Vinyl

darthed1981

Matt_McG said:

@darthed1981 it had to play vinyl, but she'd rather have some new terrible crappy new thing from HMV with a P-mount cartridge and quality in line with a bottom of the line 'catalogue' bought record player (like the one my sister had in 1985). Bluetooth connectivity was also preferred (which I guess I can see the justification for).

But in all of the discussions we had, sound quality was always dismissed as irrelevant. She wasn't buying it to play old records, or to buy into the sound of vinyl -- we can argue whether or not that's something we should care about, but it's a reason that codgers like us buy records -- it was purely about being the kind of person that plays vinyl LPs. Even if it sounds like crap.

I think we all forget sometimes just how important appearing cool can be when you are young!

I never was even remotely cool and I was a pretty socially isolated type.

CHRISB50

Back when I used to buy records, I didn't really care too much about sound quality either.

My set up was Technics 1210 Mk2  into a Rane TM56 mixer into a cheapie Denon amp with some Denon speakers. I used Shure M44-7's.

For me it was what records I could get my hands on that others couldn't (I used to DJ). I had the advantage of working in a record shop at the time. Unfortunately some months I hardly took home any wages as it all went on records.

I no longer have a record player, or mixer, or amp / speakers, but I still own over 2,500 12" s. It's quite silly really.

kaypeejay

BigLicks67 said:

Records is just a contraction of recordings, so could refer to any format, vinyl is more specific in an era when you have a choice of different formats. After all no one gets called a hipster for calling something a compact disc. 

So why don't we call CDs Polycarbs?

I love playing vinyl and used to collect different coloured vinyl in the 70s Yes, they were still called records but I don't mind the term vinyl.

thecolourbox

kaypeejay said:

BigLicks67 said:

Records is just a contraction of recordings, so could refer to any format, vinyl is more specific in an era when you have a choice of different formats. After all no one gets called a hipster for calling something a compact disc. 

So why don't we call CDs Polycarbs?

I love playing vinyl and used to collect different coloured vinyl in the 70s Yes, they were still called records but I don't mind the term vinyl.

Why don't you call wine grape juice?

axisus

Vinyl is a much more useful term, records is far more generic. Record is presumably a shortened version of recording, and that covers music in all formats. 

Gagaryn

Vinyl is more generic than record!

Jaycee

https://www.obsoletemedia.org/voice-o-graph/

I would imagine it stemmed from the voice o graph booth.  Then as different media became popular the term Vinyl was used to differentiate from other type of recordings

ICBM

This reminds me of the question "when was the acoustic guitar invented?"
















The answer is 1931, because before that it was just called a guitar.

UnclePsychosis

Worth remembering that the absolute heyday of record buying and listening was during the period where teenagers listened to things on their dansettes, on cheapy players in listening booths, and when using cheapy tape recorders to record off the radio.

People get far too hung up on "sound quality". A great song played on a dansette is still a great song. 

Trude

"Vinyl" is fine.
"Vinyls" is not.
If you call a turntable a "vinyl player" I will hunt  down and kill you.

CHRISB50

Trude said:

"Vinyl" is fine.
"Vinyls" is not.
If you call a turntable a "vinyl player" I will hunt  down and kill you.

Give me a shout. I’ll help. 

viz

ICBM said:

This reminds me of the question "when was the acoustic guitar invented?"
















The answer is 1931, because before that it was just called a guitar.

So the electric guitar and the acoustic guitar were invented on the same day! Wow, what are the chances of that?!

scrumhalf

"Vinyl" has been used for decades. When Shane McGowan was better known as Shane O'Hooligan (lead singer of the Nipple Erectors) he worked in "Vinyl Solution" in Hanway Street.

"Vinyls" is also fine, but only if referring to those horrible padded wallpapers from the 70s.

Trude

CHRISB50 said:

Trude said:

"Vinyl" is fine.
"Vinyls" is not.
If you call a turntable a "vinyl player" I will hunt  down and kill you.

Give me a shout. I’ll help. 

Game on.

Heartfeltdawn

I don't mind vinyls. I don't remember people objecting to 'tapes' or 'videos' in the past

darthed1981

Trude said:

"Vinyl" is fine.
"Vinyls" is not.
If you call a turntable a "vinyl player" I will hunt  down and kill you.

I have certain skills, skills that make me a nightmare for people who say "vinyl player"... etc...

mudslide73

I thought this thread was going to be about that HBO series with the coke and that. 

Records. Iove them.