Chalky

I've already let him know he has been hacked and to change password.

I had one of the heavy vinyl copies and it was fine from what I remember.

Nice thick vinyl as well if memory serves me correctly.

More like 200 quid IMO.

We compiled as many labels as possible some time back from Detroit and NY. Can't remember if we did Philly or any other city. I will dig the spreadsheets out at weekend.

Styrene is also brittle and if you try to bend it it will snap in no time, viinyl is a bit more flexible and will give before it snaps. Styrene (properly, Polystyrene). Hard, relatively inflexible plastic used to press records, mainly 7-inch singles, mainly using the Injection Moulding process. The material is heated to a liquid form and is then squirted or injected into the closed stampers in the press. This requires that the labels be either glued or painted on after the record leaves the press. The cost savings to the manufacturer comes from the extended life of the stampers because of the lack of a heating cycle to the stampers. The material can also be reused without noticeable change to its moulding properties. Styrene records will therefore usually have very quiet surfaces when found in an UNPLAYED Mint condition, but unfortunately they will wear to a noisy condition rapidly, especially if played with a bad stylus or an improperly tracking tonearm. They also are more prone to Cue Burn. The Columbia Records Pittman, New Jersey pressing plant was once the major source of Injection Moulded Styrene pressings, and pressings from this plant are found on MANY small labels. Look for the glued-on labels. Painted-on labels can be found on records from the Amy/Bell/Mala group. Vinyl (properly Polyvinyl Chloride). Relatively flexible material used since the early 1930s to make non-breakable records. Its fumes are an acknowledged carcinogen, so don't breathe in deeply when you have your next holy burning of Beatles or back-masked devil-worship records. :-) Usually pressed by Compression Moulding which allows the label to be an integral part of the pressing itself. This process also requires that there be extra material which spills out the sides of the press, therefore this extra material is routinely ground up and re-used. Because vinyl does not re-heat and re-cool to a smooth, glossy surface, the excessive use of re-grind mixed in with Virgin Vinyl can account for the inherently noisy surface of even Unplayed Mint examples of the cheap pressings that some record companies used. Noise can be seen AND HEARD by looking at and/or playing the un-grooved surface of the lead-in and lead-out areas. If this area looks or sounds grainy, then the grooves will also have some of this grainy background sound. The stampers used for the compression moulding process will start to break down after only 1,000 pressings because they are forced to expand and contract when heated by steam at the start of the pressing cycle and then cooled to solidify the record. Some companies routinely overused their stampers for their pop record series.

They charge us £8, which is probably more than the postie earns in an hour for a few minutes work. The process of giving the HMRC there bit is done electronically and probably takes five minutes maximum. So for ten minutes work tops, and on top of the postage costs they charge £8. And why do customs include the postage as the value? I doubt I will buy any more from the USA as I personally think I pay enough taxes without this extending to my hobby.

Its a sodding joke this country. Taxed left right and centre for everything we do. £16+ charges on a £30 lp (£44 with postage). Why is postage taken into account when calculating this figure? B*stards! £8 handling fee wtf? I wouldn't mind but I have to go and collect the f*cking thing, they do less handling than they would if they delivered it.

The T92 is as solid as any Technic I used, not saying it is better but it is just as well built. The top end Stanton is IMO not far off the 1210's but when spending that kinda money you should expect nothing less. Still can't understand the decision of Technic to cease production. Vinyl demand is rising year on year and other turntable manufacturers seem to be doing ok?

i was bored waiting to get tipped

I wouldn't have an Ion given me. But with the advancement in technology surely internal mechanics and parts gets cheaper? Did Technics cash in on their name? I know you got a quality deck but maybe they stopped production because they relied too much on th name rather than keeping up with competition like Stanton who were building quality decks for less? Surely a pre amp is just a few quid, a usb connection pennies,, maybe a quid or two with installation costs, not a lot of extra cost at the end of the day?

I would imfine inside the shell there's plenty of room for the gizmos and gadgets so no need to lose any quality in the turntable. However I have the Stanton T92 USB turntable and would recommend thatbone to anyone.

Forget who but someone in the 80's was dancing to his Sony Walkman.

The master number at General American, Arlen and Gina often begins with the initials of the act. "LH" Little Herman, "TH-COM" The Companions etc.

Gave it the odd spin few years ago when Lifeline was at Ye old Bell. Just put one in sales t'other day as well, still there for a tenner on Chisa.

Great piece of soul music Kev.

I think if we are honest Russ the days of the all-nighter is fast dwindling with less and less hardcore nighter goers every year.....the oldies only venues will last longer but you are not going to influence the DJ's one bit as they are rooted firmly in a certain decade. The best record recommended so far that would IMO have a chance of gaining exposure to a wider audience is the Notations "That Girl" and some of the Soul Junction releases but I doubt it because o0of the mentality of collectors and Dj's.

There are 18 listed in R&B Indies with missing numbers (at least three) so possibly more.

you can get it for 6.50 or thereabouts if you look at the so many new link underneath the amazon price.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/M-Man-Carl-Sims/dp/B00005PJCW/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388855775&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=carl+simms+m%26m+Man

I don't recall seeing anyone write that she isn't relevant to the forum? I simply think she is average when compared to much of what I listen to.

R&B Indies 1964 Arlen 751 Little Herman I'm Gonna Put The Hurt On You LH-3 b/w Gotta Keep On Walking LH-4 Gina 1963/64 but Little Herman is under 1963. Little Herman is the third release unless some missing and shares the same details as above. R&B Indies although greatly researched isn't always correct. So going by the above Gina first Arlen second?

Me too hopefully. Nice one.

Ray & Dave reduced to £15.

No, it doesn't go any further than the year and the record details. It was at the end of the labels life so guess The Gina release not long after the Arlen release.