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Mind you that Cairo was "Western" orientated then, like Beirut (Lebanon) and Istanbul (Turkey) and there was a clubbing night life for the most Jet-Setters chosen few then. Also I believe more that it could be through the French "channels" that those labels got such releases over there...

What record of the Isley Brothers was that may I ask ?

BUZZ is significant of either a mass accumulation or a bad electrical contact issue. Cartridge misalignment will result in sound distortion on the highs and muddy bass. The external PSU is indeed (for any turntable motor actually even if some more than others) a good improvement on speed stability. The tonearm dampening of those SL-1200 seems to have been a reel improvement by many.

My feeling on this is that the digital and internet have killed the thrill by making too many things bare cheap commercial disposable products without discernement. By the mid 8T's through the 9T's the scenes (northern and others) were much more healthier musically as it was much more creative as it was striving barely. And I like the idea to follow some records when it's your only chance to hear (in real or about...) but to follow DJ's sounds too much like a cult to me. And if God is a DJ (who knows) the DJ is never a God to me. Now to support or favor some DJ's is natural as it is to dislike some just as it is with venues/events... So no, I never followed any DJ but was very happy to have seen some doing the best of best spot at times and heard as discovered brilliant tunes for great memories.

Come and get these memories... here's our old favorite record... Oooh... the blue one is the Parisians off course...

That will sound crap ! Laser's for CD and stylus's for records. Anyway, I must be honest and admit that I still have no love for CD's one bit. The sound reproduction of the stylus on a record is mechanical and is analogical. The CD is bits and so digital... A CD on a turntable at least won't sound bad. Only not at all ! Imagine why they elaborate and developed so many shapes of stylus and types of cartridges for many different kinds of records and playback reproduction over the decades and here one laser will supposedly do it all ? It was developed for those maniac who have "wear-o-fobia" of the stylus friction in the groove. Not in search of groove read improvements if ever...

Forever thanks a lot for all that wonderful music Mr Brigdes.

Test press of such records should be of the same value or a tad less than the better looking labeled copies. Test presses can be worth more if they bare an alternate take or mix. Test presses fetching much higher price tags are the ones for the "fans" kinda bands and singers of which the collectors seek the rare, odd and mispressings with the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson...

Opinions are fine since they are based on experiences. But prejudgement's and/or misconceptions are not. They are a straight denial without factual arguments. So I understand that that bloke has carefully build his expensive phono set-up accordingly to get the best out of his very specific LP's. Hi(gh)-Fi meets Ri(ght)-Fi. I once heard a 10K+ pure 5T's vintage dishing out wonderful Jazz LP's but the soul 45's on it sounded like muck; no music, power or depth and body. My post Y2K Mi-Fi preamp and amp do allow clarity and dynamic in sound like never the vintage ones could and my speakers are that right tad "mellow" I seek. With the addition of a modern speed power supply combo with it's tachometer I correct the belt driven flaws of my vintage turntable while keeping it's sonical benefits. The fidelity of our cherished 45's is not always of the highest caliber nor is their productions. So we need more to be in balance and compromise Ri-Fi with them. There are other phono set ups that will sound differently and good to one's earbuds. Just to show that there are many different ways to read and dish-out any records. As long as it is well thought and build accordingly... Now one can understand why some turntable may have 2, 3 or 4 different tonearms fitted with different cartridges... Hopefully I didn't do any costly tweaks that didn't turned-out to be worthwhile. The generally advised dampening of my chassis didn't do anything but only costed £4 ;)

This I know but the later developed version of the SL1200/1210 were "targeting" the DJ's and their wannabes. And the fact that they are heavily dampen is most logically from their direct drive design. The last versions even have extra platter dampening. And apparently the tonearm mass has been reduced as well Likely to show good specs on lab performances... Once again, I am not saying that they are not well build turntables, but on many aspect I do not favor them anymore and even less so in real comparison. Like with my dear vintage tweaked belt drive suspended sub-chassis Thorens and super heavy mass SME tonearm Snake oil is in many things, I agree. And in Hi-Fi as well. But like many manufactured things, quality comes to a cost. And new speaker cables from any regular store (not the phony sourced dealers) costing less than £10 the meter will compare with the better and sadly more expensive ones if the rest of your phono gear can shine through. And I am not talking the insane crazy overpriced ones indeed. But having done my tweaks step by step on my turntable I can attest that if well thought and done every bit has it's impact in sound quality and definition. It doesn't have to be expensive or hyper complicated, but coherent from the stylus cut to the speaker's end. A great turntable on a cheap preamp will never shine through no matter what. Those who claim that regular cheap thin electric cable sound as good on their speakers as thick, shielded cables either have hearing issues or their system is so limited it just is not capable to sound better anyway. So the better cables are not at fault there. This is why I said that a decent phono set-up, even second hand, will come sadly (me not the rich kind) to a cost and unless one inherited it from an audiophile who was luckily also listening to vintage MONO 45's... Plus it does imply some brain work to understand what your records (accordingly) require gear wise to play as they should

Was sold on eVilBay by reputed seller as Mint- complete in company sleeve...

