Music: Your flavor of the month?

Dope old school video

 

Buckshot, Masta Ace, producer credit is A Tribe Called Quest so I assume Ali-Shaheed Muhammad was on the track...Damn this is golden age hip hop right here



A year later Premier is the producer Masta Ace still there, jeru kills it



@HCP what do you know about this REAL Hip-Hop FAMS?

 

Listened to Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon

Just a briliant album

 

That album was only number 1 in the Billboard charts for one week.... that had never happened so Pink Floyd considered the it a success. It then set a record for staying in the Billboard Top 100 for 36 years. No English band in history has ever sold more copies of a single album, not the Beatles, not LZ, not anybody. Imagine what artists could accomplish today if they were allowed the same money and time.

 

I have a hard time thinking of a band today talented enough to make an album that good.

 

Well. They had A LOT of help for one, Ron Geesin was one of the most groundbreaking electronic composers in the world, Alan Parsons was one of the best engineers in music, and Chris Thomas had helped record and mix the White Album. It comes down to the fact that Roger Waters is a genius but you're only as good the people you work with....

 

I don't usually hang out in the OT section, but I've been playing around testing different stylus/cartridge/turntables in my system this weekend and those are three of the albums I've been listening to:





Supertramp - Crime of the Century is also one of my go to albums for testing "new" gear:



Listening to Abbey Road right now:



BNM

 

Nice! There are sone great Facebook groups for vinyl freaks as well as some Vintage Gear hobbyists as well. With places like Radio Shack going tit's up, they are great resources. I mean if you need info on phono needles, gear or just advise in general and they will hook you up!

 

I participate in the forums at audiokarma.org. Lots of very knowledgeable folks that are dedicated to audio gear - especially the preservation and restoration of vintage gear.

The smaller speakers shown in most of the photos are a pair of JBL L36 Decades from 1974 that I picked up at Goodwill for $12.99. They were pretty trashed when I got them:







Almost exactly a year ago, I started completely rebuilding them inside and out. A month and a half later, they looked like this:





The bigger speakers shown in one of the photos are a pair of Rectilinear Highboys from 1967 that I picked up last Thursday from the original owner. Thankfully, they are in much better condition. They will just need recapping the crossovers and a couple coats of Danish oil and they will be good for another 50 years.

BNM

 

Yeah. Nice set up. I have some good audio gear than I had at my old place but I just don't have the room for it now. So I'm storing it with the parents. Had an old 8 track player but that broke and a Reel to Reel that I sold a friend so he could listen to some old boots he had (it wasn't in the best shape way.) It's amazing when you think about the amount of great audio equipment from the past, like I worked at Radio Shack in college, and I'd kill for some of the generic stuff they used to sell at that store. Now you have to buy it online or go through Goodwills. And it is usually broken.

 

@Fonzthecpt1 and @riverman

New band I just learned about - LOVE!!!



I think this guy is going to blow up too - tons of energy!