Hello everybody!

I realised that buying vinyl is nice, but sometimes you don't get the full version from the cd version. I bought the new Porcupine Tree album and it didnt have all the tracks. Tracks 8-11 likely need a third record :(

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Re: Records
By: Matt Munson to All on Sun Aug 28 2022 08:50 pm

I realised that buying vinyl is nice, but sometimes you don't get the full version from the cd version. I bought the new Porcupine Tree album and it didnt have all the tracks. Tracks 8-11 likely need a third record :(

That's one reason I don't collect vinyl albums.. Another example is (I've heard) the vinyl version of Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms album doesn't have the full version of Money For Nothing (and maybe another song or two) because the vinyl doesn't have as much room as CDs.

I also don't really like that you typically get some hiss and pops/crackles from vinyl.. I just tend to prefer a CD or other digital form of a recording.

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pops/crackles from vinyl.. I just tend to prefer a CD or other digital form of a recording.

I do too, but I think buying records is going to be an irregular event. I might get the recent Marillion album on vinyl, even though I own it on cd.

Progressive rock and metal will likely be the niche i will occasionally buy.

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Re: Records
By: Matt Munson to All on Sun Aug 28 2022 08:50 pm

I realised that buying vinyl is nice, but sometimes you don't
get the full version from the cd version. I bought the new
Porcupine Tree album and it didnt have all the tracks. Tracks
8-11 likely need a third record :(

That's one reason I don't collect vinyl albums.. Another example is
(I've heard) the vinyl version of Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms
album doesn't have the full version of Money For Nothing (and maybe
another song or two) because the vinyl doesn't have as much room as
CDs.

I also don't really like that you typically get some hiss and
pops/crackles from vinyl.. I just tend to prefer a CD or other
digital form of a recording.

I've got 3500 CDs to sell since you like them...so I can buy more vinyl.

But you're right. Brothers in Arms CD and album have different version
of Monday for Nothing, but then again, so does Canada since "faggot"
wasn't permitted on the record :)

Also, No Jacket Required by Phil Collins has a bonus track on the Cd,
"We Said Hello Goodbye" which I really like. I bet Phil had enough
material that he could have released a double album of quality work
around that time.
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Re: Re: Records
By: Nigel Reed to All on Thu Sep 29 2022 11:52 am

That's one reason I don't collect vinyl albums.. Another example is
(I've heard) the vinyl version of Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms
album doesn't have the full version of Money For Nothing (and maybe
another song or two) because the vinyl doesn't have as much room as
CDs.

I also don't really like that you typically get some hiss and
pops/crackles from vinyl.. I just tend to prefer a CD or other
digital form of a recording.

I've got 3500 CDs to sell since you like them...so I can buy more vinyl.

For some reason, your reply was addressed to "All", so it didn't come up in a new-to-me message scan. But when reading new messages, I see this was in reply to my message.

But you're right. Brothers in Arms CD and album have different version
of Monday for Nothing,

Money, not Monday. :)

but then again, so does Canada since "faggot"
wasn't permitted on the record :)

Yeah, I thought it was weird that he used that word in the lyrics.

Also, No Jacket Required by Phil Collins has a bonus track on the Cd,
"We Said Hello Goodbye" which I really like. I bet Phil had enough material that he could have released a double album of quality work
around that time.

I like Phil Collins as well.

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Re: Re: Records
By: Nightfox to Nigel Reed on Thu Sep 29 2022 12:28:39

For some reason, your reply was addressed to "All", so it didn't come up in a new-to-me message scan. But when reading new messages, I see this was in reply to my message.

Yeah, when I use claws-mail to reply to fido posts via the usenet server, it doesn't let you address the message to an individual or it tries to email it.

I should maybe wean myself off it until I can get someone to write a usenet interface for sbbs ;)

But you're right. Brothers in Arms CD and album have different version of Monday for Nothing,

Money, not Monday. :)

Autocorrect ;)

I like Phil Collins as well.

Me too, though I couldn't really get into his stuff after Dance into the Light like Testify and the Motown remakes he did. Maybe I should give them more of a chance. I guess in my older age I'm more into what I know and like than trying to get into new stuff.

Similar to R.E.M. - I really like their early stuff and upto New Adventures in Hi-Fi then got a bit stuck with Up and Reveal, not even listened to Accelerate, since I heard there's a lot of political type songs. I don't even remember Collapse into Now.

