7 Feb
2007
7 Feb
'07
6:52 p.m.
Hi,
William Donzelli said:
OK so I exagerated a bit!
One last OT comment then I promise to stick to computers :-)
(I'll probably have some d*mn-fool questions when I get the Micro-
11/73 out of the rack and see about making some changes...)
As for old rock'n'roll, rockabilly etc. loads of it is being released
on cd at the moment, a chap called Mark Lamarr plays a lot on his
BBC radio show* every week, but I do admit even he has to resort to
45s at times! Obscure soul tracks are also very popular atm with
new re-releases every week...feeding the revived (British) Northern
Soul scene.
Most of these seem to be on UK or European labels though.
Still got 2 turntables. (Neither have 78, alas, and one only does
33rpm!)
Just to upset people: we used to use 78s for target practice, shellac
ones shattered nicely, vinyl ones just gave you a boring hole... :-)
* You can listen to it on the BBC website. BBC Radio 2, Mark Lamarr's
Alternative Sixties, New show every Monday - plenty of obscure
Rock'n'Roll/Rockabilly.
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb at dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
In my
experience _everything_ that has been recorded since about
1917 is available on cd if you go to the right sources.
Sorry, but you are extremely wrong here. There is a huge amount of
music that is only available on LP, 45, 78, or other even old formats.
Most early rock and roll, like 1950/60s rockabilly, has not made it
past the 45 format, and the same is true for old soul. Lots of live
jazz never jumped off the LP. There is a ton of stuff from the 1980s,
like dance remixes and B sides, that never made it. To the extreme,