Spinning on the Turntable now...

[svengaleekie]

Just arrived today, a new release from Lonely Robot - A Model Life, double white vinyl & CD + Signed card.

 

[kap'n krunch]

Still in shrink...if it was played they did a great job...no spindle marks and MINTY sounding...a 60s pressing...
and RAY CONNIFF!!!!
https://www.discogs.com/release/1500272-Ray-Conniff-Ray-Conniffs-Greatest-Hits
EDIT:IT STILL has a mail in card with the LP cat no.!!!

 

[cbmmm3]

Just arrived today, a new release from Lonely Robot - A Model Life, double white vinyl & CD + Signed card.
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hey Sven

thoughts on this album now that you have listened ?
Im 'on the fence' on this one and would like to hear some opinions from others. Thanks
FYI - Ill order the CD - not the LP

 

[evolving_machine]

There’s always the quad SACD…

Thank you for the suggestion. I am still new to this and researching it all and planning ahead.

 

[Infomas]

Lights Out: San Francisco. I haven't listened to this in years. As I'm ripping it I realized that the discs are labeled Side 1 and 3 and one disc and Side 2 and 4 on the other. It was designed for back in the day when we put multiple discs onto the spindle. This way the album played in the proper order.

 

[ronsonroll]

Aww, nostalgia is a terrible thing. Just got this through the post.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Lights Out: San Francisco. I haven't listened to this in years. As I'm ripping it I realized that the discs are labeled Side 1 and 3 and one disc and Side 2 and 4 on the other. It was designed for back in the day when we put multiple discs onto the spindle. This way the album played in the proper order.
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really curious about how record stackers work! Maybe I could set one up for the 45 rpm singles I've collected.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

really curious about how record stackers work! Maybe I could set one up for the 45 rpm singles I've collected.

Spoiler: Stacker

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/thre...0s-i-have-never-seen-one-in-real-life.966628/

 

[Infomas]

really curious about how record stackers work! Maybe I could set one up for the 45 rpm singles I've collected.

For your 45s you'll need one of these.

 

[edisonbaggins]

View attachment 82868For your 45s you'll need one of these.

Or a whole ton of them! One for each record, right?

 

[Infomas]

Or a whole ton of them! One for each record, right?

Yep. I realized as soon as I posted that it should have been plural. Too lazy to edit it. Not a whole bunch though. Just a few. You could only stack a handful of 45s on the spindle. It was so exciting when single play turntables came out and in the center was a pop up spacer to put the 45 on. Ah, the old days, one song at a time.

 

[OldAsMono]

Nooooo, Record stackers have the LP (or LPs) spinning underneath and then DROP the new LP (that wasn't spinning), onto the stack and I felt the grinding of groves as the two LPs spin to sync up! OK maybe its not quite that traumatic but I always cringed when I saw this happen. I guess its like watching someone handle LPs not by the sides but by touching the grooves. Shameful in my opinion . FYI - I always think of the Woodstock LPs set that was numbered the way described above.

 

[Infomas]

Nooooo, Record stackers have the LP (or LPs) spinning underneath and then DROP the new LP (that wasn't spinning), onto the stack and I felt the grinding of groves as the two LPs spin to sync up! OK maybe its not quite that traumatic but I always cringed when I saw this happen. I guess its like watching someone handle LPs not by the sides but by touching the grooves. Shameful in my opinion . FYI - I always think of the Woodstock LPs set that was numbered the way described above.

Oh, I never said it was a good for the vinyl. Funny thing about the album I mentioned, Sides 2 and 3 on the vinyl are reversed on the album credits. So, your guess is as good as mine as to which side you are supposed to listen to second. For those of you not familiar with Lights Out San Francisco, it has different artists playing throughout and includes some people you may have heard of, including Neal Schon, John Lee Hooker, The Pointer Sisters and Dan Hicks (and for your West Coast people a bit of DJ Dusty Street). There is an amazing version of Leonard Cohen's "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye", sung by Sylvester. You can find it on YouTube I believe.

 

[kap'n krunch]

Lights Out: San Francisco. I haven't listened to this in years. As I'm ripping it I realized that the discs are labeled Side 1 and 3 and one disc and Side 2 and 4 on the other. It was designed for back in the day when we put multiple discs onto the spindle. This way the album played in the proper order.
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nice, ..TODAY'S CENTERFOLD, a B&O TT!!!

 

[ronsonroll]

I found this a wee while ago, In it Techmoan talks about record stackers.

 

[Infomas]

nice, ..TODAY'S CENTERFOLD, a B&O TT!!!

Yes. I love that baby. I've had it since 1979. It had an amazing look for its time. It was so thin compared to most turntables. The hinge on the lid broke so I have to play albums with the lid up, but otherwise it still works.

 

[barfle]

I have a 45 rpm (7”) of “Grand Canyon Suite” that’s numbered that way. My beloved old Miracord 50H came with a 45 changer spindle, although it’s been over a decade since I’ve used it.

 

[svengaleekie]

The new Muse album Will Of The People, Zoetrope picture disc limited to 8000 copies.

 

[MidiMagic]

Lights Out: San Francisco. I haven't listened to this in years. As I'm ripping it I realized that the discs are labeled Side 1 and 3 and one disc and Side 2 and 4 on the other. It was designed for back in the day when we put multiple discs onto the spindle. This way the album played in the proper order.
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Interesting. With sides 1 and 3 on one disc and 2 and 4 on the other disc, you are describing the slide automatic sequence used on 78s before WWII in the so-called throwoff changers. I include a photo of one changing records.

After the top record of the stack played, the changer slid the top record off. Thus, it reverses the stack as it goes through it. (And sometimes it broke the record - worst changer I ever saw.)

With a drop changer, sides 1 and 4 are on one disc and sides 2 and 3 are on the other disc. This lets you just turn the entire stack over to play the rest of the album.

I have only two Microgroove albums labeled for slide automatic operation.
- One is a 45 album made like a 78 album made for slide operation in 1952.
- The other was the Rick Wakeman "Journey to the Center of the Earth", where the album is pressed for drop operations, but they put the wrong side numbers on the labels.

 

[MidiMagic]

Nooooo, Record stackers have the LP (or LPs) spinning underneath and then DROP the new LP (that wasn't spinning), onto the stack and I felt the grinding of groves as the two LPs spin to sync up! OK maybe its not quite that traumatic but I always cringed when I saw this happen. I guess its like watching someone handle LPs not by the sides but by touching the grooves. Shameful in my opinion . FYI - I always think of the Woodstock LPs set that was numbered the way described above.

Stop cringing.

LPs and 45s are made with the labels areas thicker than the groove area. The rims of 12-inch records are also thicker. Thus the grooves should never touch each other unless the record is badly warped.

And if that isn't enough, I know of a few record changers that stop the turntable before dropping each record:

Dual 1004
Glaser-Steers GS-77
VM-1555 and 1585
Several Philips models (can't remember which)

I also modified my Collaro Conquest to do this.