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What are you listening to?
Fun stuff, learned something new. Must've taken on a whole other meaning in Merry Ol' England, whot-whot?- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: Radio
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Destruction of American History: DON'T DO IT.
Now THAT is TRAGIC! Good for you for saving them. :eusa_clap I've known people to take that attitude (old junk) towards their own family's photos & important momentos such as veterans' thank-you notes "from" presidents for military service; I'll never understand it -- those to me are the...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #85
- Forum: Radio
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Destruction of American History: DON'T DO IT.
That's cool that you stopped to see about "saving" that one. Guitar-amp-making is also especially popular with the vintage tube-electronics reel-to-reel tape recording machines. It's ironic, that there's a growing trend of people wanting to Seek Out And Use vintage tape recorders / mixers /...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #74
- Forum: Radio
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Question for Lounge Music Experts
Sounds to me like one of Quincy Jones' 1960s / '70s recordings, or a copycat version. Remember a movie from about 10 years or so back, Austin Powers... the theme song from that movie was a Quincy Jones recording from that period, originally titled "Soul Bossa Nova"...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: Radio
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Destruction of American History: DON'T DO IT.
Welcome to the lounge - good to see another Raleigh-ite. I've got No idea How many 1980's electronics items I trashed/disassembled/experimented with as a kid... I guess if there was a phanatical "1980's Appreciation Society" and they ever found out, maybe they'd be setting my lawn on...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #67
- Forum: Radio
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Destruction of American History: DON'T DO IT.
lol :eusa_clap That shoe fits!- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #65
- Forum: Radio
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Destruction of American History: DON'T DO IT.
...it's like you KNOW me... (although, I really do need to get busy setting aside time to restore them and get them re-sold, and OUT of the house -- it's ridiculous now, my closet is Almost Completely Full, I hang my shirts in the laundry room now...) Good for you, LizzieMaine.- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #50
- Forum: Radio
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Destruction of American History: DON'T DO IT.
Good save! Seeing these items gutted makes me want to spend more time buying the non-working items which will otherwise get destroyed, restore them, and resell them, so they'll become Too Valueable As Like-New-Working Items to destroy - but alas, not enough time in life...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #48
- Forum: Radio
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Destruction of American History: DON'T DO IT.
Oh yeah, that reminds me of another increasingly popular trend on sites like Etsy: Gutting & stripping down vintage items so they're lighter-weight to be hung on a wall, and making them into clocks. Especially popular with vintage 1950's record players and old records. These type players are...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #42
- Forum: Radio
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Destruction of American History: DON'T DO IT.
OK, Thinking about this more... (1) Looking at this from a strictly Profit-Motive viewpoint: Given that it was NOT Fully Working beforehand, and that the speakers and the amp were missing, it Might Possibly Be more profitable to sell some of the pieces rather than the whole unit. I see by...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: Radio
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Destruction of American History: DON'T DO IT.
Chas, any way you could send me a pic? (I just PM'ed you my email address so you don't have to post the pic to a web server, you can send it as an email attachment) I could tell you if it's a "virtual National Treasure" like this Capehart, or something more common & less ornate / rare which...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #19
- Forum: Radio
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Destruction of American History: DON'T DO IT.
Folks, I'm sure many of you DON'T NEED to be told this. But, Please, PASS THE WORD ON to those who need to be told. Don't destroy the large fully-working near-mint condition ULTRA-RARE High-End deluxe wooden radio consoles of the 1930s-40s, to rip them apart piece-by-piece, and to try selling...- Cousin Hepcat
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Who Did You Just See Live?
The Gourds (again), last night, with my cousin and a friend who hadn't heard their live show before (but went nuts during the show dancing). WOW, what a great live show. Indescribable mixture including some music I usually don't like (country) but mixed in with Louisiana Cajun Zydeco, Funk...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #172
- Forum: Radio
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What are you listening to?
That whole entire album from which this track came is fun. Juicy, updated 1950's-style rock'n'roll-meets-R&B instrumentation & arrangements by Quicy Jones, with a top-notch band. I usually don't like later re-recordings by artists, but these are pretty good, and different. The name of the...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #7,579
- Forum: Radio
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What are you listening to?
I used to have the version on the VANGUARD label, and that Definitely was The Original 1938 Recordings. So it's the Vanguard version you want to look for. (Columbia put out a "Spirituals To Swing 30th Anniversary Concert" 2-LP set which was recorded in the 1960's; that's probably the one you...- Cousin Hepcat
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vocal groups of the 30's and 40's
Blackjack, i LOVE the Pied Pipers w/ Sinatra! Back when I was cruising the flea markets for 78s, I'd pick up pretty much every one I saw that looked playable. (And the same goes for Jo Stafford by herself... my fave female vocalist of the swing era.) [EDIT] The Four Vagabonds, now that's a new...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #9
- Forum: Radio
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vocal groups of the 30's and 40's
The Ravens, 3 tracks from 1947, 1948, & 1949: . . . 1947: "Ol' Man River": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30LkgTt8nrw 1948: "Until The Real Thing Comes Along": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhx6r9rxRj4 1949: "Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)"...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: Radio
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the best bands that play American swing are unfortunatly not American
Yes I briefly attempted to license a body of vintage jazz recordings for re-issue on vinyl from said corporations which own the music, and found Fletch's post in this thread to ring very true with regards to the difficulties in getting these corps interested in licensing "old stuff". But also...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: Radio
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Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Champagne Music Thread.
You or I might not dig his style, but Lawrence Welk made FAR more people in this world Truly Happy for an hour every week, than most people could aspire to in one lifetime... and THAT is what I would call "TRULY Bad-A**". - CH- Cousin Hepcat
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