That said, I was poking around for stuff for my Song of the Day* and came across Ladyhawke, and I really got into her debut, self-titled album. I think it was My Delerium that caught my ear...and she's not bad to look at either. She was like a breath of fresh air in a music scene stuff of garage/grunge bands and rap crap.

*Nigel's Song of the Day is a Facebook group updated daily with a new song with no repeated artists or songs. I've just posted my 1000th song.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/nigelssongoftheday

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But you're right. Brothers in Arms CD and album have different version

The cassette release had different (longer) versions of Money for Nothing
and a couple of other songs (IIRC, Your Latest Trick, Brothers In Arms, and maybe Walk of Life).

Oddly, the CD version of The Cure's Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me was actually short a song that would not fit on the CD. I believe the missing title is
Hot! Hot! Hot! That song was on the cassette. I am assuming the vinyl
version was maybe a double album, or album + EP.



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but then again, so does Canada since "faggot"
wasn't permitted on the record :)

Yeah, I thought it was weird that he used that word in the lyrics.

If you know the background, it is not. They were making fun of the people
who call rock starts names like faggot because they don't see rock stars as manly men like they see themselves. I am guessing it was worse for hair
bands, which Dire Sraits was not.

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Similar to R.E.M. - I really like their early stuff and upto New Adventures in Hi-Fi then got a bit stuck with Up and Reveal, not even listened to Accelerate, since I heard there's a lot of political type songs. I don't even remember Collapse into Now.

I was thinking about them just the other day. I loved Document and Out of Time, and the stuff between/before those. I saw them in concert in 1994
and loved it, but they sort of lost me with Everybody Hurts. Not a favorite
of mine. I liked Nightswimming and Whats the Frequency Kenneth, but those
are the last two songs of theirs I remember.

You could have convinced me that they'd broke up after those songs came out as I have never heard of the albums you mention above. :)

Don't Go Back to Rockville has been one of my jams lately.

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Re: Re: Records
By: Blue White to Nightfox on Fri Sep 30 2022 15:58:45

If you know the background, it is not. They were making fun of the people who call rock starts names like faggot because they don't see rock stars as manly men like they see themselves. I am guessing it was worse for hair bands, which Dire Sraits was not.

Mark Knopfler was in some sort of appliance store which sold washers, dryers, fridges, and...microwaves to name a few. There was a wall of TVs showing MTV and some guy coming out with all these phrases that he used in the song. He supposedly borrowed a pen and paper and started writing them down.

You can just imagine this guy who is looking at the TV, watching someone like Boy George on MTV and saying "that little faggot with the earing and the make up"...

Re: Re: Records
By: Blue White to Nigel Reed on Fri Sep 30 2022 15:59:43

You could have convinced me that they'd broke up after those songs came out as I have never heard of the albums you mention above. :)

You should give Monster a listen. I think it's a well put together and produced ...oh wait. What's the Frequency was from Monster. Did you just hear the track or the album? Circus Envy is one of my faovrite songs, I love the overdriven guitar. Bang and Blame was a hit too.

I do like New Adventues in Hifi too. How the West was Won...is a bit slow to start with but then you're hit with Wake Up Bomb. I also like Leave/Departure, which are split onto different sides on the album but I think work well together on the CD where they're juxtaposed.

You have to wonder if they'd have carried on if Bill Berry was still around.

Up was their first album without him, and from what I read, Stipe has a lot of writer's block. I think he did a decent job. I like Walk Unafraid on that album. Again, Airport man is a slow opener.

Everybody Hurts I think splits a lot of fans. I'm not big on it, but I don't let it stop me enjoying the rest of the album.

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You can just imagine this guy who is looking at the TV, watching
someone like Boy George on MTV and saying "that little faggot with the earing and the make up"...

Indeed. For some reason, I always pictured Wham! when I heard that verse,
but they didn't wear the make-up quite like Boy George did. :D



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You could have convinced me that they'd broke up after those songs came out as I have never heard of the albums you mention above. :)

You should give Monster a listen. I think it's a well put together and produced ...oh wait. What's the Frequency was from Monster. Did you
just hear the track or the album? Circus Envy is one of my faovrite
songs, I love the overdriven guitar. Bang and Blame was a hit too.

At the time, I would have heard the album. I have not heard any tracks but that one song in several years. I think between when MTV got to where they quit playing videos, and when my college friends and I all grew up and
moved on to work, families, etc., I lost touch with a lot of the bands I
used to listen to then.

