No idea who he is. He was just some bloke hanging around the Höfner booth making friends.I'm sure he's great, but have no idea who this guy is.
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All Things Must Beat. Share Anything Beatles!!
- Thread starter Rumble Thunder
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Once again I'm unsure if this has been presented here before..apologies if it has.
THE BEATLES RARE & UNSEEN (2008) DOCUMENTARY (Link Below)
Beatles Rare and Unseen Doco
THE BEATLES RARE & UNSEEN (2008) DOCUMENTARY (Link Below)
Beatles Rare and Unseen Doco
Jeez, that was awful. Yet another contemporary singer trying in vain to sound like Billie Holiday.
Apologies If These Have Been Uploaded Before. Click each one to view in full size...
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Cant remember uploading these...sorry if I have. Files uploaded on my file storage website Mega.nz
AROUND THE BEATLES
549.11 MB file on MEGA
THE BEATLES ON RECORD
1.11 GB file on MEGA
THE BEATLES AT SHEA STADIUM
670.47 MB file on MEGA
AROUND THE BEATLES
549.11 MB file on MEGA
THE BEATLES ON RECORD
1.11 GB file on MEGA
THE BEATLES AT SHEA STADIUM
670.47 MB file on MEGA
Bizarrely I remember purchasing the 331/3 RPM Sized vinyl record of this 5 minute track back in the late 70's. It's actually a 45RPM speed disc in this larger format...oh well it was the disco era and made for a great group party song loll Surprisingly the disc is worth quite a few $ now loll
Click the link if you dare lolll
CAFE CREME - UNLIMITED CITATIONS
Click the link if you dare lolll
CAFE CREME - UNLIMITED CITATIONS
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Yeah, Giffy, as you have found out, 33-⅓ is an RPM speed, not a disc size. Most, but not all, 33-⅓ RPM album discs (with a half-dozen, or so, tracks on each side) were 12-inch diameter sized (in the States), as were many older 78 RPM discs (with single tracks on each side!). While most, but again not all, 45 RPM single track discs were 7-inch diameter. But of course, there are several exceptions to this with many different combinations of speeds and sizes also existing for various "special" discs.
Curiously, the American Capitol Records Company felt that their 12- inch 33-⅓ album discs could not support, with high fidelity, the greater number of Beatles tracks as the British record albums produced! So, Capitol routinely deleted tracks from the early American Beatles albums and saved them up to compile additional albums that The Beatles didn't actually endorse, thereby leading to the controversial "Butcher's Block" cover of the compilation album Yesterday And Today, which cover had to be replaced during release!!! This has led to my own existential angst when reading about the British album track listings while still carrying the American album track listings of my childhood in my mind!!!! Yes, I was raised living a lie about actual Beatles album tracks, but it became a part of me that I cannot change. It's now who I am! Flawed, yes, but still a big fan, aware of the truth but not wanting to face it.
Which begs the question - do the USA editions/pressings actually sound better than the UK ones? It was common through the late '70s and '80s for bands to release 7" discs playing at 33 1/3 and having 2 tracks on each side, known as the 'EP', or Extended Play. This really was pushing the physical limits of vinyl and they rarely sounded great. They were often mastered with lots of compression and shallow cuts to make the grooves small enough to fit. With not much space between the grooves they were also quite fragile. Compare this 1979 Ultravox EP 'Retro' where the groove is little more than a scratch:Yeah, Giffy, as you have found out, 33-⅓ is an RPM speed, not a disc size. Most, but not all, 33-⅓ RPM album discs (with a half-dozen, or so, tracks on each side) were 12-inch diameter sized (in the States), as were many older 78 RPM discs (with single tracks on each side!). While most, but again not all, 45 RPM single track discs were 7-inch diameter. But of course, there are several exceptions to this with many different combinations of speeds and sizes also existing for various "special" discs.
Curiously, the American Capitol Records Company felt that their 12- inch 33-⅓ album discs could not support, with high fidelity, the greater number of Beatles tracks as the British record albums produced! So, Capitol routinely deleted tracks from the early American Beatles albums and saved them up to compile additional albums that The Beatles didn't actually endorse, thereby leading to the controversial "Butcher's Block" cover of the compilation album Yesterday And Today, which cover had to be replaced during release!!! This has led to my own existential angst when reading about the British album track listings while still carrying the American album track listings of my childhood in my mind!!!! Yes, I was raised living a lie about actual Beatles album tracks, but it became a part of me that I cannot change. It's now who I am! Flawed, yes, but still a big fan, aware of the truth but not wanting to face it.
... with the 12" of 'Atmosphere' by Joy Division, where everything was sacrificed at the altar of best sound possible and you can almost read the groove by eye;
