RE: cryptic messages in old vinyl numbering systems
The weirdest runout groove messages I ever found are on the Triffids EP
"Fields Of Glass" - they read: "Pope Guilty of Intercourse", "Papal Semen
Identified".
Others I can recall reading are "Hooley Dooley", "I've got a twelve-stwing
Wickenbacker", "John, call me - 691 8413".
These are all on Australian records, by the way. The sort of people that
must work in vinyl pressing plants...tsk tsk.
Junior Walker
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Well, my favorite "scribe" comes courtesy of the Minutemen--I think
all of the SST bands of the 80's did this--who write "Arena Rock is the
New
Wave on side d. of Double Nickels on the Dime. This is followed by side
mike's "Punk Rock is the New Nostalgia." Any chance to bring up this
album,
and I'm there.
Whoo-hoo! says me, who will also do the same. :)
I think every Minutemen album has "scribes": e.g., Ballot Result ("You
choose a hero's kingdom"(side one) "...or a mean democracy?"(side
two)..."Want to focus?..." (side three)..."Bofus?" (side four)) or
Project:Mersh ("Full Circle--The Concept becomes reality--now deal with
it!!")
Lance, wondering if he wants new wave, or if he wants the truth . . .
Actually, have you ever heard Dos' version of that song?? Maybe even
better than the original...
Steve Kirsch (who still thinks "Dreams Are Free, Motherfucker" is the
best song title of all time, even if it isn't a very good song:))
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np: John Strohm--"Caledonia" (anyone ever seen this guy live?...he's
playing SXSW and I'm wondering what to expect)
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Re: old vinyl numbering systems
On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, William F. Silvers wrote: John Wendland wrote: I still remember the noise it made when the LP was dropped from the spindle and the grooves of one album rubbed against the grooves of another. Yeah, me too. Didn't they mold a thicker "lip" around the edge though, to prevent that rubbing? I don't THINK so... ...thought about it the other night when BR5-49 covered "Battle Of New Orleans". Flip side on that old 45 was "Sink The Bismarck". Then you don't have a very old 45. I'm pretty sure that was a reissue pressed in the 60's or 70's. Going on a *really* old memory here, I think the original B-side was "All for the Love of a Girl." The original had a cool sleeve with little cartoons depicting the story of the battle. Sadly, all my 45's were ripped off by an ex-roommate so I can't check. -- Mike Woods
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...thought about it the other night when BR5-49 covered "Battle Of New Orleans". Flip side on that old 45 was "Sink The Bismarck". Then you don't have a very old 45. I'm pretty sure that was a reissue pressed in the 60's or 70's. "Battle Of New Orleans" - Columbia 41339 (1959) "Sink The Bismarck" - Columbia 41568 (1960) Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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At 10:01 AM 1/16/1999 Mike Woods wrote: ...thought about it the other night when BR5-49 covered "Battle Of New Orleans". Flip side on that old 45 was "Sink The Bismarck". Then you don't have a very old 45. I'm pretty sure that was a reissue pressed in the 60's or 70's. Going on a *really* old memory here, I think the original B-side was "All for the Love of a Girl." The original had a cool sleeve with little cartoons depicting the story of the battle. Sadly, all my 45's were ripped off by an ex-roommate so I can't check. Mebbe not. I was just a kid, early 60's, so I can't even remember the label. Didn't matter a bit to me then, and wouldn't matter much now, since that old portable flip-top record player wasn't exactly kind to records. That 45 probably got used for pellet gun practice way back when. Kids- what you gonna do? b.s. "The truth ain't always what we need, sometimes we need to hear a beautiful lie." -Bill Lloyd
Re: cryptic messages in old vinyl numbering systems
You've missed some great Neil Young, then. --Matt Cook "Splendid isolation, I don't need no one"--Warren Zevon Geffry King wrote: I recall a Neil Young album of some kind that had "Hello Waterface" etched into side 1 and "Goodbye Waterface" etched into side 2. Don't ask me which one - the last Neil Young I heard was on a Warren Zevon album.
