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Post by shedshrine » Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:58 am

My favorite use of the 1500 is with headphones.
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Post by shedshrine » Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:46 am

a few of my colored vinyl.

Living Colour ? Time?s Up
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Tomita?s The Planets in pink..
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Tonio K- Life in the Foodchain
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Mancini tribute album (from the women-holding-things-in-their-right-hand part of my collection..)
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Post by shedshrine » Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:57 pm

How to fix warped records some good turntable/cartridge advice here as well.

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Post by Jeff White » Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:21 pm

Just grabbed a Technics SL-1700 off of eBay for $53 plus shipping. Thanks dudes!

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Post by Gregg Juke » Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:08 pm

Cool vinyls, shred. I can't quite make out the "Living Colour" on my tiny screen; is that a shade of green? I think the colored vinyl looks awesome, and I'm thinking about it for our next release, but it's supposed to have an effect on sound quality(?), and the expense, oy. That not your shelving, btw, is it?

Congratulations on the TT Jeff. Long may it spin.

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Post by shedshrine » Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:21 pm

Glad you snagged a table your happy with Jeff.

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It's a translucent yellow Gregg.

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Here's a brief history on colored vinyl and picture discs and some of the more creative examples to help you with your album design decision. ;)

...and that was some other poor soul's shelving collapse.
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Post by shedshrine » Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:40 pm

Does colored vinyl affect sound quality?
Music Industry Survival Guide- Everything you need to know about vinyl.

"There are lots of cosmetic options for your records. Depending on where you're getting your records pressed you can choose between various solid colors, transparent colors, swirls, the marble look or picture discs. It's a commonly held belief that there's a drop in sound quality when you stray away from black vinyl; lighter colors and clears especially... followed by an additional drop off when you go to picture disc. There are two schools of thought on why black vinyl sounds best, one is that it's the purest and contains no color additives. The other school of thought is folks putting an emphasis on the lead content present in most black vinyl. Black vinyl does indeed contain a small amount of lead and it very well may play a part in the sound differenc- es. Admittedly, I don't have much background in terms of picture discs but from what I understand the production process is much different than regular vinyl records and that the compound used is closer to PVC plastic than it is to vinyl. Like most things with records it's just a choice you have to make as to which is more important to you the best sound quality possible or a cooler presentation. Personally, when I'm in the record shop having to decide between the 180 gram version of Velvet Underground with Nico or the version on banana yellow vinyl I go with the colors but many choose otherwise."
-By Jay Millar, Sales & Marketing Manager, United Record Pressing

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SHAPED VINYL RECORDS
"Who says a record has to be round? Tell us what shape vinyl record you want and we?ll tell you what we can do. We can create your ?shape record? in any color combination, traditional black vinyl or as a shaped picture record. We will create a custom die cut just for your project in any shape that you require. Shape records are available in many different sizes. Utilizing clear jackets will showcase your product even more. A shape record is a unique twist and your customers and fans will love adding this product to their collection."
http://www.erikarecords.com/shapedrecords.html


SHAPED PICTURE RECORDS
"Shaped picture records are the Cadillac of the custom record. Erika Records can create a shaped picture vinyl record to fulfill any of your needs. First we press a picture record for you using a shaped slick or large label with picture and the record is die cut to match the shape of your slick and packed in a clear jacket with any type of insert and sticker you require."
http://www.erikarecords.com/shapedpicture.html
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Post by Gregg Juke » Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:20 pm

Good information and cool vinyls, shred. You seem to have found an endless source of pristine edge Jazz vinyl; sweet. I used to play that Yusel Lateef a lot! Can't go wrong with Canonball or Kirk. You like the gypsy guitar players; have you heard Birelli Lagren?

Back to the informative warping article-- I'm pretty interested in that Vinyl Flat device.

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Post by shedshrine » Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:40 pm

Glad you found some of that stuff useful.

As for an "endless jazz supply", I've been pretty tenacious about hitting up the local vinyl shops of late and that has paid off.

No, I hadn't heard of Birelli Lagren. Another name to check out. I still have yet to check out dfuruta's recommendation of Getachew Mekurya, the monster Ethiopian saxophonist as well.

Enjoying the journey.

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Post by dfuruta » Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:18 pm

shedshrine wrote:...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk's version of "Ain't No Sunshine" on Blacknuss is awesome, isn't it? I listened to that over and over when I first got that album...

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Post by Brett Siler » Sun Aug 05, 2012 6:57 pm

ipressrecord wrote:Just grabbed a Technics SL-1700 off of eBay for $53 plus shipping. Thanks dudes!

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Nice :D
If you have any questions about setting it up post em on here and I'll help you out. Setting it up is to difficult with the right tools and a mild amount of patience.
You should order one of these Shure tonearm gauges to set the proper weight when it gets in.
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Post by Brett Siler » Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:01 pm

Great jazz picks shred! I really dig that Pharroh Sandrs album, Yusef Lateff, Roland Kirk. Good shit. I just picked up John Coltane's "Ascension" yesterday. Great album, real wild stuff.

Also love that you have a John Cage album.

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Post by shedshrine » Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:24 pm

Dust and Grooves.com
Great "vinyl culture" site.

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Post by Brett Siler » Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:08 pm

Some vinyl porn pics of my band's last seven inch release:

Custom hand built wood casing that twists to open
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The record:
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Test presses!
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I have more pictures of us making the wood packaging if anyone is interested.

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