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halohalo Posts: 5,005
in 2 Channel Audio
I went up to Chicago for Thanksgiving this year and my mother found some albums in a closet that she wanted me to go through.

I’ll update this post as I go through what I brought back with me to St. Louis.

For right now, I found these two inserts to be pretty neat. I’m sure Doc Hardy would agree!

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There’s also a poster from Pink Floyd’s DSOTM but the album wasn’t there.
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  • pitdogg2pitdogg2 Posts: 13,306
    Very cool Victor
  • joecoulsonjoecoulson Posts: 2,713
    Very cool. Went record shopping myself today. Flea market in the north GA mountains. It was snowing too.
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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 21,566
    My seal of approval :)

    Somewhere along the line, I lost the pair of posters (wasn't it a pair? or was there just one? I don't remember any more!) in my German quad pressing of Dark Side of the Moon. Note that I am not insinuating anything ;)

    The posters were different than the normal ones -- not sure if it was 'cause it was German, or 'cause it was quad (or both)... but they were different. I know I had it or them on the wall in college days... I should've been more careful with 'em :/


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  • halohalo Posts: 5,005
    edited December 2018
    One of the records in the find is by Harry Belafonte and there’s a lot of distortion when I play it. Pretty much unlistenable. That’s the worst one I’ve listened to so far. I still have about 5 or 6 albums left to clean still. Some of the records are in very good shape, others have a lot of snaps, ticks, and pops. One of the records is brand new, still sealed.
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  • joecoulsonjoecoulson Posts: 2,713
    Even when I have what looks like a perfectly clean record off the okki nokki there are still some big pops and cracks sometimes. Not sure if that’s just lodged in dust or something wrong with the groove.
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  • halohalo Posts: 5,005
    edited December 2018
    @mhardy6647 - Dark Side of the Moon poster:

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  • halohalo Posts: 5,005
    edited December 2018
    joecoulson wrote: »
    Even when I have what looks like a perfectly clean record off the okki nokki there are still some big pops and cracks sometimes. Not sure if that’s just lodged in dust or something wrong with the groove.

    Oh, I was under the impression that the Okki Nokki got all that stuff out of your records. It drives me nuts to hear the pops and the ticks in the record(s) during playback. I use a squeaky clean record cleaning machine III along with Tergikleen mixed with distilled water for the wash and straight distilled water for the rinse. I’ve tried different brushes for the wash and rinse and it doesn’t seem to make any difference.

    I’m happy to report that a few of the records are very quiet during playback thus far.
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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 21,566
    OK, then, the one I had was the close-cropped, blue one :)
    It has been a long time ago -- and it was the seventies. B)

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  • joecoulsonjoecoulson Posts: 2,713
    halo wrote: »
    joecoulson wrote: »
    Even when I have what looks like a perfectly clean record off the okki nokki there are still some big pops and cracks sometimes. Not sure if that’s just lodged in dust or something wrong with the groove.

    Oh, I was under the impression that the Okki Nokki got all that stuff out of your records. It drives me nuts to hear the pops and the ticks in the record(s) during playback. I use a squeaky clean record cleaning machine III along with Tergikleen mixed with distilled water for the wash and straight distilled water for the rinse. I’ve tried different brushes for the wash and rinse and it doesn’t seem to make any difference.

    I’m happy to report that a few of the records are very quiet during playback thus far.

    Do they me wrong, it works like a treat on most all. But every now and then even a new record will have a pop on one area of one song. Few and far between but not sure what is the culprit.
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  • halohalo Posts: 5,005
    edited December 2018
    Here’s a pretty cool record from the bunch:

    HiFi/Stereo Review [Model 211]
    Stereo Test Record
    For Home and Laboratory Use
    Extra/ As a demonstration of the highest possible fidelity, this record includes a program of music recorded directly on the master with no intervening tape process
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  • halohalo Posts: 5,005
    I remember listening to these albums when I was just a kid...

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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 21,566
    The original soundtrack 2001 we had (and I still have) sounded pretty lousy, unfortunately. How's your copy sound?

  • halohalo Posts: 5,005
    edited December 2018
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    The original soundtrack 2001 we had (and I still have) sounded pretty lousy, unfortunately. How's your copy sound?

    It sounds very “quiet.” I have the same orchestral music on other albums and it isn’t so “quiet.”

    I really have to turn up the volume to hear the music and any of the details. I cleaned it before playing it. It’s not without pops and ticks.


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  • mhardy6647mhardy6647 Posts: 21,566
    There was a pretty good 2001-inspired album in those days by Ormandy/Philadelphia and Bernstein/NY on Columbia (FWIW):


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