GWSmith Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 .........and the condition of the vinyl is indeed as the eBay seller described......maybe never played ! Closeup of the label...... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 ..........and now, Side 2..........Cheers my friends..........🍷 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 @Tigerman Nice find How does the album play 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 The Debussy I've heard on the piano my whole life has always been treasured. Any drawbacks to the digital recording @Tigerman? Have a couple of LPs that are digital but the music is totally different from the demanding aspects of an orchestral movement. Your system/s could probably be adjusted to overcome any issues though! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 Continuing on with piano men This artist needs no introduction Its Sir Elton John I only have these 4 albums But I searched high and low for my favourite LPs but alas they must have been lost in transit or lent out and never returned The lost LPs are Captain Fantastic and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Artist - Elton Jihn Title - 1) Greatest Hits 2) Jump - 1982 3) 21 at 33 - 1980 4) Too Low To Zero - 1983 ( this is a great album ) 3 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 9 hours ago, Full Range said: @Tigerman Nice find How does the album play Good evening to you Paul (breakfast time here ) Thanks for all the likes my friends. I neglected to add a comment about the recording which I did over in RTM. I would say excellent dynamics on the LP. The album programing with Debussy is quiet, so I cranked it up and the loud passages really were amazing!! Some pops here and there, but pretty much in UNplayed condition as far as I can tell..... I give it a 98 ..... Have a good evening/day everyone.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KROCK Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 6 lp set 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 6 hours ago, Full Range said: The lost LPs are Captain Fantastic and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Lost? You've been pilfered, those were the best of the bunch! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 9 hours ago, Full Range said: But I searched high and low for my favourite LPs but alas they must have been lost in transit or lent out and never returned The lost LPs are Captain Fantastic and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 2 hours ago, JohnJ said: Lost? You've been pilfered, those were the best of the bunch! 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Theif went back to the trough once too many. Tech caught to up... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 7 hours ago, JohnJ said: Lost? You've been pilfered, those were the best of the bunch! Im just lucky that the Greatest Hits album has got all the best songs on it Song / track list and album info on this link - https://www.discogs.com/Elton-John-Greatest-Hits/master/85568 And this is the ID of my pressing Its from New Zealand - https://www.discogs.com/Elton-John-Greatest-Hits/release/666519 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Always liked Tower Of Babel Do no remember the lp ..: Now I do 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 His stuff before Bu Bu Bu Bennie & the Jets and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was his best imo but I had those two 45s when they came out! And I recall that best of cover from when I first started my LP collection. Good one @dirtmudd is that index card from a news story? or even if you added that, that's a good post! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 I am now listening to some Prog from an Australian band called Madder Lake - Album Still Point ( have posted it way back in the thread ) While listening I searched for some history and found this short 10 min documentary video of the bands history Please enjoy - also keep an eye out about the comments about the band Queen 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 (edited) I'm still lost in here: It takes me way back * heck LSD is on this one! Edited May 19, 2019 by JohnJ * 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 42 minutes ago, JohnJ said: His stuff before Bu Bu Bu Bennie & the Jets and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was his best imo but I had those two 45s when they came out! And I recall that best of cover from when I first started my LP collection. Good one @dirtmudd is that index card from a news story? or even if you added that, that's a good post! https://thevinylfactory.com/news/record-thief-finds-god-and-returns-stolen-vinyl-10-years-later/ 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 While discussing Elton John His song Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting was like an anthem and something that we took literally in my youth The Westies ( my area ) group would head into town Saturday night to drink and dance and pick up chicks ( as you do when young ) If the other area groups East - South - North tried to spoil our fun - then fights were the only way to settle the score Because I was more of a surfer type I was never in a group but had to obey the location of what group one belonged to I have witnessed some fights that would send shivers up your spine - but the amazing thing is, In those days, once they were finished and the perking order was established they all got along and drank together 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Geeze half a world away and it's all the same. Late 70s, at the bottom of my street 1/8 mile south they went to South High School, we all went to another. Theirs was the more prestigious locale. The rich kids two miles east went to a third hs. On the boulevard nearby across from the Pizza Hut and the Taco Bell where the McDonalds and HollyFarms Fried Chicken were was the parking lot where all the cruising emanated from. 90 cent gasoline, 16 year olds with big blocks. Every clique hated the other unless they were hooking up, then it was on. Same stuff as the fifties movies happened, it was just our era. