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McMurphy: What are we doing in here, Chief? Huh? What's us two guys doing in this fucking place? Let's get out of here. Out. Chief Bromden: Canada? McMurphy: Canada. We'll be there before these sonofabitches know what hit 'em. Listen to Randall on this one. That is an answer to your other hread about Escaping from Maine

Nah, with 2008 oil prices, it's better this (it's even healthier):

Caravan - CARAVAN - Verve, US stereo.

Funkadelic - Maggott Brain - Westbound.

Agree, the problem is that usually I do the very same mistake: start a new relationship. At the end I found myself talking about my problems with unknown people who has strange names and look like frog, elephant, hendrix, record's cover, or monk.

Man, it's three days since I haven't got time to spin a record...I need a fix. Life could be ruthless.

Words.

To Groucho Marx's quote in my post.

Do you feel a bit grouchist lately Allen?

I'm deeply impressed by your balanced reasoning. This description comes pretty close to my impression of the only CIMP recording in my collection, Loaded Basses by Joe Fonda's Bottoms Out [CIMP #343]. Joe Fonda in his artist's notes: Listening to recorded and live music for more than 40 years I rather got the impression that the sound of studio recordings more and more departs from the live sound. Ok, there are bands touring with two or more trucks to carry the equipment they need to reproduce the sound their listeners are familiar with from listening to their CDs. On the other hand their are listeners who are disappointed when listening to the natural sound of a saxophone for the first time ..... It's similar to our food pattern nowadays. Our children are so accustomed to their yoghurt full of artificial flavors that they grimace when tasting a natural yoghurt with fresh, natural fruits. Most of the live music I attend usually suffers of bad amp (or bad acoustical enviromental), a part very few ULTRAMEGAPOWEREXTRA rockconcerts and classical ensambles in dedicated music halls. So I am not really sure what live music sounds alike. I mean that it is some sort of Holy Gral: a concert is a concert, a record is a record. I heard Zorn's Electric and Acoustic Masada in concert several times, when I came back home, I didn't spin a cd of John Zorn in order to compare, I asked myself if it was a good performance, maybe Greg Cohen was a bit lower or Marc Ribot too high or I couldn't hear well Cyro Baptista, but I loved the concerts. As you pointed out bands touring with two tracks, so what? If Red Hot Chili Pepper or U2 want that sound, for me it's ok. Said that there are records that has a meaning as 'record' (Sgt. Pepper's). I find this issue pretty pointless. IMHO. As for dairy products, we like matured original parmesan cheese over here.

If you want to sell the collection in Cuba, that would be a real highjack. Seriously, I think there are enough valuable answers to the question.

Thanks. I am lucky boy then.

A question: I have Marilyn Crispell' SPIRIT MUSIC on Cadence Jazz Record on vinyl, is it an example of 'CIMP' sound? Because I really don't know of what you are talking about.

It's not just listing; it's grading the buggers. MG Agree, and you'd need some experienced guy about different pressings, etc. Also agree. And the really technical part is smearing them with salmon mousse. MG Unless you have the the machine that goes ping.

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It's not just listing; it's grading the buggers. MG Agree, and you'd need some experienced guy about different pressings, etc.

I am in the market for a phono stage, on Audiogon I found some tasty stuff, at great prices, compared to new retail prices, or to the few used pieces I could find in italian domestic market. Obviously dollar's weakness helps. Have some of you yurpeans had some experiences? Some gears has both 120/240 volts options, so it couldn't be a problem to import stuff from North America. What about shipping costs and tax duty? Thanks. edit for grammar

Grateful Dead, Sun Ra and Keith Jarrett will come second. And there are still some guys who doesn't regret the shorter timing of good old vinyl times.

Could you bring yourself to thin out your own collection in a SUBSTANTIAL way in your lifetime to ease the plight on your nearest and dearest after you've left the building? Better appoint a knowledgeable and trustworthy caretaker in good time (and tell him so) to make sure your beloved ones won't dump your prized collections or be fooled into throwing it into the greedy hands of a cutthroat wheeler and dealer who'd give only a tiny fraction of even its wholesale worth. Mmmhh, I hope I'll left something more then a record's collection, though valuable, to my beloved ones. Indeed! But those records will be there and someone will have to do something about them. MG Yes, but vinyl is the symbol of impermanence http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=42452 Who cares?

Could you bring yourself to thin out your own collection in a SUBSTANTIAL way in your lifetime to ease the plight on your nearest and dearest after you've left the building? Better appoint a knowledgeable and trustworthy caretaker in good time (and tell him so) to make sure your beloved ones won't dump your prized collections or be fooled into throwing it into the greedy hands of a cutthroat wheeler and dealer who'd give only a tiny fraction of even its wholesale worth. Mmmhh, I hope I'll left something more then a record's collection, though valuable, to my beloved ones.

Another cost to add.

Nice idea, how many time does a record need in order to be defrozen?

I agree about everything. Shipping costs (and customs duty, though you may declare low values for small shipping) will kill every gain on cheap records, in case of original and rare pressings you will fetch more money on eBay selling them individually. Now if you really find a complete BN original pressings' collection we could talk about shipping cost and the cointainer.

Nothing new. That's been going on for decades, if not centuries (well, not specifically the CD part). You're right, the depressing side is that you really need only a big breast to push the cd's selling.