Indeed much rarer. I have only one blue Motown sleeve as such. They were firsts, prior to the red ones.

Do you have a "pic" of that ? My searches on the net were not conclusive and I'd love to see that. On the same matter I was told long ago that Betty Lloyd 'six days til Xmas' on BSC also had such a "rare" sleeve. Can anyone confirm this ?

My share on this; to have those beloved and sometimes worth their tidy sums records and to play them on cheap and dreaded phono gear is not only scary to the eye but indeed "contradictory" in it's own term and definitely with time and age unworthy of them rare records. In our teens one had to do with what was either shared home or given to us by elders. It was for most the only way to go. Only once one could start saving some dosh to go and buy some second hand "better" gear. But one had to "think" as to what should be the good gear. And yet I too have friends into their 4T's that still have a barely functioning phono set-up home with 1000's of really nice and rare records sitting next to IT. The financial situation is for most the reason of this desperation. I am afraid it became a habit as well. So the "phono education" and/or understanding is for most lost in the lazy cloud. The consumerist culture annihilated the basics analog knowledge with their "plug & play" products dished by the general public phono industry. Hence a general "rightful" disregard of the audiophile "geek" in the popular mentality. Yet it is this geeky maybe but necessary understanding of "how does" that work in order to fix, convert and improve my set-up that forced me to understand the elementary of physics at stake in there and afterward appreciate my records more than never. So a "good" turntable will never "spare" your records from bad wear. Bad groove wear will be inflicted by an inappropriate, bad, cheap and/or damaged stylus and/or from your bad cartridge alignement and the classic wrong VTA and/or VTF adjustments ! A good turntable should mainly be silent running and spin at the right speed continuously. Other specific requirements depends on it's use, need and taste. Switching to vintage turntable after turning 40 year old, I am now a belt drive on suspended sub chassis turntable believer. How odd is that ? Well those well build, I admit, Techniques turntable are too dampened for my liking in comparison. Home I don't DJ anyway. I play my 45's one by one with a phono set-up half vintage and half Y2K+. My vintage turntable, tonearm and speakers are DIY tweaked to wonderful playback IMO. To get some descent gear second hand nowadays is also expensive I find. And it does require some notion on compatibility between the components and to have fiddling fingers and a curious mind to sort out tech issues will be an advantage of importance. Finally the most important factor that should lead our choice on what to get as phono gear, should be the fact that we play mainly vintage MONO records ! And this is a real factor that those STEREO/MONO switch on amp are merely fooling by "blending" the channels. Not good really. So to get the best out of them capricious records is a whole matter on it's own. Whatever the higher-end gold platted, pure silver, rarest exotic wood and NASA developed material turntable all the money in the world could buy, if not adapted to the support, it just won't perform good. In the analog world the best universal gear just does not exists. Don't be fooled by the commercial messages that is bashed or the bitterness of the prideful few. I'll add that the "contemporary" DJ phono gear if robust is not the best to get the best out of our vintage records from my experience and understanding.

Grapevine UK in 2004 published that unissued version or go for the better IMO and affordable 1969 edited version on Roulette by Little Jimmy Gandy.

Really nice Ex condition copy of this oldie of massive orchestral proportion. Faint sticker mark on "PLUG SIDE" and very few superficial marks on vinyl NAP Scans and soundclip with needle drop and lift from both sides of actual record for sale. beverly ann.mp3 £100 FREE SHIPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD Grading through M - EX - VG - G... Free shipping all over the world to have it registered add £5 PM me to inquire

And what title is it you are offering for sale of this rather prolific band ?

Original French release on BYG with picture sleeve. Sleeve should be down graded to VG due to a small pinball pen mark on top right and a "sticker" mark on top left corner of the front sleeve and overall residual stocking wear. Where the vinyl balance the Ex to an almost EX+. So one of the better filler or awaiting a Mint sleeve but those rough printed on cardboard (sleeve is not paper soft but board hard !) never come clean even fresh out of the print... Sound clip and BIG scans from actual record. £75 FREE SHIPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD dee dee sharp.mp3

VERY CONFUSING RECORD

Yes but evidently very inspired by the Impression's song baring the same title.

'I want to thank you' Mr Danny Woods ! RIP

Hope up there you still do Miss Denise RIP my fave of her

Or by the Wailers....