Vinyl Records

[Zincubus]

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Oh..erm ok...well i'm gonna tell you anyhows so Deep purple were in Montreaux recording the Machine head album at the grand hotel, Zappa was playing a show in town and somebody shot a flair gun into the roof, the fire quickly spread and the smoke from the building was seen by the band spreading across the lake...hence the song smoke on the water was concieved and quickly written, it appeared on the album weeks later...Thanks for asking :

Yeah .. it’s an interesting story .

Kinda neat apart from the deaths ( presumably)


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[tex]

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Oh..erm ok...well i'm gonna tell you anyhows so Deep purple were in Montreaux recording the Machine head album at the grand hotel, Zappa was playing a show in town and somebody shot a flair gun into the roof, the fire quickly spread and the smoke from the building was seen by the band spreading across the lake...hence the song smoke on the water was concieved and quickly written, it appeared on the album weeks later...Thanks for asking :

[tex]

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Never dug Zappa really....did you know one of his concerts was the inspiration for Deep purples Smoke on the water.......Go on..ask me why!!

[amethyst]

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Barclay james harvest...another good band, known as the poor mans Moody blues

My partner had an album by them also remember Alex Harvey,Frank Zappa

[tex]

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Barclay james harvest...another good band, known as the poor mans Moody blues

[Cartimand]

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Back in the 70's and early 80's I had a Garrard SP25 turntable and a quad SQ amp/decoder. I only had a handful of quadraphonic records - mostly Krautrock (Ash Ra Tempel, Wallenstein and such like), but it was great to listen to "Kosmische Musik" through 4 channel sound. When I got back into vinyl a few years back and brought all my old records down from the loft, I bought a simple turntable from HMV which connects to my 5.1 surround home cinema system. I know it's only stereo emulating virtual 5 channel audio, but it does sound very good. The last vinyl I bought, a week or so after Yessongs mentioned above, was Time Honoured Ghosts by Barclay James Harvest. Think it was £2.50 in a charity shop. Not their greatest album, but 2 or 3 great tracks (notably Moongirl).

[Zincubus]

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But turntables don't have a sound?

Well it went through a Sharp sound system but that turntable just sounded better than others I tested.. presumably all the money went into the ‘pickup’ / arm system as it was just mounted on a piece of darkwood


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[tex]

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I had an amazing looking , futuristic Armstrad turntable .. an alloy tri - prong affair ..

Sounded unbelievable






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But turntables don't have a sound?

[Zincubus]

Vinyl Records

I know but we sold deck amps and speakers because we were moving house to a smaller place and we didn't have the room for the vinyl

I had an amazing looking , futuristic Armstrad turntable .. an alloy tri - prong affair ..

Sounded unbelievable






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[Zincubus]

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A man after my own heart...Prog rules! ,i bought Yessongs about 1974 and still listen to it regularly (now on spotify alas) my vinyl copy has sure seen better days

Omg I played Yessongs to death and drove my poor dad crazy !!


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[onthebusesfan]

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Going Through My 45's last night and forgot i had this classic .
Mistura (Featuring Lloyd Michels) (Trumpet) - The Flasher



https://youtu.be/F3aPQ4o9v0w

[amethyst]

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Santanas Moonflower album was a beautiful design,my daughter kept Eagles Hotel California that is her pride and joy with the black and white poster of the band inside the record,she also bought a Joe Walsh vinyl from a record shop in Exeter in 2014 I cant remember what it's called,but apart from that me and my partner sold our collection to the boot sale.

[tex]

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Absolutely!
Still have all my old prog rock and heavy metal albums from the 70s and am always on the look-out in charity shops to add to my collection. Found a copy of the Yessongs triple album in perfect condition in an Oxfam shop for £4 just before Coronavirus changed everything. Love the music and the classic Roger Dean artwork!
Vinyl is definitely my preferred medium for listening to music at home and, with a turntable with USB out, it's easy to transfer my favourites onto iTunes so I can play them on my car's media player too.

A man after my own heart...Prog rules! ,i bought Yessongs about 1974 and still listen to it regularly (now on spotify alas) my vinyl copy has sure seen better days

[Cartimand]

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Absolutely!
Still have all my old prog rock and heavy metal albums from the 70s and am always on the look-out in charity shops to add to my collection. Found a copy of the Yessongs triple album in perfect condition in an Oxfam shop for £4 just before Coronavirus changed everything. Love the music and the classic Roger Dean artwork!
Vinyl is definitely my preferred medium for listening to music at home and, with a turntable with USB out, it's easy to transfer my favourites onto iTunes so I can play them on my car's media player too.

[amethyst]

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what ....... some of them are worth a fortune now mate.

I know but we sold deck amps and speakers because we were moving house to a smaller place and we didn't have the room for the vinyl