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Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:54 pm
by Guff Tong
National Vinyl Record Day – August 12th - Invention of Phonograph - Thomas Edison, 1877.

First vinyl I bought (Music for that matter), was around 1981- three 45rpm singles in Woolworths; The Specials 'Rat Race', The bEAT ' Mirror in the Bathroom' & Madness, 'Night Boat to Cairo'.

Think they were all about £1 each :)

Used to pile all my singles up under my old record player's hooked 'arm thing' (Classic one speaker jobby with three speeds: 45, 33 and 78rpm!) and each would drop down with a nice clunk, the needle would drop noisily and hopefully the next record would play...

Happy days rude boy!

Still got every piece of plastic I've ever bought (edit:except for that copy of quadrophenia I left on the bus that one time)

:D

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 3:04 pm
by Da hand
Cool, but the early phonographs played recordings from a cylinder and not a disk "record". So not sure this date applies properly to vinyl.

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 3:19 pm
by Guff Tong
No, shit...your right.

Let me know if you'd like me to delete my post for accuracy?


Edit: This shits all over the internet, It's gonna take me while to set everyone straight...can you help/?

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 3:39 pm
by djsynchro
It just works.

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 3:54 pm
by Guff Tong
This is my first 'It Just Works' response from the esteemed Mr. Syncro (DJ)

I am no longer and 'IJW' virgin.

Many thanks

x


:D

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:01 pm
by Rave
\o/. I am going to play some vinyl tonight to celebrate.









The vinyl maybe connected to Traktor :twisted:

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:32 pm
by intergalactic pedantic
what's Vinyl?

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:35 pm
by Rave
intergalactic pedantic wrote:what's Vinyl?
Black crack

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:38 pm
by djsynchro
Guff Tong wrote:I am no longer and 'IJW' virgin.
:mrgreen:

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:21 pm
by Hidden Driveways
And it's only 249 days before Record Store Day eve!

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:29 pm
by Da hand
Guff Tong wrote:No, shit...your right.

Let me know if you'd like me to delete my post for accuracy?


Edit: This shits all over the internet, It's gonna take me while to set everyone straight...can you help/?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

You're right. It looks like it is too late for your "Nation" :P

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:29 pm
by stringtapper
I own an Edison cylinder machine. Beat that.

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:37 pm
by Pitch Black
I hit rocks together and put it on CD and sell it to people. Beat that. :D

Re: Happy National Vinyl Day!

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:54 pm
by stringtapper
Ok you got me. :lol:

But wait until I get my second cylinder machine. I'll be the first cylinder DJ. Yeah I might only be able to spin Strauss's "Blue Danube" and Al Jolson's "Alexander's Ragtime Band" but by god they'll be beat matched!