I found my old turn table buried out in the garage.

[Ann_Tagonist]

It's analog, like me.


There aren't any plug-in holes in my digital amp to make it go. It needs a preamp. Where's Byron when you need him? He's usually either drunk or dead. I think all the Radio Shacks closed. IDK. My albums all suck anyway.

 

[Sweet_Lara]

Curious, though, about your sucky albums ... please offer up a few of the titles.

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

Curious, though, about your sucky albums ... please offer up a few of the titles.

I grabbed an album from the stack no look. It was Joe Walsh But Seriously Folks.
Off to Best Buy to get a preamp.

 

[Sweet_Lara]

I bet you have some good stuff there! Keep us informed on what you're listening to.

Find some Atomic Rooster and you'll be my pal!!

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

I bet you have some good stuff there! Keep us informed on what you're listening to.

Find some Atomic Rooster and you'll be my pal!!

Crap. Online only. Have to order one. If Joe's album was cat scratched and warped I was going to bag it.

There might be some Crusty Chicken Poop.

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

Should be here to-mar-o.

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

Now I need to hear Joe Walsh.

joe walsh but seriously folks

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

 

[Que]

Nice.

From time to time people ask me to play "my music."

Since I haven't done any recording I will just flip on the radio to one of my multiple presets. If a particular song doesn't strike my fancy, I move on to the next preset.

Weirdly, people find that not representative. Young people feel that curating a playlist makes the music "their own." Modern equivalent of the mixtape I suppose. The only time I ever made a mixtape was when I was going to be somewhere where I wanted specific music played at a specific time.

So, when they insist, I lead with "Life's Been Good."

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

Nice.

From time to time people ask me to play "my music."

Since I haven't done any recording I will just flip on the radio to one of my multiple presets. If a particular song doesn't strike my fancy, I move on to the next preset.

Weirdly, people find that not representative. Young people feel that curating a playlist makes the music "their own." Modern equivalent of the mixtape I suppose. The only time I ever made a mixtape was when I was going to be somewhere where I wanted specific music played at a specific time.

So, when they insist, I lead with "Life's Been Good."

Music locks us in to a time and place, usually pleasant ones, but not always. I'm truly surprised there was a stylus on it. Not sure the arm lifter is working.

 

[Sweet_Lara]

Music locks us in to a time and place, usually pleasant ones, but not always. I'm truly surprised there was a stylus on it. Not sure the arm lifter is working.

And if it's not, you'll find a way to get it to work to play your records. Can't wait to hear about it. Fo you have speakers to go with?

What else do you have there? I'm heavy into Janis right now.

 

[Sweet_Lara]

The two bad boys of the general board on here, right? ha!

Do you two even like each other?

\m/

 

[Que]

I'm not bad, I'm just written that way.

 

[SpeareChucker]

It's analog, like me.


There aren't any plug-in holes in my digital amp to make it go. It needs a preamp. Where's Byron when you need him? He's usually either drunk or dead. I think all the Radio Shacks closed. IDK. My albums all suck anyway.

lol

I mean really, I laughed,

Byron is as dead as disco...

 

[Kantarii]

Now I need to hear Joe Walsh.

joe walsh but seriously folks

His solo career was pretty good. I like him better with the Eagles, though

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

Damn. The audio cable appears to be bad. I think it's fixable. The one channel that was working for a while sounded real fucking good. Vinyl baby!

 

[Sweet_Lara]

https://youtu.be/_y_7XKhrqy8

https://youtu.be/3quOZmZ2JgY

I gotta get me some of these dudes on vinyl.

Hope your stereo is fixable.

 

[Hal9000_]

You need one more...and a microphone.

I have a few vinyls and 8 tracks.

This one is my fav:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3028oDEKZo4

 

[RoryN]

The Drew Carey Show - Auditions for The Horndogs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJTqvNLQlG0

 

[Que]

You need one more...and a microphone.

I have a few vinyls and 8 tracks.

This one is my fav:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3028oDEKZo4

I JUST bought a half dozen truck stop country eight tracks and I have been buying vinyl that feels like it might have been in my folks collection.

The country 8-tracks include Larry Gatlin Justin Tubb Johnny Cash Merle Haggard Larry Gatlin Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Johnny Paycheck and Lefty Frizzell

I got a couple of Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass albums that I know for sure were in their collection along with a Bing Crosby and Perry Como Christmas album, and an Andy Williams vinyl still in the original sealed plastic cover. I'm not sure that it's the exact same Andy Williams that I remember but the Andy Williams greatest hits that I remember was on 8-track and playing in a 1969 Chrysler Imperial.

I bought some other ones not so much for the contents or even the cover art but for the potential icons that they are. I got a Telly Savalas album at Danny Kaye, harry James, the soundtrack to Finian's Rainbow and let me call you sweetheart by The Mills Brothers. As a special bonus I also picked up player piano rolls including that song.

Some of this stuff is awfully musty and I'm probably going to die of black mold in August when humidity gets here.

 

[Hal9000_]

I JUST bought a half dozen truck stop country eight tracks and I have been buying vinyl that feels like it might have been in my folks collection.

The country 8-tracks include Larry Gatlin Justin Tubb Johnny Cash Merle Haggard Larry Gatlin Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Johnny Paycheck and Lefty Frizzell

I got a couple of Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass albums that I know for sure were in their collection along with a Bing Crosby and Perry Como Christmas album, and an Andy Williams vinyl still in the original sealed plastic cover. I'm not sure that it's the exact same Andy Williams that I remember but the Andy Williams greatest hits that I remember was on 8-track and playing in a 1969 Chrysler Imperial.

I bought some other ones not so much for the contents or even the cover art but for the potential icons that they are. I got a Telly Savalas album at Danny Kaye, harry James, the soundtrack to Finian's Rainbow and let me call you sweetheart by The Mills Brothers. As a special bonus I also picked up player piano rolls including that song.

Some of this stuff is awfully musty and I'm probably going to die of black mold in August when humidity gets here.

I have an 8 track called "Hit Train" from the late 70s/ early 80s. It had Bryan Adams.

Also, Led Zep, Song Remains the Same.

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

This is buried out there somewhere.


https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/728992573_960.jpg

 

[Que]

I have an 8 track called "Hit Train" from the late 70s/ early 80s. It had Bryan Adams.

Also, Led Zep, Song Remains the Same.

My first real stereo had an 8-track player cassette turntable and tuner all-in-one.

The last time I was on one of these nostalgic kicks I picked up a bunch of interesting looking 8tracks mostly because I found an 8-track Lazy Susan and wanted to fill it up more as a Conversation Piece than anything somewhere in storage I've got 24 more 8tracks mostly country. Something that I thought the kids at the time would enjoy. Nowadays they would probably enjoy them ironically.

 

[Hal9000_]

My first real stereo had an 8-track player cassette turntable and tuner all-in-one.

The last time I was on one of these nostalgic kicks I picked up a bunch of interesting looking 8tracks mostly because I found an 8-track Lazy Susan and wanted to fill it up more as a Conversation Piece than anything somewhere in storage I've got 24 more 8tracks mostly country. Something that I thought the kids at the time would enjoy. Nowadays they would probably enjoy them ironically.

I inherited mine. Combo record player/ tuner/amp.

Plug in 8 track.

The amp finally took a crap. She turns on...and if you mess with the volume knob you get some fuzz.

 

[Ann_Tagonist]

I wonder if I have a soldering iron buried out there too.