That, and I don't have the long commute where I listen to the radio for an hour+ a day. I rarely turn it on now.

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Re: Re: Records
By: Blue White to Nightfox on Fri Sep 30 2022 03:58 pm

but then again, so does Canada since "faggot"
wasn't permitted on the record :)

Yeah, I thought it was weird that he used that word in the lyrics.

If you know the background, it is not. They were making fun of the people who call rock starts names like faggot because they don't see rock stars as manly men like they see themselves. I am guessing it was worse for hair bands, which Dire Sraits was not.

Ah, that's true, I knew the song's lyrics were from some movers moving some things into a building and watching a music video on TV. Still, I can see how people might not like hearing that word, and possibly misunderstanding the song too.

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Re: Re: Records
By: Blue White to Nigel Reed on Sat Oct 01 2022 09:38:29

At the time, I would have heard the album. I have not heard any tracks but that one song in several years. I think between when MTV got to where they quit playing videos, and when my college friends and I all grew up and
moved on to work, families, etc., I lost touch with a lot of the bands I used to listen to then.

I got into music late in life really, I'd buy the odd single but I never really had a goto band. I was introduced to Dire Straits and Genesis in about 1986 (I was 15 or so at the time). I neded up listening to a copy of Alchemy by Dire Straits on my 1.5 hour each way bus commute until the tape broke.

That, and I don't have the long commute where I listen to the radio for an hour+ a day. I rarely turn it on now.

I am not a huge radio person. It's the same music over and over again anyway. Tired of listening to the same 3 Eagles or same 3 U2 songs. There's much more variety out there.

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[...] I neded up listening to a copy of Alchemy by Dire
Straits on my 1.5 hour each way bus commute until the tape
broke.

I am not a huge radio person. It's the same music over and
over again anyway. Tired of listening to the same 3 Eagles
or same 3 U2 songs. There's much more variety out there.

You say that you had no problem with listening to "the same"
Dire Straits tape over and over, but you're not a fan of the
radio cuz it's "the same" material over and over. What's the
difference really? :/

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You say that you had no problem with listening to "the same"
Dire Straits tape over and over, but you're not a fan of the
radio cuz it's "the same" material over and over. What's the
difference really? :/

For me it's the selection. When I was in high school, I'd listen to
Triple J (Radio Station) all the time, they played a lot of new stuff,
and I didn't have a collection of music (often taped songs from the radio
to listen to later)

Unfortunatly the music I like stopped being new, and so now the new stuff
tends to just annoy me, I'm not really into pop music and I have a
collection of stuff I like.

Every now and then there might be a song I like on the radio, but in
between theres too much other stuff to make it not worth listening to.

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but then again, so does Canada since "faggot"
wasn't permitted on the record :)

Yeah, I thought it was weird that he used that word in the lyrics.

If you know the background, it is not. They were making fun of the pe who call rock starts names like faggot because they don't see rock st as manly men like they see themselves. I am guessing it was worse for bands, which Dire Sraits was not.

Ah, that's true, I knew the song's lyrics were from some movers moving some things into a building and watching a music video on TV. Still, I can see how people might not like hearing that word, and possibly misunderstanding the song too.

Some stations have started censoring that now in Australia, which is a drag (sorry, pun not intended). It is one of our songs after all.

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Re: Records
By: Ogg to Nigel Reed on Sat Oct 01 2022 21:26:00

You say that you had no problem with listening to "the same"
Dire Straits tape over and over, but you're not a fan of the
radio cuz it's "the same" material over and over. What's the
difference really? :/

Because I'm a fan of Dire Straits and not a fan of The Eagles or U2 :)

Plus, Alchemy is 2CDs so there's a nice variety of songs.

Finally, Sultans of Swing is one of the best songs ever written, especially live.

I generally like to have control over what I listen to.

Re: Records
By: apam to Ogg on Sun Oct 02 2022 13:19:01

Unfortunatly the music I like stopped being new, and so now the new stuff tends to just annoy me, I'm not really into pop music and I have a collection of stuff I like.

There is that too. A really don't like a lot of the garage/grunge, rap, hip hop, and whatever else kids listen to these days. Then when you do listen to a radio station, it's the same old, same old.

Yes, there are certain bands I can listen to over and over, but also there's a lot of music. tons, hundreds and thousands of songs.

