Music comments and notes including albums, CDs, LPs, vinyl, turntables, equipment, comments and stuff like that.
A recent visit to a “yard sale” at the Albany Rural Cemetery resulted the discovery of these two albums. The very nice ladies at the checkout table did not know that Jackie Gleason was a musician in addition to being an actor and comedian, and as a result we had …
The other day I ran across this Denon DVM-725 5-disc DVD/CD/MP3/WMA/DTS player/changer that was supposedly junk. The drawer did not move in or out reliably and the carousel did not spin quite as expected. A recent post from a couple of weeks ago described the rescue of a similar Sony …
The story here is rather interesting, if I do say so myself. I acquired a Sony CDP-C345 5-disc CD changer. It supposedly did not work, but the exact nature of the failure was not known. I checked it out and discovered that the drawer would go in and out over …
I don’t know where I picked up this little gem. It seems I have had it a very long time. It is a 45 rpm record of Rockin’ Jerry Lee by Jerry Lee Lewis. Interestingly, if you look closely at the label you will see that it is a promo …
The Backstory Collecting LP records has been a “thing” for a long time. In the 1980s it was thought that the new fangled CDs would replace them, and for the most part Compact Discs did just that. Then digital files, such as MP3, replaced CDs, or just about. But downloading …
This is an interesting CD that I was able to pickup on Discogs.com. It is, apparently, extremely rare and I have been trying to find a copy for ages. It is, as you can see, Noel Coward in Las Vegas. I have a particularly good LP copy of Noel Coward …
There I was, wandering around the Restore store on Fuller Road when I ran across this little gem. Mind, you, we are talking a 7-disc set here! Pretty good condition, over all, with a few minor oopsies but good. The stunning price, well, would you believe $1.99? Only thing is, …
Tacoma’s favorite band, The Ventures! Yep, I found this little gem at the 30th Anniversary Sale at The Last Vestige a couple of months back. As I am sure you know (just say “yes”, Ventures fans. You know you are.) this disc features their big hit, the Hawaii Five-0 theme. …
Yes, well, I was at the local used LP and CD shop recently and came across this gem from the past. This is definitely one you should have in your collection. Naturally, this CD features the famed ZZ Top hard-driving rock sounds, but there’s a lot of the more classic …
As long as we are looking at analog audio equipment we may as well investigate this thing. What we are seeing here is a Bang & Olufsen 3000-2 receiver. Now, just to be clear, in the audio world the term “receiver” is generally accepted as meaning it is a radio …