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnJ said: Geeze half a world away and it's all the same. Late 70s, at the bottom of my street 1/8 mile south they went to South High School, we all went to another. Theirs was the more prestigious locale. The rich kids two miles east went to a third hs. On the boulevard nearby across from the Pizza Hut and the Taco Bell where the McDonalds and HollyFarms Fried Chicken were was the parking lot where all the cruising emanated from. 90 cent gasoline, 16 year olds with big blocks. Every clique hated the other unless they were hooking up, then it was on. Same stuff as the fifties movies happened, it was just our era. Along the Forest Road, there's hundreds of cars - luxury cars. Each has got its load of convertible bars, cutlery cars - superscars! For today is the day when they sort it out, sort it out, 'cause they disagree on a gangland boundary. Yes, they disagree on a gangland boundary. There's Willy Wright and his boys - One helluva noise, that's Billy's boys! With fully-fashioned mugs, that's Little John's thugs, The Barking Slugs - supersmugs! For today is the day when they sort it out, sort it out, These Christian soldiers fight to protect the poor. East end heroes got to score in... The Battle of Epping Forest, It's the Battle of Epping Forest, Right outside your door. You ain't seen nothing like it. No, you ain't seen nothing like it, Not since the Civil War. Coming over the hill are the boys of Bill, And Johnny's lads stand very still. With the thumpire's shout, they all start to clout - there's no guns in this gentleman's bout. Georgie moves in on the outside left With a chain flying round his head; And Harold Demure, from Art Literature, Nips up the nearest tree. (Here come the cavalry!) Admidst the battle roar, Accountants keep the score: 10-4. They've never been alone, after getting a radiophone. The bluebells are ringing for Sweetmeal Sam, real ham, Handing out bread and jam just like any picnic. It's 5-4 on William Wright; he made his pile on Derby night. When Billy was a kid, walking the streets, The other kids hid - so they did! Now, after working hard in security trade, he's got it made. The shops that need aid are those that haven't paid. "I do my double-show quick!" said Mick the Prick, fresh out the nick. "I sell cheap holiday. The minute they leave, Then a visit I pay - and does it pay!" And his friend, Liquid Len by name, Of Wine, Women and Wandsworth fame, Said "I'm breaking the legs of the bastard that got me framded!" They called me the Reverend when I entered the Church unstained; My employers have changed but the name has remained. It all began when I went on a tour, Hoping to find some furniture. I followed a sign - it said "Beautiful Chest". It led to a lady who showed me her best. She was taken by surprise when I quickly closed my eyes. So she rang the bell, and quick as hell Bob the Nob came out on his job To see what the trouble was. "Louise, is the Reverend hard to please?" "You're telling me!" "Perhaps, sir, if it's not too late. We could interest you in our Staffordshire plate?" "Oh no, not me, I'm a man of repute." But the Devil caught hold of my soul and a voice called out "Shoot!" To save my steeple, I visited people; For this I'd gone when I met Little John. His name came, I understood, When the judge said "You're a robbing hood." He told me of his strange foundation, Conceived on sight of the Woodstock nation; He'd had to hide his reputation. When poor, 'twas salvation from door to door. But now, with a pin-up guru every week, It's Love, Peace & Truth Incorporated for all who seek. He employed me as a karmacanic, with overall charms. His hands were then fit to receive, receive alms. That's why we're in The Battle of Epping Forest, It's the Battle of Epping Forest, Right outside your door. We guard your souls for peanuts, And we guard your shops and houses For just a little more. In with a left hook is the Bethnal Green Butcher, But he's countered on the right by Mick's chain-gang fight, And Liquid Len, with his smashed bottle men, Is lobbing Bob the Nob across the gob. With his kissar in a mess, Bob seems under stress, But Jones the Jug hits Len right in the mug; And Harold Demure, who's still not quite sure, Fires acorns from out of his sling. (Here come the cavalry!) Up, up above the crowd, Inside their Silver Cloud, done proud, The bold and brazen brass, seen darkly through the glass. The butler's got jam on his Rolls; Roy doles out the lot, With tea from a silver pot just like any picnic. Along the Forest Road, it's the end of the day And the Clouds roll away. Each has got its load - they'll come out for the count At the break-in of day. When the limos return for their final review, it's all through' - all they can see is the morning goo. "There's no-one left alive - must be draw." So the Blackcap Barons toss a coin to settle the score. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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