One day I was driving and decided to turn on the radio for something different. They were playing The Eagles. I decide to change to another station, they were playing The Eagles, though a different song. Try the 3rd channel...commercial break...I suffer through it and they play... The Eagles, same song as the first station. This is what drives me crazy. There is a lack of variety in the commercial radio world.

Play me something I've not heard!

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Re: Records
By: Ogg to Nigel Reed on Sat Oct 01 2022 21:26:00

You say that you had no problem with listening to "the same"
Dire Straits tape over and over, but you're not a fan of the
radio cuz it's "the same" material over and over. What's the
difference really? :/

Because I'm a fan of Dire Straits and not a fan of The Eagles or U2 :)

+1 Good answer! :D Albiet, some Eagles and U2 are quite
fine.

Finally, Sultans of Swing is one of the best songs ever written, especially live.

I absolutley concur! It's one particular song that I can never
grow tired of. I heard it for the first time in a studio at my
university radio station. Combined with good monitor speakers
the song and instrumentation was amazing.

I generally like to have control over what I listen to.

Absolutley!

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Hello Nigel Reed!

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Yes, there are certain bands I can listen to over and
over, but also there's a lot of music. tons, hundreds and
thousands of songs.

One day I was driving and decided to turn on the radio for
something different. They were playing The Eagles. I
decide to change to another station, they were playing The
Eagles, though a different song. Try the 3rd
channel...commercial break...I suffer through it and they
play... The Eagles, same song as the first station. This
is what drives me crazy. There is a lack of variety in the
commercial radio world.

A few stations that I listen to have dedicated time slots for
specific programs. I'll tune into those to get a heads-up on
new music and commentary.

BTW.. here is a playlist I built over the course of a few days
featuring mostly some new and old tunes that I'd never heard
before. Some tunes I just threw in there cuz although they are
older they still grace the REPEAT function!

https://open.spotify.com/user/6mhrz90aernzucux1fjas12u9/ playlist/47uliiIh1H6d20swrXWKTj

Most of those are sound-worthy in the sense that they have a
mostly unique delivery. Maybe you'll recogize some, or
discover something new!


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Re: Records
By: Nigel Reed to Ogg on Sat Oct 01 2022 11:23 pm

Finally, Sultans of Swing is one of the best songs ever written, especially live.

I agree. That's one song I've been trying off and on over the years to learn to play on guitar more like Mark Knopfler plays it (I learned the chords for it, but it's not quite like he plays it).

I've only seen it live once - I saw Mark Knopfler in concert in 2015. I enjoyed the show.

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You say that you had no problem with listening to "the same"
Dire Straits tape over and over, but you're not a fan of the
radio cuz it's "the same" material over and over. What's the
difference really? :/

For me it's the selection. When I was in high school, I'd listen to
Triple J (Radio Station) all the time, they played a lot of new stuff,
and I didn't have a collection of music (often taped songs from the
radio to listen to later)

I had a ton of tapes of stuff I taped off the radio in (and before!) high school. I think most of them eventually broke or otherwise quit working.
Good times. :)



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Plus, Alchemy is 2CDs so there's a nice variety of songs.

Finally, Sultans of Swing is one of the best songs ever written, especially live.

Because of Alchemy, I actually have to give Tunnel of Love an advantage in
that category. That, and Otis Redding's Try a Little Tenderness at the Monterry Pops Festival, is probably my most favorite recorded live song performances.




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Re: Records
By: Ogg to Nigel Reed on Sun Oct 02 2022 11:31:00

Because I'm a fan of Dire Straits and not a fan of The Eagles or U2 :)

+1 Good answer! :D Albiet, some Eagles and U2 are quite
fine.

I never said they didn't have any good songs, but I'm not someone who is going to play the Hotel California LP or Achtung Baby or whatever :)

I don't think I have either, tbh, unless I picked them up in a bundle I've not looked through yet.

Finally, Sultans of Swing is one of the best songs ever written, especially live.

I absolutley concur! It's one particular song that I can never
grow tired of. I heard it for the first time in a studio at my
university radio station. Combined with good monitor speakers
the song and instrumentation was amazing.

You should listen to the guitar separated track. There's a lot of nuances in there that you can't pick up with everything else on top of it.

Re: Records
By: Ogg to Nigel Reed on Sun Oct 02 2022 11:55:00

BTW.. here is a playlist I built over the course of a few days
featuring mostly some new and old tunes that I'd never heard
before. Some tunes I just threw in there cuz although they are
older they still grace the REPEAT function!

