Nerissa'S "Fun With Vinyl"

Listening to some classic Tamla Motown today

Singles paper bag... ... from home of snooty shop assistants (or was that just me?)

Sunday afternoons at my Nan's watching these Popsters 😁

Gold Vinyl Yeah I got a gold disc

This man is Peter Carl Goldmark, he is someone we should all know and celebrate. However until recently I knew nothing about him, and I bet you also have no idea. What a hero. He developed the vinyl 33rpm Long Playing disc for Columbia Records in the mid 1940's. It was introduced in 1948 by Columbia. All hail the LP and Mr Goldmark!! He later developed the first video cassette system in the 1960s, but we'd have to wait another two decades for the VHS/BetaMax wars.

New Vinyl Test #2 Should we replace our old vinyl? With the vinyl revival continuing at a pace I was wondering how the new vinyl stands up against the old. I have purchased two new albums on vinyl (the last two Rancid albums), and while they sound fantastic I didn’t experience any difference between the vinyl and the CD versions. But as they were new albums , recorded on modern equipment in a modern studio any difference must surely be in a person’s mind than their ears. What...
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Shaken not stirred...

Hate the song, but look the cover's got record players on it

There are still some Charity Shop bargains to be had. Got this yesterday for only 50p!! Bristol 80s Indie

We have all grown up with this voice and loved the warm tones, but how many know who he is? The voice Baloo the bear in Disney's Jungle Book is Phil Harris. Here is one of his own LPs, and it sounds like Baloo himself had recorded it. Loving it.

LPs for for men who don't like music but like cheesecake... Music For Pleasure's version of the Top of the Pops LPs This one has a goddamn awful versions of Honaloochie Boogie & Groover on it, alongside 10 other murders Someone call Scotland Yard!

There was a time when music on the move meant tapes.... Whoever had 8-tracks??

A LUMINOUS Ghostbusters 12" Picture Disc!! YES, it really does glow in the dark Totally Cool, shame too late for Halloween

Before the "Now that's what I call..." series there was K-Tel

When The Human League were so big they could get away with an album of instrumental re-mixes

I know you're all mad busy planning your Christmas Day celebrations and looking for that thing that will top off the atmosphere and put everybody in the festive mood. Well here is the answer. Yes The Leyland Vehicles Christmas LP! A double joy for all truck lovers!! For the old enough to remember you will now realise all those strikes weren't for more pay but because work simply got in the way of rehearsals and gigging

Love this! The world's first DJ - and it happened in Manchester!!