One of those crazy things that plays LPs. I'm thinking of hooking it up to my computer so I can rip some of these records I bought at the Thrift Store today and actually play them back here in some sort of kick ass no loss digital format like FLAC.
Check out some of the records I scored (for $1.99 each)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (unfortunatly this is scratched up as fuck. just having the cover at LP size is still worth atleast $1.99 to me though)
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (this sounds great... there are some crackles and pops but ... not so much that it's distracting)
Lou Reed - Some sort of double album 1967-1980 - Greatest Hits type thing. I listened to the first record which was mostly Velvet Underground stuff but it seemed to be alternate versions (not as good versions, IMO) ... The sound is clear - no crackles or pops - but I'm not sure.
Bill Cosby - Why Is There Air? -- this is from 65 or 66 .. and it's really wild seeing him on the cover at this age... late 20s. His voice sounds similar to how it does on the Cosby Show but ... Anyway I have to say I didn't find it particularly funny - a couple of the lines were good though. Not really my type of comedy though. I got this mostly for the novelty/curious factor. There are really very few comedy albums I've found even remotely amusing... The ones I've really liked have been Mitch Hedberg's and Bill Hicks... both of whoom unfortunatly died young.
Disney Boys Choir - It's A Small World Afterall - this is a strange LP from 1965 featuring the "Disneyland Boys Choir" singing various childrens songs. It's pretty noisy but still listenable, it doesn't skip like The Beatles album.
Phil Collins - Face Value ... I felt slightly lame purchasing this album. But I've always liked "In The Air Tonight" and ... ok yeah. The sound quality is pristine - I don't think I heard any skips.
I don't have the LP's in front of me, I'm doing this off memory. Anyway. One of them was some sort of classical organ album. Bach and Pachelbel and the like. I really like this on first listen (I only listened to the first side so far) ... I find it very ominous and spooky sounding, in the best of ways. I really think Organs are capable of some of the most amazing sounds. If you let go of the association with church and really listen to it. It's incredible.
I also got a record called something like "2 men, a drum machine, and a trumpet" from 87-88 ... Very "techno" ... but not in any sort of forward looking interesting way. Only in the most cheesiest of ways. I got it mostly as a novelty item but I was hoping it would be a bit more interesting. It's actually a single but it's a 12"
hm... I think there was some other record I got too.. or maybe that's all of them. maybe it is. I was thinking I got 9 albums but I guess it's 8 and the double LP from Lou Reed makes it 9.
This is the first record player I've had really since I was a kid. I've been thinking about getting one for awhile. And I really enjoyed listening to some tunes on it. I'd really like to get some of my favorite albums like The White Album and hear it this way.