RE: cryptic messages in old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-17 Thread Walker, Jason
passenger side Subject: Re: cryptic messages in old vinyl numbering systems 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. Thi

Re: old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-16 Thread Mike Woods
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,

RE: old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-16 Thread Jon Weisberger
...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

Re: old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-16 Thread Bill Silvers
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*

Re: cryptic messages in old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-16 Thread Matt Cook
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 -

RE: old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-15 Thread Nicholas Petti
-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

cryptic messages in old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-15 Thread Jeanne Berrong
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,

Re: cryptic messages in old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-15 Thread Shane S. Rhyne
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

Strohm (Re: cryptic messages in old vinyl numbering systems)

1999-01-15 Thread Ndubb
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

Re: old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-14 Thread Jeff Weiss
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

Re: old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-14 Thread BARNARD
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

Re: old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-14 Thread Derek
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

Re: old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-14 Thread Ndubb
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

Re: old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-14 Thread Shane S. Rhyne
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

Re: old vinyl numbering systems

1999-01-14 Thread Christopher M Knaus
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