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    Was thinking of getting a turntable with a usb outlet. I currently use a yamaha CDR HD 1300 but it means I have to save them to the built in hard disc and then burn them to the built in cdrw.The quality is excellent, but can anyone recommend a decent quality turntable that I can use as part of my hi-fi system but can plug my laptop straight into.

    Yes, an Audio Technica AT-LP 1240 USB.

    It is one of the 'super OEM' decks that have come onto the market since the demise of the Technics SL1210.

    I acquired one last month, it can be found for around £375.

    From Universal: “For Volume 2 a few changes to the box packaging have been made. We have adapted the label copy insert into a more substantial four page card leaflet.  Vinyl will also be manufactured at Optimal to give the authentic push out centre hole of the time.  Sleeves will be paper rather than gloss card.  The selection of tracks again represent highly sought after vinyl releases compiled by journalist and DJ Richard Searling.  Boxes will be limited edition and numbered.”
     
    I made a promise to myself that I would resist buying volume 2, but the track list and changes noted above have made it impossible to resist...

    Some of them are already deleted though.

    In 5 years time certain titles will be extremely collectable.

    Who would have ever thought that any single on Grapevine would be worth anything 35 years ago?

    I have most of the Grapevine singles, all bought at the time of release. I must admit that I never considered for one minute that some of them would achieve any kind of value in the future. So, yes, you have a point there.

    If I remember correctly, 1980 was the big year for Grapevine releases, I was 17 years old then and they were the nearest I could get to owning an original, at 85p each, they were affordable and credible (to me, at least). Maybe the Outta Sight releases are the modern equivalent.

    Now in my 50's, mortgage paid and with more disposable income, I guess that I am lucky that I'm now in a position to dismiss some new reissues in favour of chasing original vinyl.

    I understand that the original sound recording requires licensing, but does the reproduction of label designs, artwork and logos require a separate license?

    The Benny Troy record is unusual though, in that the label is Outta Sight, but it uses the De-Lite design.

    I have always believed that bootleg copy's of records don't affect values of originals, but given the sound quality and appearance of Outta Sight releases, these apparently legal reissues may have some effect. 

    And no, they aren't anything to get excited about, they will never be of any value, either historically or monetarily - except to Outta Sight themselves of course.

    This was a weird thing. I was writing the chapter on the Novas Nine for "It's Better to Cry", had just interviewed Brian Mann, one of the founder members and writer of "Pain" / "Why Listen". Next day I picked up a copy of this 45 on Heritage (rarely pops up unlike the ABC mixed version), which had a message to an old ex-girlfriend written on the label by Brian all those years ago...

     

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    I like the message, really sweet. 

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    Back in the mid 80's, I went to a black music record fair at the Old Vic hotel in Wolverhampton and picked up a copy of Edwin Starr - I have faith in you on UK Polydor. It was in great condition, except for some wavy writing in ballpoint pen on the SOS side.

    A couple of years ago I decided to catalogue my collection of 45's on my PC, including making notes about condition etc. It was only then that I noticed that the writing was actually Edwin's signature! 

    I guess that in some circumstances, writing, or even radio station stickers can add interest and desirability to a record. A radio station sticker can put a 45 in a specific place in time I guess.

     

    Does anyone else have anything of interest, or maybe you always like your labels 100% clean?

    Being something of a Hi-Fi enthusiast, recording quality can play a large part in determining what I listen to at home. Other than Jazz and Opera, I will give almost anything a go. 

    Northern Soul rarely sounds particularly 'hi-fi', but then it doesn't need to.

    Kent CD releases sound awesome on decent kit though. 

    A bit of Punk, some Reggae, all flavours of House, and everything inbetween!

     

    I do love old school trance though.... the post about Adagio for Strings has got me going through some old favourites, Ayla, Gouryella, Cafe Del Mar, Shine.... they all still raise the hairs on the back of my neck and give me goosebumps.... as does an awful lot of Old Skool piano house! 

    Chooooon!!

    OMG WTF is the scene coming too,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, no wonder I don't go to do's anymore :ohmy:

     

    Well, 'the scene' has got you armchair fans covered too:

     

    Something nice to hang on your lounge wall to remind you what Northern Soul is, what a classic 'East Side' by Hank Jacobs is and some classic 45s that you need in your collection, like the Epitome of Sound, on red Sandbag. :)

     

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    Julius Wechter was played covered up as MIke Post - Feelings in August 77, first play at the Casino was 4th Anniversary by Pep, not his copy, someone asked him to play it, you can oput it down but that is one brilliant instrumental.  Esperanto was slightly later, end 77 start 78, only played for 3 or 4 weeks before it was booted, thankfully, and I guess if Paul heard Sam play Cartoon candy at Wigan then I must have stopped going, I only remember it from Birmingham Locarno and that would have been August September 78.

    Thanks for the reply Pete

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