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Vinyl record sales increasing
Wow, that's an impressive piece of equipment. Came this close to buying an Akai M-9, late 60s solid state, sound quality "good enough" but everyone seems to comment on how they just keep running & never die. Good to know. Only ones I had shed were "driving copies" left in a hot car for a...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: Radio
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Career changes, anyone? Stories, Advice, whatever...
Thanks all for the inspiring / encouraging stories - glad to hear so many other folks are, have been, or contemplate being, in the same boat. :) What's a PA: (if anyone else's curious) A PA is a Physician Assistant. It's a step down from full-fledged MD Medical Doctor in pay &...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #21
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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This evil evil vintage addiction (men are welcome in this one, too)
It gets worse before it gets better lol but you can "just go with it" and buy/sell/trade as a free-time business-hobby. Talking to collectors of other things, the cycle is usually you keep buying more & more as you learn more specifics about what's available and what you do or don't like; then...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Powder Room
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Share your favourite Jazz
Jazzman, Listening to Kenny Burrell’s “Soul Call” audio clips from Amazon right now... LOVIN' it! :D Thanks man, gonna have to check eBay for this one on vinyl. Good taste. Favorite jazz guitar LPs: . . Grant Green - "Idle Moments" Wes Montgomery - "Portrait of Wes" Kenny...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #81
- Forum: Radio
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Vinyl record sales increasing
Dr Greg, you've touched on a sore spot for me.... :mad: (Lizzie, if you're still following this thread, you mentioned you archive sound recordings, what do you put them on?) I spent a LOT of time about a year ago starting to do really nice transfers of some of my fave 78s to MP3s...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #37
- Forum: Radio
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Vinyl record sales increasing
OH YEAH, forgot that one Sally!! the CAMEO laughing record, was it not? Or was it the Okeh? That was one of the Good ones lol lol then there was the one with the sour notes on the musical instruments... and of course, a decade or two later, the parody by Spike Jones... Swing High, -...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #36
- Forum: Radio
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Lounge clock is off by 12 hours
...I'm posting this 5:07 PM Swing High, - Cousin Hepcat- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Screen Names...
Fred G., just Had to say, love the nickname & the avatar. "You, Big, Dummy!" lol I jokingly use that sometimes, but no one could say it quite like him... (me and a coworker have this thing, during lulls in the day when it gets real boring, we start singing the Sanford & Son theme song...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #204
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Phooey!
Awww, maaan, thats just... Aughhh! :rage: :rage: :rage: You're a much better person than me, Lizzie... I'm normally a real quiet laid back "nice guy", But when I see someone who looks like they're really literally "stepping all over me" or any other Really Good Folks, that's the one thing...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #49
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Share your favourite Jazz
K, I can't find any records by him, but he did play "the bandleader" in this 1943 musical movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035765/ It doesn't seem to be available on DVD, but it is on VHS, seems from just this one seller: (there's one copy "used" for the same price on amazon too)...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #79
- Forum: Radio
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I miss the chrome
Indeed. Definitely not always the case though: as one person said here in another thread about bebop jazz, "careful not to paint them all with the same brush"... though the most obnoxious & memorable SUV & large truck drivers do seem to be the ones that always stick in one's mind... Swing...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #65
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Earliest VIDEO discs: 1920s-30s(!!)
Fascinating. I thought the software that restores audio discs is amazing, imagine the complexity to do so with those TV discs. I just showed this to folks in the office this Friday. That's too cool about the fellow who posted plans to build your own camera and tv. Dangit! :eusa_doh: lol...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Earliest VIDEO discs: 1920s-30s(!!)
I remember that! Yes Fisher price, Blue plastic, $100, man I wanted one of those bad. But it came down to between that and a boom box so you can guess which I picked :) Swing High, - Cousin Hepcat- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #6
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Vinyl record sales increasing
Hahaha, good catch Lizzie! lol I found a working (after I put in a new needle) 50s tube amp phono console behind a goodwill one time... ended up advertising it locally "for free" & giving it to some guy who wanted to hear his parents' record collection, just didn't have anywhere to keep it...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #32
- Forum: Radio
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Vinyl record sales increasing
Magneto, there are some funny ones out there (as in "what the heck?!"), great stuff for parties. One of my faves: the Hartz 78 "Teach Your Parakeet How To Talk" lol Then there was the "laughing record" craze of the 1920s, now that just got out of hand... :) Awww man, go vintage...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #29
- Forum: Radio
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Vinyl record sales increasing
Atomic, when I just graduated and got my first jukebox & had some friends over, they went all google-eyed & gasped: "WOW! That doesn't sound like a record at all, sounds just like a CD!" lol You had to see their amazed expressions... CD-R's are the worst, have them go bad sometimes after 6...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #28
- Forum: Radio
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vintage music!
Like Absynthe said, you do see them now & then, got a few including one red shellac 1920s "pop-jazz" flapper number like that. But the coolest stuff on Perfect has got to be Cab Calloway's very early c. 1930 recordings (purple label) the year he first got the job at The Cotton Club but...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #45
- Forum: Radio
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Vinyl record sales increasing
Tourbillion, coming from someone who's listened almost exclusively to 30s-40s swing / jazz / etc for close to the last 10 years with only the occasional "new" CD in between, that's been my biggest question. It started nagging at me more & more. Recenly I've started taking some classes with...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #21
- Forum: Radio
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Career changes, anyone? Stories, Advice, whatever...
Anyone out there embarking on, or done (or attempted), a major career change "somewhere around 30?" (generally :) ) I'm just starting one right now (taking night class prerequisites). I.T. -> healthcare (hopefully, P.A., we'll see.) Frankly, even withOut a family to support (other than a...- Cousin Hepcat
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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vintage music!
My Man! lol My favorite title he's been bestowed is "America's Greatest Composer" (of any kind). If you haven't already heard it, check out this one of Ellington & Dorsey playing together. Glenn Miller's great too, anyone who says he couldn't play hot needs to listen to "Carribean...- Cousin Hepcat
- Post #41
- Forum: Radio
