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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Trooper-"Knock 'Em Dead Kid" Canadian 1st Pressing (My high school graduating class song was "We're Here For A Good Time, (Not A Long Time)", from this album   
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I know this is "What's on your turntable TONIGHT, but it's a -7 outside here today, so it's a vinyl day, (and night!). Chilliwack-Lights From The Valley Canadian 1st Pressing   I'm on a Canadian Rock Band kick lately, so most will be from the ... 
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Hoodoo Gurus-"Mars Needs Guitars" Australian 1st Pressing  
Congratulations to Gillian Welch and David Rawlings!
I already knew that the album won a Grammy and rightfully deserving!  FANTASTIC recording!! The Beatles "Now & Then" also won a Grammy.  
New UHQR recordings VS the 8 produced in the early 80's. Are the new releases as good?
I have all 8 of the MOFI UHQRs from back in the day and about a dozen of Chad's latest.  Most are excellent. I agree that they are from very different adaptations...  
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James Gang-"Rides Again" MOFI, Gain 2, Ultra Analog  
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Foghat-Stone Blue Friday Music/Blue Vinyl  
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Charlie-Lines US 1st Pressing  
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Half Speed explained: https://thesoundofvinyl.us/blogs/vinyl-101/half-speed-mastering Mobile Fidelity was the reissue label that more or less started that.  I'm a huge MOFI fan.  
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Elton John-"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Speakers Corner-Germany (I went to pull this out and realized I had like 10 different versions of this.  Direct-Disk Labs, MOFI, Simply Vinyl, Speakers Corner, US 1st, UK 1st, Japanese 1st, Belgium.  Also o... 
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Here are a couple of good articles about reissues, remasters and repressings: https://www.vinylchapters.com/original-pressing-vinyl-or-reissue/ https://waxtimes.com/repress-reissue-and-remaster-explained/  
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Amazing Rhythm Aces-"Too Stuffed To Jump" US 1st Pressing (One of my DIT25)...Desert Island Top 25   
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Blackfoot-"Strikes" US 1st Pressing  
Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under?
IMHO, the biggest bargain in high-end audio is a refurbed Audible Illusions M3A. Art works on these himself, replaces everything that is needed for it to look, test and sound as new. Comes with a warranty and a new set of tubes.  Sorry, no remote ... 
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April Wine-"Harder...Faster" German Pressing