What are you listening to, right now................
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Bankers boxes, thousands of ‘em, and that is one of the higher values, probably because it’s a combination of rarity and a great-great song. Lots of rare r&b, soul, garage rock from small indie labels, circa 1955-1975. They were archive copies for a booking agency, and most have never been pulled from their sleeves let alone played. I’m selling on behalf for a 25% commission. Problem is finding buyers with fat wallets, because it’s really time-consuming. On the other hand, they’re easier to move and ship than LPs, and often fetch substantially higher prices. I do it for the discovery of the music as much as making money. I think there are close to a thousand records by my count that have NO official release listing at Discogs, which means I’ll have to list, tag & photograph the labels and sleeves for the website, and in my spare time it’ll take me a year-or-two.
Regarding sound quality, you’re right, there are laquers that are scratched to shit from the Fifties where the records sound remarkably good, and you can’t say the same about any vinyl manufactured after the mid-1970s.
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@salacious-crumb said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Bankers boxes, thousands of ‘em, and that is one of the higher values, probably because it’s a combination of raraity and a great-great song. They were archive copies for a booking agency, and most have never been pulled from their sleeves let alone played. I’m selling on behalf for a commission. Problem is finding buyers with fat wallets, because it’s really time-consuming. On the other hand, they’re easier to move and ship than LPs, and often fetch substantially higher prices.
Make sure you also scan the old label logos and check if they are still under copyright. There is a good market for product such as t-shirts using these often great logo designs. I have started a collection myself with old Tamla, King, Stax etc ones and I know there are some rare variations off these well known labels around (plus the cool one off ones).
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My main purpose in getting the records was the seller wants me to archive everything from the collection, so I’m on top of it. But you do have a good idea... last year I started high-quality scanning cool logos from old garage rock bands with macabre names that nobody has ever heard before (The Tombstones, The Creeps, etc.) with an eye to possibly silk-screening some t-shirts. The Northern Soul angle is a good idea.
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Not a 'listen too' but music related.
I went to see a small exhibition at the Barbican Library the other day after work. It was based on some collected photos from inside Abbey Road Studios (mainly of Pink Floyd and Oasis recording sessions) but also had a bit of history about the studio, the equipment and a few 'artifacts'.
Of interest to me was the TG12345 MK1 mixing desk photos. A top of the range console in it's day and used for recording all of the Beatle's Abbey Road album. The blurb said it was also used for Macca's 'Maybe I'm Amazed' recording (I consider the Faces version way superior)
Some borrowed photo as well, including George Martin and Macca working at the console together.
For me though, the star of the exhibition was a real life Neumann U47 mic, used since the 1950s at the studios and has probably captured the vocals of an enormous number of hit vocals. The residual DNA in that headgrill cover could clone the world's best.
If you are interested in this sort of stuff and passing through London the display is on until the end of June
Inside Abbey Road Studios | Barbican
This free Barbican Music Library exhibition is a collaboration between Abbey Road Studios and renowned rock photographer Jill Furmanovsky, looking at the past and present of the iconic studios.
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There maybe a new Tool album in the next 5 years based on the rumours the band has been in the studio. It's only been 12 years since their last release...
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Definitely my all time favourite band, I hate that they aren't on Spotify, I have to listen to APC instead to get my Maynard fix.
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Can’t play 45s in my car, so istening to a lot of Wes Montgomery on long drives. This one (Bumpin on Sunset, like the predecessor Bumpin) is a hypnotic creeper.
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@bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
There maybe a new Tool album in the next 5 years based on the rumours the band has been in the studio. It's only been 12 years since their last release...
Yeah, I don't have high hopes for their new release honestly. I think their albums have gotten steadily worse as they have continually tried to complicate things (timing, bass lines etc) and add experimentation into it.
I would put their albums best to worst in exact synch with their timeline. 10,000 days had high points, but as an album it was hard listen.
Opiate > Undertow > Aenema > Lateralus > 10,000 Days
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@no-quarter said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Definitely my all time favourite band, I hate that they aren't on Spotify, I have to listen to APC instead to get my Maynard fix.
To listen to them in spotify, I think you need to dig out the CD's (or purchase them on apple), add them to itunes, then you can listen to them through spotify.
I think. Not 100% sure as never done it but will need to dig out my CD collection and give it a go I think.
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@majorrage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Due to their absence from Spotify, I had forgotten about Tool. One of my favourite bands ever.
Although this isn't my fave track, it's the one that I first heard that made me jump out of my skin.
MR you are my boy!!! Every time i wonder who my favourite band is, i listen to Undertow and Aenima, and the fact they are both fucking perfect answers my question immediately. Holy shit i can't overstate how amazing i think those two albums are.
4 Degrees is my favourite Tool track. if i had to narrow down a top 5:
4 Degrees
Aenima
46&2
Jambi
ParabolaAaaand i know what i am listening to all day.
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@majorrage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
There maybe a new Tool album in the next 5 years based on the rumours the band has been in the studio. It's only been 12 years since their last release...
Yeah, I don't have high hopes for their new release honestly. I think their albums have gotten steadily worse as they have continually tried to complicate things (timing, bass lines etc) and add experimentation into it.
I would put their albums best to worst in exact synch with their timeline. 10,000 days had high points, but as an album it was hard listen.
Opiate > Undertow > Aenema > Lateralus > 10,000 Days
Opiate first? wow. that's a pretty unusual opinion. I'm cool with it though.
Like you, i think they got too clever for their own good. Lateralus is fucking great for the first half, but falls away after Parabola. 10,000 Days has 3 good tracks (Jambi is fucking amazing) and i can honestly say i don't listen to the rest).
If a new album ever turns up, i would be surprised if it was a stand out (although Metallica did it last year, so maybe...?)
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Opiate is just too short to be my number one. I've got it as Ænima > Undertow > Opiate > 10, 000 Days > Lateralus.
10, 000 Days only beats Lateralus because Jambi is better than anything on that album.
Choosing my favourite tracks is bloody difficult as there's so many, but the ones I've probably listened to the most would be:
46 & 2
4 Degrees
Jambi
Opiate
Ænima
Pushit
H.This list could get very long...
Then maybe more randomly Rosetta Stoned and Third Eye. Those two track grew on me until I became obsessed with them.
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The thing about opiate is that I generally love every song on that EP. I can't say the same about any other tool album. They all have higher points, but opiate is just so raw. It's almost like RATM, with the exception of Opiate (the song) which is little more like the rest of Tools catalogue
Love a top 5 list!! Bloody tough for Tool though, as there are just sooo many good song. I'll have to list the contenders, then whittle it down I think ...
Opiate: Jerk-Off, Opiate
Undertow: Prison Sex, Sober, Undertow,
Aenima: Stinkfist, Eulogy, FortySix & Two, Hooker With a Penis, Anema
Lateralus: The Patient, Parabola, Ticks & Leeches, Lateralus
10,000 Days: The PotNow, I'll listen to them again and completely change my mind I'm sure.
It gets hard to work out what is your favourite song and what gives you your best memories - Sober, Stinkfist probably aren't really my fave tracks of theirs, but I'll never forget the first time I heard sober (mates prelude going to a party in Tauranga up pyes pa road) and stinkfist was almost the anthem of my first year flatting in in the Tron.
In isolation this sounds a touch gay, but I really do love Tool.
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Eurovision final live stream
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This should be in the thread of “Learning something New every day.”
I just learned Israel is in Europe.
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@salacious-crumb said in What are you listening to, right now................:
This should be in the thread of “Learning something New every day.”
I just learned Israel is in Europe.
As is Australia.
Eurovision is a complete and total shit way of creating an extra gay pride event
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