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Hey Turntable Heads,

I just recently "upgraded" from a Sony belt-drive turntable to a Stanton T-60 direct drive Turntable. Now that it is hooked up to my entertainment system, the sound quality is much softer, and tinnier than that of the Sony. I'm sure I connected something incorrectly. Let me know, because I'm pretty sure this turntable is better than the one that I had.

Any tips?

Did I connect the cartridge wrong? The User-friendly Sony did not require this.

Do I automatically need to ground the thing? This shouldn't drastically affect volume, right?

Is it something that has to do with connecting a Stanton "mix/scratch" turntable to a conventional Sony Receiver?

Maybe it is not better than the one that I had, despite every lp collector I know telling me I need a direct drive. Hell, the sony turntable's arm even automatically reset itself when it finished the side of a record. The stanton doesn't do that.

Let me know so that I can listen to Cantaloupe Girlfriend from the "Baroque Hoedown" EP by the Three O'Clock.

Just thought I'd let all of you Beatle fans know.  I have posted a link to download quite possibly the greatest Beatles cover album ever made. It's a record full of nothing but Beatle covers done by those barking dogs.  Interesting to say the least.  Give it a listen, and check out the blog while you are there.


You can get more info at: http://beatle.wordpress.com

So sorry to cross-post this everywhere.

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Name: Vinyl Greg
Location: Australia

Fav bands: Beatles/Stones/Bee Gees/Abba/Kiss/Led Zep/Zappa/Beach Boys/Slade/T.Rex/Moody Blues/Easybeats/etc....

Fav solos: Dusty Springfield/Piaf/Orbison/Springsteen/Rick Springfield/Lesley Gore/Al Stewart/Nina Hagen etc...

Fav LP: The White Album - The Beatles

Fav Song: Everyone's Gone To The Moon - Jonathan King (1965)

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Hello all.
I'm searching for a certain Westbam recording, and figured this might be just the place to look.
I believe it's either his (y)2000 May Day or Love Parade (leaning towards Love Parade) performance, but the only thing I'm sure of is that he prominently samples Vitalic's 'La Rock'. Wondering what it is and where I might be able to find it. Thanks for your help.

Quarterly sales of seven inch vinyl rose by 87% over last year, according to the BPI.

Here's my personal updates for album of the year:

** Album of the Year REDUX**

2004- College Dropout – Kanye West
2003- Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – OutKast
2002- Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
2001- Songs in the Key of A Minor – Alicia Keys
2000- All That You Can’t Leave Behind – U2
1999- Slim Shady LP – Eminem
1998- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams
1997- Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan
1996- Odelay – Beck
1995- To Bring You My Love – PJ Harvey
1994- Downward Spiral – NIN
1993- Fumbling Towards Ecstasy – Sarah McLachlan
1992- Automatic for the People – R.E.M.
1991- Nevermind – Nirvana
1990- Fear of a Black Planet – Public Enemy
1989- Stone Roses – Stone Roses
1988- Trinity Sessions – Cowboy Junkies (Reissued)
1987- Joshua Tree – U2
1986- Graceland – Paul Simon
1985- Rain Dogs – Tom Waits
1984- Purple Rain – Prince
1983- Synchronicity – Police
1982- Thriller – Michael Jackson
1981- Double Fantasy - John Lennon and Yoko Ono
1980- Closer - Joy Division
1979- London Calling – The Clash
1978- Q: We Are Not Men? A: We are Devo – Devo
1977- Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
1976- Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder
1975- Blood on the Tracks – Bob Dylan
1974- Radio City – Big Star
1973- Innervisions – Stevie Wonder
1972- Exile on Main Street – The Rolling Stones
1971- What’s Goin’ On? – Marvin Gaye
1970- Moondance – Van Morrison
1969- Abbey Road – The Beatles
1968- Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix
1967- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
1966- Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys
1965- Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
1964- Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
1963- The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand
1962- Green Onions – Book T and the MG’s
1961- Patsy Cline Showcase - Patsy Cline
1960- Genius of Ray Charles – Ray Charles
1959- Come Dance With Me – Frank Sinatra
1958- Buddy Holly – Buddy Holly

On a wall at the arse end of the building in which I work somebody has painted, in six-inch high letters, "Keep music cool / Buy vinyl", complete with a two-colour illustration of a record to remind people what they look like - and it wasn't even me! Honest!