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Posted on December 18, 2020January 20, 2021

Blue Tracks on Vinyl

Classic jazz and blues sound better on vinyl. The tracks really come to life when a diamond stylus extracts them from the grooves on an LP.

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Posted on November 30, 2019December 30, 2019

Vinyl LP records have magic

Vinyl 33 RPM LP record
My photo of a 33rpm vinyl LP, with a tricky bit of lighting .

There’s a great cartoon showing 2 guys standing in front of an obviously very pricey audio system featuring a high end turntable. One says to the other “The things that attracted me to vinyl were the expense and the inconvenience.”

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