Archive for May, 2008

21 May

Vinyl, Cassette Tape, Recording and Engineering

I saw an article in Tulsa Today News about records and basically the ‘revolution’ that is happening. There are some good pars that I will show here.
“…but nothing sounds as good as a vinyl record. That’s not an opinion; it’s a fact. That’s why some records were cut direct-to-disk, bypassing analog tape with [...]

15 May

Billy Thorpe - Children of the Sun - A Vinyl Classic

Yes, I own a vinyl copy of Billy Thorpe’s Children of the Sun. I love this song. It is still a radio staple, although not to the level that it once was.
Billy Thorpe had big success in his native Australia, but here in the US, we really only know him for this one album, [...]

12 May

Vinyl Records - New Versus Used

I was at the flea market this morning and one of the vendors had a couple of milk crates full on vinyl records. My first thought was “great.”
I went over to look at them and saw that there were about 6 Led Zeppelin records right in front. I only have there first album on [...]

07 May

How Vinyl Records are Made

It’s been a while since I posted, I have bought a house and been moving. I haven’t had the chance to even hook up my turntable yet, so I am not exactly happy. But I thought I’d explain some things about vinyl for those that don’t know.
I found on Youtube some video off of Discovery [...]