Acetates etc: The In Groove vs. Analogue Planet. Fight!

[Seeker_UK]

When I ventured back into the s/h hi fi market in 2019 to buy some pieces after many years of just enjoying what I had, I was astonished that two of the sellers I visited to collect demonstrated their items with Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac respectively. Neither was old enough to have bought those releases first time around.

You dodged a bullet there - you could have been subjected to anything on the Sheffield Labs label or even, "Jazz at the Pawnshop".

 

[Tony L]

You dodged a bullet there - you could have been subjected to anything on the Sheffield Labs label or even, "Jazz at the Pawnshop".

Jazz At The Pawnshop may well have been my gateway drug into jazz as a genre. I’m pretty sure after hearing it at various dems in the very early ‘80s it was the point where the ‘I actually like jazz’ switch flipped in my brain. I certainly can’t recall owning any jazz album prior to that unless one counts say Gong’s Camembert Electric and a few related spin-offs. I’ve still got it and even dig it out for a play now and again.

 

[paulfromcamden]

Ken Kessler

Just back from Audiojumble where I flicked through some records on the stall next to Ken's. He was telling a punter how great The Beatles were and why his parents generation didn't like them. Fair enough I guess but I don't think he stopped to draw breath for the ten minutes I was there!

 

[Graham H]

Just back from Audiojumble

So Paul, you are now the proud owner of a 301? Do tell....

 

[paulfromcamden]

So Paul, you are now the proud owner of a 301? Do tell....

Budget didn't quite stretch to that I'm afraid. Though after Tony's recent thread I was tempted by some of the Roberts radios on offer.

As usual ended up with a pile of jazz records from the cheapie bins : )

 

[Tony L]

It should be illegal to have a fair like that so far away from where I live.

 

[Graham H]

Budget didn't quite stretch to that I'm afraid. Though after Tony's recent thread I was tempted by some of the Roberts radios on offer.

A friend of mine has been having a clear out and found his sister’s Philips small valve radio from the 50s (she was much older than him). It’s a beautiful Bakelite design and still works. I hope he’s either going to gift it to me or sell it for peanuts. Needs a bit of cleaning restoration.