Posted on 04/25/2009 11:02:46 PM PDT by thecodont
I have a collection of LPs going back fifty years. My Dad had taught me to handle an LP only by the edge or the spindle hole, and to `flex’ the album cover when replacing the disk. Result, LPs last forever. Replace the stylus, get the best turntable (for me, the Garrard 1A), and vacuum tube amplifiers are best. Have you priced Fisher v.t. amps on eBay lately? Lots more than Fisher solid state.
But I discovered something else about LPs: playing those of artists whom I don’t like, backwards. Ten bucks on eBay got me fifteen Frank Sinatra LPs to make Ol’ Not So Hotra punch out anyone in Heaven who gets near him whenever I turn the Greatest Voice Ever into chipmunk gibberish.
Hey Frankie! You’re not in Vegas anymore.
;^)
Do you have Jo Stafford’s “Ski Trails?” I downloaded all but “Winter Wonderland.” That track simply isn’t available. It’s so good to hear “The Whiffenpoof Song” again.
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