Reply With QuoteShellac is to vinyl as cheese is to Velveeta.
Not sure if this is a little off topic, but is shellac classed as vinyl?
I no longer have any LP's but have re started collecting 78s. Even purchased a new gramophone for this very purpose See http://www.twitpic.com/4xh18m
I have music on the go, as my gramophone is wind up and portable. Beat that modern world.
Shellac is to vinyl as cheese is to Velveeta.
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LP...Missing it so much
I listened to a BBC documentary recently called 78 Revolutions and it was explained just how superior shellac 78rpms were to vinyl (though, of course, actual recording technology was still very rudimentary). As usual, quality was traded for convenience - cheapness of mass production and product weight.Originally Posted by LizzieMaine
The radio show may still be available to listen to here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...8_Revolutions/
Failing that, you can download it using 'Radio Downloader'
In terms of quality of vinyl over cds: Increasingly, music collectors are sharing high-resolution rips (24bit. CDs are only 16bit) of heavy-weight (180-200gram) audiophile or 1st pressing vinyl releases.
I have a few which I compared to my CD versions of the same album. Quite a difference, I can tell you. Even the remastered release of one CD couldn't compete with the warmer, fuller sound of the audiophile vinyl release.
And because these vinyl releases are being captured/ripped by experts (and the vinyl itself has often never been played before) there are no pops or crackles at all. In a word: perfect.
There's also the added bonus of some original vinyl releases containing slightly different mixes. Some even contain lengthy sections of songs that have never been heard by most listeners before!
Last edited by davidraphael; 06-30-2011 at 12:15 AM.
I say I have has just procured a full box of Glenn Miller & Bing Crosby 78's for my new new Great British picnic ‘Mr 78’ impression http://t.co/H7iWZoGE
So chuffed. Time to wind up the gramphone
Thank you, Miss Maine!
My wife and I were just discussing this the other day. I sure wish I still had my Marantz stereo. Gonna have to check out the thrift stores.
Not a new idea but my chums and I do have fun. See Revolution 78
I hated CDs since I first got them (in the early 90s). CDs have always sounded cold and sterile... antiseptic like a hermetically sealed hospital ward. I much prefer the warmth and realism of vinyl or shellac. The cracks, pops, and hisses (yes, even the occasional skip.... this record is broken, broken, broken...) make it real, like hearing it performed in real life with natural background noise. I have a small CD collection, mainly ones I received as gifts and a few albums that sadly aren't on vinyl. I also have some CD recordings of 1930s music, but thankfully, they weren't sanitized much from the 78s and still have most of the old record noise.... enough warmth to make them worth playing now and then.
Most of my music is from my small collection of about 200 vinyl and shellac records. Well, maybe not so small! I don't have an original turntable yet (on my vintage list), but I got a 30's repro Crosley and I'm quite happy with it!
Last edited by TraditionalFrog; 05-28-2012 at 12:16 AM.
I'm not sure about the teens here, but me being 18, I can speak for my self.
I love the Teens-50's in terms of fashion, and even music. I currently have records (Mainly 78s) from the teens-50's, even though a lot of it is Bing Crosby. Whenever I have someone come over, they usually see my records, scoff at 'em, then laugh at me for having them. To each his own, I guess?
I plan on doing what some others do with records; film a record playing a song, then putting it up on youtube, so others can hear the talents of the past generations!
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