actually a bit past it  
> because it only cost me $50, new. Anyway, I've moved a lot over the  
> years and this time was one tug too far (be careful kids, always pull  
> the plug, not the cord!) because one of the cords on my turntable  
> (Thorens TD 166 Mk II) severed. It took me about seven months to find  
> my soldering iron so I could fix it, but I did today and holy  
> guacamole, vinyl sounds soooo sweet. Plus I have a lot of records  
> that I don't have on cd. The first album I put on to test my  
> soldering proficiency was Electric Light Orchestra's 'On the Third  
> Day'. Wow. Now I'm listening to Television's 'Adventure'- Careful is  
> one of my fave songs ever.
> Some time back I did an A-B test, vinyl vs cd. Played at least 200  
> times Billion Dollar Babies vinyl vs BDB on cd- not even close,  
> although it was the first cd, not the remastered one, so maybe it's  
> not so sure anymore.
> That whole Seattle thing happened when I was in denial- I think I  
> have a Mudhoney 45, but aside from that my entire Sub-Pop collection  
> is on cassette. I loved some of the lesser lights- Love Battery,  
> Seaweed- man, that must have been a really exciting time in Seattle.
> 
> Jay in Toronto, going on and on because I have my records back!
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