[Dixielandjazz] Resurgence of Vinyl

[Marek Boym]

And my friends still wonder that I play LPs almost exclusively,
relegating CDs to my car (no vinyl facility there), and often ask me
where I get them, since I often play new acquisitions at my jazz
evenings (we meet every Thursday, although not always at my home).  By
the way, new LPs are much too expensive, so I mainly buy second hand.
I buy Cds, too, but, as mentioned above, play then in my car (except
for one presentation at the jazz evening).
cheers

On 01/09/2008, Norman Vickers <nvickers1 at cox.net> wrote:
> To:  DJML and Musicians & serious jazzfans list
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> >From :  Norman Vickers, Pensacola
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> Dear Listmates-This from Carmen Brown, radio personality and activist with
> Mobile, AL Jazz Society  MOJO ( Mystic Order of the Jazz Obsessed).
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> She's on the Musicians and Serious Jazzfans list, but because of the
> significance, I am also posting on DJML.
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> Thanks, Carmen.
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> From: smoothoperator983 [mailto:smoothoperator983 at carmenbrown.com]
> Resurgence of Vinyl
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> Have a collection of over 3000 vinyl LPs, color discs, acetates and 12"
> singles....along with a turntable that is over 40 years old (but can still
> find stylii at one of the "big box stores.") Many of these have not been
> re-issued in the CD format, so am reluctant to part with them.
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> One of the things that I'm still fond of doing is putting a platter on the
> turntable, dropping the needle and picking up the cover to look at the art
> or read the liner notes (without the aid of a magnifying glass as the CDs
> require.)
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> Another thing - many of the LPs came with bonus posters - of which I have
> many, either still in the jacket or framed - and informational postcards to
> get on mailing list or order label's or group's compilations.)
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> Personal disclaimer prior to next section:   Before I got seriously immersed
> in JAZZ, I was an album oriented rock DJ for over ten years.
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> The promotional "odd shaped"  LPs  sent to radio stations will never be
> released in the CD format and they are priceless (i.e, Prince's "Purple
> Rain" heart shaped single - currently desired by Japanese collectors who are
> willing to pay thousands; Toto's "Hold The Line" octagon shaped singles; Rod
> Stewart's limited edition numbered "Do Ya Thing I'm Sexy" picture disc or
> Led Zeppelin's "In Through The Out Door  [The original LP album featured an
> unusual gimmick: the album had an outer sleeve which was made to look like a
> plain brown paper bag, and the inner sleeve featured black and white line
> artwork which, if washed with a wet brush, would become permanently fully
> colored.  There were six different sleeves (have them all) featuring a
> different pair of photos (one on each side), and the external brown paper
> sleeve meant that it was impossible for record buyers to tell which sleeve
> they were getting.  (There is actually a code on the spine of the album
> jacket, which indicated which sleeve it was - this could sometimes be seen
> while the record was still sealed.)  The pictures all depicted the same
> scene in a bar (in which a man burns a Dear John letter
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_John_letter> ), and each photo was taken
> from the separate point of view of someone who appeared in the other photos.
> The album artwork was designed by Hipgnosis
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipgnosis> .   In 1980 ,the album was
> nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of best album package.]   All
> of these are part of my modest collection.
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> My friend and JSOP listmate Peter Kerr introduced me to a vinyl format a few
> years back that I was totally unfamiliar with.  (He's from GB)...and over
> there, the vinyl was sold as what I describe as mini-45 EPs with 2-4 songs
> on them.  Perhaps he'll weight in more on this, as he owns quite a few.
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> Thanks, Doc - batten down the hatches!  Any jazz artists with the first or
> last name Gustav?
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> Your in JAZZ and str 8 ahead!
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> Carmen
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