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The Greatest Show on Earth

Sun Feb 25, 2007, 11:13 AM
:star: Dusting off old Vinyl :star:

If you know what I'm talking about, you're too old...

Recently while on a flea market trawl I was ecstatic to find an original 1970 gatefold vinyl copy of The Greatest Show On Earth's album The Going's Easy.  6 tracks; 3 per side of a 7-man band from the UK whose biog. calls it a "mixture of R&B soul, jazz and prog-rock".

We've put it through a pre-amp from turntable into the computer and recorded it via ProTools as CD output and I've been listening to it on headphones - mindblowing.  To think it's 37 years old is quite a weird thought, since quite a bit of current music sounds more old fashioned than this :giggle:

But I'm rambling.  It's been that sort of week.  Now it's the end of February and coming Thursday I'm moving my mum into a frail care facility - a 100km roundtrip drive away from home.  It's the only decent place that currently has a room available and today we drove there to take a mattress and measure up the (tiny) room in order to make the hard decisions of what items to take along and what to put on auction or chuck out.

The good thing is that my favourite cat / dog shelter is quite nearby, so while I'm visiting my Mum I can also pop in there and maybe help them out with their cattery :silentkitty:

Thank you all for making reach the top of the Popular Dogs & Cats gallery :blowkiss:

And so for another week ahead.  The weeks seem to be spinning by in a mad rush.

  • Mood: Crazy
  • Listening to: The Greatest Show on Earth
  • Reading: back my typing on the screen
  • Eating: Whole wheat bread with butter
  • Drinking: Tea... always tea!
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Mood: Caring ~Kishyka Mar 2, 2007   Writer
Oh dear. I know what you're going through. I know it's hard, but you did the right thing for your mother, and I'm sure she will be better off. It's not easy though. Take care of yourself. I love going by to help the kitties, too! It's very theraputic. And yes, I know what vinyls are. I had a bunch of 33's and 45's that "disappeared" when some cousins helped us moved. But I still have my old turntable. I'm glad you mentioned the software. I've been looking for a way to convert my records.

Take care hun!
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Mood: Affection ~Kishyka Mar 18, 2007   Writer
Thanks for the info, hun. Yes you're doing the right thing. *hugs*

I recently found a 45 on ebay of a record I use to have when I was little, "Bicycle Morning." Weeee!
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Nice cousins YOU have... not. Damn, that's very frustrating to have that happen - poor you. I find my music is so entwined with my history and who I am, that it breaks my heart to consider parting with anything, even though the chances of my listening to it ever again are small.

My husband built the pre-amp himself, but they are commercially available. It's a very time consuming job, obviously the recording process into the computer takes 'real time', then you need to have audio software capable of converting the incoming .wav's into either .cda for burning a playable CD or else conversion software to make MP3's or whatever compression format you use. It's worth it in the long run, though.


Thank you so much for commenting on my mother, etc. It's a long tough road this. I feel permanently exhausted and guilty about whether or not I'm doing the best I can.
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:iconchristinasdream:
I know what album you're talking about :bucktooth:

Never listened to it before, though.
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:iconelleree:
I know what vinyl is, but not the band. but I guess i"m just an informed 21 yr old. lol. I remember casette tapes vividly, tho. XD I hope u do visit the shelter and whip up some more pics. :D
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Yip, I moved my Mum this morning - very depressing, I had tears driving her there ... it was raining ... (sigh) and before going back home I stopped off at the shelter for 2 hours - lots of sad cases and beautiful kitties. Came home and *poof* power outage, so it's only just come back now and I haven't had time to even look through the pictures from the afternoon :-)
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:iconelleree:
I am so sorry about your Mom. My grandfather, whom I was very close to, died in a convalescent center so I know the pain. :hug:

ps)sorry i missed that part of the journal the first time around.
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It's tough watching people you love get old and suffer.
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:iconduckofdeath:
Yes, I know I'm too old. Thanks so much for reminding me! :roll: Just kidding ;) I tossed a couple hundred vinyl albums last time I moved. I still have my turntable and a few choice collectibles, though.

Good luck with your mum.
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