2nd vinyl score...Hendrix and Zappa for $1.50
BuckeyeTim
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I think I did a little better this time. 268 pieces, but I had to give $1.50 each. This was one of those..A friend of a friend whose father died 6 or 7 yrs ago and it was time to clean house, types of situations.
My friend calls me and says.."Hey, I know we were talking about Floyd, Zappa, Zepplin, etc... the other day. I have a friend........". My friend and I met up today and went to the guys house. He had it all boxed up and in the living room waiting on me. Well, long story short, I think I got a pretty good deal considering what I got. I included a couple pics, but I think that maybe the best is the first pic both volumes of The Essential Jimi Hendrix. Volume two even has the sleeve on the front with the pristine Gloria 45rpm.
The second has pics of a stack of Aerosmith,Animals, Zeppelin, Zappa, Ian Hunter, Cream, Robin Trower, Uriah Heep. This lot was full of good stuff. Floyd, Montrose, Doors, Jeff Beck, Godz, Judas Priest, John Lennon, Guess Who, George Harrison, Steppenwolf, Bowie, Sabbath, Rainbow, etc...
This might be old hat to you guys that have been collecting for years, but me, I am doing the happy dance!
My friend calls me and says.."Hey, I know we were talking about Floyd, Zappa, Zepplin, etc... the other day. I have a friend........". My friend and I met up today and went to the guys house. He had it all boxed up and in the living room waiting on me. Well, long story short, I think I got a pretty good deal considering what I got. I included a couple pics, but I think that maybe the best is the first pic both volumes of The Essential Jimi Hendrix. Volume two even has the sleeve on the front with the pristine Gloria 45rpm.
The second has pics of a stack of Aerosmith,Animals, Zeppelin, Zappa, Ian Hunter, Cream, Robin Trower, Uriah Heep. This lot was full of good stuff. Floyd, Montrose, Doors, Jeff Beck, Godz, Judas Priest, John Lennon, Guess Who, George Harrison, Steppenwolf, Bowie, Sabbath, Rainbow, etc...
This might be old hat to you guys that have been collecting for years, but me, I am doing the happy dance!
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check the deadwax on the Zeps,, 2 and 3 IIRC and see if they or any of them have "sterling" stamped in the deadwax.JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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george daniel wrote: »check the deadwax on the Zeps,, 2 and 3 IIRC and see if they or any of them have "sterling" stamped in the deadwax.
And/or the initials RL. Those would be Robert Ludwig masters and are very desirable. I have a Houses of the Holy with RL in the deadwax and it's by far the best sounding copy I've ever heard.
Great score either way!!! Well worth the $1.50/per.SDA-1C (full mods)
Carver TFM-55
NAD 1130 Pre-amp
Rega Planar 3 TT/Shelter 501 MkII
The Clamp
Revox A77 Mk IV Dolby reel to reel
Thorens TD160/Mission 774 arm/Stanton 881S Shibata
Nakamichi CR7 Cassette Deck
Rotel RCD-855 with modified tube output stage
Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus
ADC Soundshaper 3 EQ
Ben's IC's
Nitty Gritty 1.5FI RCM -
On II I see...ST-A 691672-Y
III has ST-A-702006-H
Don't see a Sterling anywhere
I need to find a book on this stuff. Now that I am obtaining the stuff I want, I need to find out which are the best. -
I checked my Zep Houses of the Holy... I have the RL and Sterling marks on mine.
Check ALL of the marks. Mine appeared oposite the numbers you mentioned Tim.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
On the Steve Hoffman forum search for Robert Ludwig masters for a thread that has a very comprehensive list of many of Ludwig's vinyl masters. I've got quite few of them (mind you I have nearly 2000 records) and most, but not all, are the "go to" versions to have. That being said almost anything remastered by Classic Records trumps all, including the whole Zep catalogue.SDA-1C (full mods)
Carver TFM-55
NAD 1130 Pre-amp
Rega Planar 3 TT/Shelter 501 MkII
The Clamp
Revox A77 Mk IV Dolby reel to reel
Thorens TD160/Mission 774 arm/Stanton 881S Shibata
Nakamichi CR7 Cassette Deck
Rotel RCD-855 with modified tube output stage
Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus
ADC Soundshaper 3 EQ
Ben's IC's
Nitty Gritty 1.5FI RCM -
I was given a hendrix BOG with RL/Sterling in the deadwax--vs other pressings of the time,it is easily the best.JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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george daniel wrote: »I was given a hendrix BOG with RL/Sterling in the deadwax--vs other pressings of the time,it is easily the best.
Sweeet!!!SDA-1C (full mods)
Carver TFM-55
NAD 1130 Pre-amp
Rega Planar 3 TT/Shelter 501 MkII
The Clamp
Revox A77 Mk IV Dolby reel to reel
Thorens TD160/Mission 774 arm/Stanton 881S Shibata
Nakamichi CR7 Cassette Deck
Rotel RCD-855 with modified tube output stage
Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus
ADC Soundshaper 3 EQ
Ben's IC's
Nitty Gritty 1.5FI RCM -
nice score ... congrats!
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thanks guys--actually it was given to me by another polkie--jerryj12--what stands out to me with the sterling RL's is that the vocals are usually much cleaner,bass is fantastic,,just a much sweeter sounding recording than my previous copies.JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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nooshinjohn wrote: »I checked my Zep Houses of the Holy... I have the RL and Sterling marks on mine.
Check ALL of the marks. Mine appeared oposite the numbers you mentioned Tim.
Still nothing John. I guess I will have to keep a lookout for another copy.
Looking through some of the boxes I just got, I do see lots of other stuff with the "Sterling" mark though. Some with...
Sterling
Sterling and RL
Sterling WH
Sterling and Wally
Sterling in both stamped and hand written
Masterdisk
Masterdisk RL
Mastered by Capital
Mastered by Liberty
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Nice snag!!!