You should try the Nigel's Song of the Day group on Facebook. I've got everything from the 1920's to well, mostly late 90's some 2000's+ stuff, but as we've already established, most music after the 80's was pretty shite.

Re: Records
By: Nightfox to Nigel Reed on Sun Oct 02 2022 10:40:22

I agree. That's one song I've been trying off and on over the years to learn to play on guitar more like Mark Knopfler plays it (I learned the chords for it, but it's not quite like he plays it).

The first song I learned when I picked up the guitar was Sultans of Swing, and I still can't play it properly. In fact, it's been so long since I played it I've forgotten how to play most of it from "A crowd of young boys...". and a fair bit of the outro.

It's getting all the percussive bits in there. I mentioned elsewhere that there's a guitar separated track which is really useful to play along to, slow it down (VLC can do that) and repeat the bits you have trouble with slowly building up speed once you mater it, but you know all this I'm sure.

If you find a lesson that teaches you the first chord is a Dm played on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd fret, throw it away, It's played around the 5-6-7 frets.

There's also a lot of tabs out there. Some are good, some are not, I mostly used those as a guide to put me in the right direction.

I'll be in Seattle, WA next week for Pet Shop Boys/New Order concert. If you have a few hours, come drive up on the Saturday and bring a guitar (or two if you have them) and I'll show the licks. Bring beer :)

Re: Re: Records
By: Blue White to Nigel Reed on Sun Oct 02 2022 09:47:31

Because of Alchemy, I actually have to give Tunnel of Love an advantage in that category. That, and Otis Redding's Try a Little Tenderness at the Monterry Pops Festival, is probably my most favorite recorded live song performances.

Tunnel of Love is a fabulous song also, as it Telegraph Road and Alchemy also has my favorite version of Romeo and Juliet, I like the keyboards intro and it segues into Love Over Gold (which wasn't on the album, but was on the CD).

I also think Industrial Disease and Portobello Belle were recorded during that concert but not included on the Alchemy CD. In fact, I know they were because they're in setlist.fm :)

A live version of Portobello Belle was included in the Money for Nothing compliation CD and it's another favorite, the live version is even better.

You can hear the intro to Industrual Disease just as they're fading out the overly long version of Once Upon a Time in the West.

But ...I do like Dire Straits :)

Re: Records
By: Nigel Reed to Nightfox on Mon Oct 03 2022 12:55 am

I'll be in Seattle, WA next week for Pet Shop Boys/New Order concert. If you have a few hours, come drive up on the Saturday and bring a guitar (or two if you have them) and I'll show the licks. Bring beer :)

It would be cool to meet up. Seattle is a bit of a drive from where I am, so I'll have to see how things work out. I don't really like beer much, but I'd bring some for you if you want. :)

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Re: Records
By: Nightfox to Nigel Reed on Mon Oct 03 2022 07:21:47

It would be cool to meet up. Seattle is a bit of a drive from where I am, so I'll have to see how things work out. I don't really like beer much, but I'd bring some for you if you want. :)

I understand, though living in Texas, a couple of hours to get somewhere is like a trip to the store :) I'll probably be good for beer, I am sure I'll be sampling some of Seattle's finest...if they have any :)

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Re: Records
By: Nightfox to Nigel Reed on Mon Oct 03 2022 07:21:47

It would be cool to meet up. Seattle is a bit of a drive from where I am, so I'll have to see how things work out. I don't really like beer much, but I'd bring some for you if you want. :)

I understand, though living in Texas, a couple of hours to get
somewhere is like a trip to the store :) I'll probably be good
for beer, I am sure I'll be sampling some of Seattle's
finest...if they have any :)

I recommend the Alaskan Amber, and stay away from Olympia.

(I once survived six years in Seattle).



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Re: Records
By: Nigel Reed to Nightfox on Mon Oct 03 2022 11:43 am

I understand, though living in Texas, a couple of hours to get somewhere is like a trip to the store :) I'll probably be good for beer, I am sure I'll be sampling some of Seattle's finest...if they have any :)

It would be at least a 3 hour drive for me, and that's assuming good traffic (it's almost always worse than the estimates).

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Re: Re: Records
By: Gamgee to Nigel Reed on Mon Oct 03 2022 12:40 pm

(I once survived six years in Seattle).

Survived? I probably wouldn't mind living in the Seattle area. But I've heard the traffic can be worse than where I'm living now.

