Vinyl I am listening to...

[sughosh]

Listening to these 70s Italian masterpieces. Very hard to find these these days..Feel very proud to own them!

Premiata Forneria Marconi ? Per Un Amico (1972, Numero Uno Records, Italian press)

Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra (1981 Repress, Seven Seas, Japanese press)

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin! (1972, Ricordi Records, Italian press)

Amazing! Where on earth did you get these? The best of Italian prog.

Not that sold on Zarathustra yet but I love Banco and PFM. Banco's Canto di Primavera and PFM's Storia di un minuto are also excellent.

Do you like Le Orme? Another fine band from that era. Their "Felona E Sorona" is worth having....very accessible, melodic prog.

 

[pathakajit]

U2 - Joshua Tree - German Pressing
The Final Cut - Roger Waters - U.S Pressings (One of my all time fav)

fantastic album, U2s Joshua tree is!

 

[pathakajit]

Evening spinning..

 

[peace_sells]

Amazing! Where on earth did you get these? The best of Italian prog.

Not that sold on Zarathustra yet but I love Banco and PFM. Banco's Canto di Primavera and PFM's Storia di un minuto are also excellent.

Do you like Le Orme? Another fine band from that era. Their "Felona E Sorona" is worth having....very accessible, melodic prog.

Zarathustra is my fav among the 3 i mentioned . It's definitely not as accessible (it takes sometime to sink in ) as the other 2 and Le Orme (yes I enjoy Le Orme as well. Really like Uomo Di Pezza and Felona E Sorona. Though I don't own any of them..would love to)

Got these LPs from a record store in Edinburgh..about 2 years ago.

 

[reubensm]

Evening spinning..

this is a great album to listen to...some smash hits on there

 

[pathakajit]

this is a great album to listen to...some smash hits on there

Indeed, Reuben.
This was the first album by Pussycat. 'Mississippi', 'Smile' and 'Georgie' were the big hits on this one.

 

[reubensm]

Indeed, Reuben.
This was the first album by Pussycat. 'Mississippi', 'Smile' and 'Georgie' were the big hits on this one.

Yes indeed, and "Bad Boy" as well. I have this LP in mint condition and also have 2 other Pussycat LPs (again both in mint condition). All are EMI pressings from Gramophone Co of India Ltd, and are quite good.

 

[mpw]

billy joel.. greatest hits..

I'm in a Noo York state of mind !!

 

[peace_sells]

Listening to some classic death metal while waiting for the 2nd semifinal to start!

Entombed - Left Hand Path (1989 original UK press, Earache records)

Nocturnus - The Key (1990 original UK Press, Earache records)

The detailed artwork just looks so magnificent on an LP sleeve!

 

[bhaskarcan]

Never get tired of listening this beautiful record. A 1967 Decca ffrr pressing. One of the best MONO reproduction I've ever heard.

Regards

Bhaskar

 

[bhaskarcan]

It's MONO time.

Regards

 

[Simon Wires]

It's MONO time.

Regards

Its almost an year passed, since I got in to the MONO listening. Luck had it, I could pick up some 100+ mono records, esp Decca UK pressings, which delivers fantastic output. Since there are not many takers for MONO, I could pick them up at a throw away price, out there in your city. Interesting, many of them are ffrr.

What set up, do you ideally recommend for this MONO listening?

I was thinking of picking up a Mono Tube amp block & a good full range speaker. Share me your suggestions pls..

 

[bhaskarcan]

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What set up, do you ideally recommend for this MONO listening?

I was thinking of picking up a Mono Tube amp block & a good full range speaker. Share me your suggestions pls..

Hi Simon,

I've a few Hindi/Bengali 7inch 45RPM mono records for which I was planning for a Mono arrangement. And with upcoming Beatles mono release it became a necessity.

I use full range open baffle speakers(Eminence 12inch drivers) with Pass F5T(Monoblock) amp in my system....hence I don't use separate setup for Mono playing. Instead I've rewired a Shure M44-7 cartridge in series (with impedance and capacitance adjusted) to give pure Mono output to phono preamp. This way I'm getting an excellent Mono reproduction and my beaten up/old mono records are singing merrily now.

Regards,
Bhaskar

 

[reubensm]

Instead I've rewired a Shure M44-7 cartridge in series (with impedance and capacitance adjusted) to give pure Mono output to phono preamp

Just to throw a thought in the hat

I think this is a great idea and assume you are using this setup only for playing Mono records.

However if you are playing stereo records as well, when your stylus gets a little older and you technically stop getting 2 identical channels from your M44-7, then on some of the older stereo records you'll notice that certain instruments or even the vocals may get marginally suppressed. In older stereo recordings, it was common practice to have instruments on one channel and voice on the other, or certain instruments on one channel and the rest on the other. Also a technique called panning was commonly used were the guy at the mixer would flip the instrument across the channels to give one the impression that the music was moving across the room.

 

[reubensm]

Its almost an year passed, since I got in to the MONO listening. Luck had it, I could pick up some 100+ mono records, esp Decca UK pressings, which delivers fantastic output. Since there are not many takers for MONO, I could pick them up at a throw away price, out there in your city. Interesting, many of them are ffrr.

What set up, do you ideally recommend for this MONO listening?

I was thinking of picking up a Mono Tube amp block & a good full range speaker. Share me your suggestions pls..

In my opinion, a lot of the old Mono pressings were outstanding. They could sound great on a simple setup with a built in speaker or even a high fidelity system. Decca recordings are outstanding. I have a few Mono Deccas and they are simply great.

 

[bhaskarcan]

Just to throw a thought in the hat

I think this is a great idea and assume you are using this setup only for playing Mono records.

However if you are playing stereo records as well, when your stylus gets a little older and you technically stop getting 2 identical channels from your M44-7, then on some of the older stereo records you'll notice that certain instruments or even the vocals may get marginally suppressed. In older stereo recordings, it was common practice to have instruments on one channel and voice on the other, or certain instruments on one channel and the rest on the other. Also a technique called panning was commonly used were the guy at the mixer would flip the instrument across the channels to give one the impression that the music was moving across the room.

Reuben,

The M44-7 is shorted permanently for Mono reproduction (hence no point using it for stereo records) and is fitted on a separate headshell for quick swapping of cart. My main cart is Shure M97xe with Jico SAS stylus.

regards

 

[reubensm]

Reuben,

The M44-7 is shorted permanently for Mono reproduction (hence no point using it for stereo records) and is fitted on a separate headshell for quick swapping of cart. My main cart is Shure M97xe with Jico SAS stylus.

regards

Then that's prefect. On another note, my father used to say that its safer to play mono records with a stereo stylus but I never understood the logic, why (and he was not referring to the light weight pickups)

 

[Anil kumar]

Listening to Boney M - Love for sale - Pressed in Netherland (Near Mint condition)
Bought this LP in 1995 for 40 bucks @ Music Magic, Banaglore.

 

[Simon Wires]

Spinning MONO ffrr - Decca UK pressing ..

 

[Anil kumar]

Spinning Disco deewane (Mint). Pressed by EMI for South Africa.