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Pro-Ject Debut III
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Polk Audio RTiA1 (2), Polk Audio PSW 110
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Marantz SR-63 Integrated Amp
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Parks Audio Budgie
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Ortofon 2M Blue
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Pro-Ject Speedbox S
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bluethumb's Achievements
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PO: Pedro The Lion - Santa Cruz
bluethumb replied to linksisfromcanada's topic in Vinyl Collective Message Board
Super amped on this record, the single sounds great. Even more psyched about seeing Bazan live this summer - I’ve been listening to PTL for 20 years and never had the opportunity to catch a show. -
Project Debut III platter problem
bluethumb replied to mikao's topic in Turntables & Other Audio Equipment
This. Every time you move the belt you're stretching it just a bit more and getting oils on it from your hands. The Speedbox is probably the best upgrade you can make to these tables (speaking as a Debut III owner). In the second video it also appears it is the record itself that is out of plane and this can vary from album to album. Try adding a record puck/weight into the mix - it won't flatten the warping but it can at lease help you ensure your record is lying flat at the center of the platter. -
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PO: MICROWAVE - Let's Start Degeneracy (4/26)
bluethumb replied to veggiecorecords's topic in Vinyl Collective Message Board
What a jam, in for an indie retail splatter. I had no idea this was coming, today is a good day. -
PO: Owen - The Falls of Sioux (4/26/2024)
bluethumb replied to zaoza's topic in Vinyl Collective Message Board
Ok, I'd agree that totally sucks and I absolutely see how that would get annoying. I looked at it like a happy surprise if someone did it but completely understood that those folks don't have time to stop and personalize every package. I'll keep this in mind though, I've never thought about it from that perspective. -
PO: Owen - The Falls of Sioux (4/26/2024)
bluethumb replied to zaoza's topic in Vinyl Collective Message Board
Why though? Just don't do it if it annoys you and I'm just as happy either way. It's meant to be fun easter egg if a fulfillment person feels so inclined, not a demand or expectation. -
As the title states, looking to pick up a copy of this banger. Pretty slim pickings on the interwebs so maybe a long shot, but I'll pay a fair price and feel free to take a look at my collection if you're interested in trading. I'd take any pressing (lathe cut or repress vinyl). TIA! https://www.discogs.com/user/bluethumb/collection
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PO: Owen - The Falls of Sioux (4/26/2024)
bluethumb replied to zaoza's topic in Vinyl Collective Message Board
Grabbed an early bird from PV—just gotta have that bonus airhead. Fund fact, for years a friend and I have added "packing notes" to the order asking the order handler to draw a "birthday snake," or "dancing bear" on the mailer and it works about half the time (just for fun). I'm into the new single, I think my yearning for another "At Home with Owen" or "Owen EP" is in vain, but this record seems to be in line with his recent progression into more straightforward music and more introspective lyrics. Still here for it! -
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Oh snap, I finally got a shipping notification (northeast) on this one! I had almost given up hope but glad to see it’s finally arriving. Edit: Received and in-hand - my record looks/sounds great I'm just disappointed that the album art came out so pixelated. But nonetheless, amped on this.
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PO: Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
bluethumb replied to bluethumb's topic in Vinyl Collective Message Board
Agreed x2, I also ended up paying like $33 in shipping for the 3 separate orders. The releases were so oddly timed too—Adz shipped right immediately after purchase, EYR is out for delivery now, and this isn't TOO far behind and right on the heels of Reflections. -
It looks like Sufjan is finally putting out a new LP that isn't just piano compositions (no hate, I love those records too) – Hurrah! The record is called Javelin, and Asthmatic Kitty currently has 2 variants: - Seaweed blue (AKR exclusive) - Black https://store.asthmatickitty.com/products/sufjan-stevens-javelin $10 for shipping is rough, but fanbois abide -- More from Asthmatic Kitty: Over the course of his career, Sufjan Stevens has blurred distinctions between the major and the minor, between the details that color our existence and the big events that frame our lives. He has turned historical footnotes of States into kaleidoscopic pop, and rendered the immeasurable grief of loss with intimacy and grace. His new album Javelin—Sufjan’s first solo album of songs since 2020’s The Ascension and his first in full solo singer-songwriter mode since 2015’s Carrie & Lowell—bridges all these approaches. Sufjan uses the quietness of a solitary confession to ask universal questions in songs we can share communally. Where The Ascension, lauded by The New York Times as “a cry of despair and prayer for redemption,” used ornate but urgent electronics to square up to its moment, Javelin begins more like a self-portrait, detailed yet plain. Yet whether listened to individually or as an album, these 10 songs become something much bigger, the entire experience of Sufjan’s 25-year career expressed in four-minute bursts. Choral, orchestral, and electric wonder: it all shows in Javelin, all of it animating these songs as full spectacles. In each song we hear the vulnerability and candor of quiet starts, then Sufjan raising the stakes. At times, Javelin has the feel of a big team album production—but it is decidedly not: almost every sound here is the result of Sufjan at home, building by himself what sometimes feels like a testament to classic ’70s Los Angeles studio recording sessions. There are indispensable contributions from a close circle of friends; the harmonies of five singers who afford Javelin so much frisson: adrienne maree brown, Hannah Cohen, Pauline Delassus, Megan Lui, and Nedelle Torrisi. Bryce Dessner plays acoustic and electric guitar on “Shit Talk.” And, of course, Neil Young wrote the tender and mystic closer, “There’s a World.” And speaking of the world: there is a permeable sense of world-building imbued in every corner of Javelin, especially in the 48-page book of art and essays that accompanies the album. With a series of meticulous collages, cut-up catalog fantasies, puff-paint word clouds, and iterative color fields, Sufjan builds order from seeming chaos and vice versa. And toward the middle of it all are 10 short essays by Sufjan, another window into the process that informed Javelin. On Javelin, Sufjan returns as we may know him best, offering vulnerable reflections on love and relationships, so that in listening we may see ourselves more fully.