RE: old vinyl numbering systems
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Derek Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 2:49 PM To: passenger side Subject: Re: old vinyl numbering systems Yeah, does make ya feel old g. All sorts of multi-disc albums were sided that way--operas, for instance, and other classical sets. --junior Hey man, my KISS Alive II double set wasn't marked that way... what gives? They didn't know how to count. Nicholas
cryptic messages in old vinyl numbering systems
Good morning all, Just when this thread is dying out, I'd like to throw out another vinyl query: what's up with the funky sayings inscribed in the smooth part of the vinyl at the end of an album side? (as I typed this question, my better half looked over my shoulder, mumbled a quasi-answer, then went and grabbed a copy of an album from one of his old bands. There, etched in the vinyl are the words, "Smell this.") Just wondering . . . Jeanne
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Howdy, Jeanne asks: what's up with the funky sayings inscribed in the smooth part of the vinyl at the end of an album side? From time to time folks would sign the master copy of the wax pressing. Sometimes, it was the artist's signature, sometimes a little stranger... (for example, "Smell this.") At work and away from my collection, but I recall that a Bobby Darin album of mine has some sort of inscription. And a tribute box set of Elvis stuff that came out around 1986 or so included the King's signature embedded in the vinyl. I recall one of my albums at one time or another had an inscription along the lines of "Turn this record over." Just merry pranksters in the days of wax and vinyl. Now, I'm off to lunch and continue previewing new music that arrived in my mailbox this week-- The Bystanders, Buck Diaz, Hillbilly Idol, and Elena Skye the Demolition String Band. Woo hoo. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Elena Skye the Demolition String Band, One Dog Town
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np: John Strohm--"Caledonia" (anyone ever seen this guy live?...he's playing SXSW and I'm wondering what to expect) I saw him live is LA a few months back Steve. Nothing extraordinary as far as presence, just another alt-ish singer-songwriter in a sport coat, if I remember correctly. But that's okay, cuz the songs are pretty decent, somewhere between crunchy pop and Petty. And that's all that ultimately matters, right? Then again, if he had that Parks gal from Nashville Pussy on stage that would be something. Never much of a fan of the sport-coat-in-rock look. Neal Weiss
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At 02:18 PM 1/14/99 -0500, you wrote: Howdy, Lance asks: Also--and on a completely unrelated note--can someone offer a reason why record companies used to make double LP's with Side 1 backed with Side 4? Call me crazy, but wouldn't it make more sense to have Side 2 on the flip since the record is already right there on the friggin turntable? That way, when you put the antique vinyl discs on your hi-fi system, you can stack the discs in the changer so that you can listen to the sides in numerical order and only have to flip the discs once. Some sort of demarcation has just taken place. Those old enough to remember the stacking turntables and those who don't and, accordingly, are young 'uns. Stacking turntable spindle thingees those were the days Jeff Miles of Music mail order http://www.milesofmusic.com FREE printed Catalog: (818) 883-9975 fax: (818) 992-8302, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alt-Country, rockabilly, bluegrass, folk, power pop and tons more.
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Jeff says : Some sort of demarcation has just taken place. Those old enough to remember the stacking turntables and those who don't and, accordingly, are young 'uns. Stacking turntable spindle thingees those were the days Yeah, does make ya feel old g. All sorts of multi-disc albums were sided that way--operas, for instance, and other classical sets. --junior
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Yeah, does make ya feel old g. All sorts of multi-disc albums were sided that way--operas, for instance, and other classical sets. --junior Hey man, my KISS Alive II double set wasn't marked that way... what gives? Derek http://www.buckdiaz.com
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Yeah, Derek, that makes sense--because towards the end of the LP people pretty much gave up selling spindled record changers...the word was out that you probably got a better (watch for antique term here) record player for the buck with a single-disc turntable as part of your swell new stereo component system. So they started putting out multi-record sets ordered for flipping..one disc at a time. I seem to remember the switch from changers to single-LP turntables having to do with preservation, mostly, eliminating unnecessary wear and tear that came with an album making that four or five inch fall one too many times. At least that was a main reason for my such investment. Got me one of them Technics turntables with the belt motor and the stony strobe thing. And then I got me the record cleaner brush thing with the liquid drops and special plastic sleeves for that albums and different special plastic sleeves for the album jacket. I think I gave all that up when I went to college and started dating. Being a dork with a record cleaner isn't necessarily the best way to get laid. I preferred twelvers of Coors Light, the bong and whatever she wanted to listen to. But I digress. What were we talking about again? Neal Weiss np - Chuck E. Weiss - Extremely Cool
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Howdy, Jeff Weiss, he say: Some sort of demarcation has just taken place. Those old enough to remember the stacking turntables and those who don't and, accordingly, are young 'uns. Stacking turntable spindle thingees those were the days. I loved the stacking turntable spindle thingees. As a young 'un, I'd put on a stack of as many of my momma's Elvis records as the spindle thingee could hold without getting too wobbly and I'd enjoy the rest of the day listening to the King and working on my Elvis impersonation skills. However, I really didn't care for those yellow insert thingees for 45s. You never could seem to find one when you needed one...usually my sister was turning them into strange future fashion headwear for Barbie dolls. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Hillbilly Idol, Town and Country
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Hey there, Hey man, my KISS Alive II double set wasn't marked that way... what gives? KISS didn't want to confuse their typical fan. Later... CK who opted for Brazilbilly of KISS on Jan 2, but had second thoughts ___ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