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Re: Re: Records
By: Gamgee to Nigel Reed on Mon Oct 03 2022 12:40 pm

(I once survived six years in Seattle).

Survived? I probably wouldn't mind living in the Seattle area.
But I've heard the traffic can be worse than where I'm living
now.

The traffic in/around the downtown area is horrible. I left there
almost exactly 20 years ago, and it was bad even then. Most of my time
there was not in Seattle "proper", it was across the Puget Sound in
Kitsap county. That area was quite nice for the most part, especially
if you're into outdoor stuff like biking, fishing, hiking. Not sure I
could live there any more with the way the politics there has gone over
the cliff. The downtown area now looks like a war zone, with tents,
homeless, drug addicts laying all around. Needles and human waste all
over the ground. It has to be seen to be believed. I mostly enjoyed my
time there, but would never go back now.



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Re: Re: Records
By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Mon Oct 03 2022 09:42 pm

the cliff. The downtown area now looks like a war zone, with tents, homeless, drug addicts laying all around. Needles and human waste all over the ground. It has to be seen to be believed. I mostly enjoyed my time there, but would never go back now.

I live near Portland Oregon, and there has been a similar increasing homeless population there over the last 10-15 years or so too. It's sad, and I hope something is done to help.

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Re: Records
By: Nigel Reed to Nightfox on Mon Oct 03 2022 11:43:37

Re: Records
By: Nightfox to Nigel Reed on Mon Oct 03 2022 07:21:47

It would be cool to meet up. Seattle is a bit of a drive from where I am, so I'll have to see how things work out. I
don't really like beer much, but I'd bring some for you if you want. :)

I understand, though living in Texas, a couple of hours to get somewhere is like a trip to the store :) I'll probably be
good for beer, I am sure I'll be sampling some of Seattle's finest...if they have any :)

seattles finest == starbucks LOL

that's if you can find one that hasnt been shut down cus of the druggies et al LOL

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Re: Records
By: Charles Blackburn to Nigel Reed on Tue Oct 04 2022 17:22:27

seattles finest == starbucks LOL

Yeah...no. I don't do coffee, especially over priced coffee with names I can't pronounce.

Re: Records
By: Nigel Reed to Charles Blackburn on Tue Oct 04 2022 18:04:06

Re: Records
By: Charles Blackburn to Nigel Reed on Tue Oct 04 2022 17:22:27

seattles finest == starbucks LOL

Yeah...no. I don't do coffee, especially over priced coffee with names I can't pronounce.

hehe yea same here.

don't do coffee at all. even as a brit i'm not that much of a tea drinker either

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Hello Nigel Reed!

** On Monday 03.10.22 - 00:48, Nigel Reed wrote to Ogg:

You should try the Nigel's Song of the Day group on
Facebook. I've got everything from the 1920's to well,
mostly late 90's some 2000's+ stuff, but as we've already
established, most music after the 80's was pretty shite.

I remember your annoucement of tunes at FB. I will try again,
but the FB approach to check out shared material doesn't work
for me. There is simply something about the whole FB interface
that bothers me - and it could largely be because it wastes a
lot of my precious mobile data serving the ads that I would
never engage in.

Spotify and its shared playlist system is much more focused on
the topic and there are no ads.


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That's one reason I don't collect vinyl albums..

There is also the fact that LPs cost an arm and a leg. New albums can go for $30 without shipping. You can get the digital version for a third of the
price.

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Re: Re: Records
By: unixl0rd to Nightfox on Wed Oct 05 2022 07:26 pm

That's one reason I don't collect vinyl albums..

There is also the fact that LPs cost an arm and a leg. New albums can go for $30 without shipping. You can get the digital version for a third of the price.

By digital do you mean CD? Or a downloadable version?

It's a bummer that some of that stuff is so expensive. It seems blu-ray movies are getting similar - I've seen new 4K releases of movies coming out that are around $28 or more. I like having my own copy of movies I like, but sometimes I'm not sure I want to spend that amount of money for one movie.

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Hello unixl0rd!

05 Oct 22 19:26, you wrote to Nightfox:

That's one reason I don't collect vinyl albums..

There is also the fact that LPs cost an arm and a leg. New albums can
go for $30 without shipping. You can get the digital version for a
third of the price.

Porcupine Tree's LP is 34.99 on 2 discs and its not even the entire album!

Matt


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By digital I meant MP3s. I should have been more specific :)

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*Downloadable MP3s, not a CD with MP3s :P

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