tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210404776246358885.post4232074187440262432..comments2022-04-05T05:01:31.128-07:00Comments on Jazz Notes: Discursive and Embodied Jazz in Days Gone ByDouglas Groothuis, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210404776246358885.post-56818940970257656062010-01-21T22:47:46.884-08:002010-01-21T22:47:46.884-08:00Thanks Steve,
I did contact a musician friend and ...Thanks Steve,<br />I did contact a musician friend and he is checking with the studios in the area whether they can handle old tape. So, I'll just wait. I am more interested in preserving them by burning them onto CD's...I'm afraid the tapes are so old that further playing them will finish them off.<br /><br />I also want to hear a childhood favorite in the recordings; the jazz version of "The Three Little Pigs"! Where when the big bad wolf says "little pig, little pig let me come in" and the pig says "not by the hair on my chinny chin chin," and the wolf responds, "well, bless my soul, It's Dizzy!" Um, yeah...I wish I could remember the whole thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210404776246358885.post-41514916238921081092010-01-21T11:04:42.379-08:002010-01-21T11:04:42.379-08:00Lisa,
EBAY, but be careful!!!
Doug mentions in h...Lisa,<br /><br />EBAY, but be careful!!!<br /><br />Doug mentions in his post that he is using 'antique' electronic gear. Several years ago I determined that I would like to get a sound system having not had a Hi-Fi system for a number of years. The house fire that consumed my record collection also converted my system (Pioneer 727 receiver, turntable, etc...) from hardware into memories. I had left my system and records with my younger brother when I moved back to Alaska in 1978. His rented house burned down sometime in the mid 80's, so all that went up in smoke of mine was the gear I had left with him. At any rate, when I went out shopping I discovered, to my disappointment, that the high quality audio gear of the 70's had been followed by sucessive generations of the "black plague" audio gear. Not just my opinion, as I was eventually to discover. The sales people were somewhat amazed that anybody would be looking for a stereo, of which very few were available, in a "surround sound" age. After much deliberation I decided that I didn't really want to buy the gear that was currently available and that I seemed to be getting along well enough without having a Hi-Fi system. Several more years passed and I eventually found myself connected to the cyber-world via the internet. About four years ago I started poking around the net to see what I could learn about stereo systems. One thing led to another and I eventually bought a Pioneer 727 receiver on EBay for about 50 dollars. It is in exellent condition and I really enjoy having it.<br /><br />So, you might consider doing a bit of investigative work and I bet you could come up with a high quality and fuctional reel to reel unit at a reasonable price. Good Luck!Steve Schulerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507446648186799208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210404776246358885.post-20638461265125709152010-01-21T03:42:27.356-08:002010-01-21T03:42:27.356-08:00This post reads like a piece of music as is often ...This post reads like a piece of music as is often the case with your prose. How I enjoy it. Yet, would not some philosopher have had the same qualms about the record vis-a-vis the real band or orchestra? I understand your point though. When my iPod touch doesn't display the cover art of the the album I'm playing the experience is less satisfying and it feels as though the music isn't really there.Yossmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536162779634467220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210404776246358885.post-10257198302617005882010-01-20T23:53:52.987-08:002010-01-20T23:53:52.987-08:00Steve:
Thank you for posting again. I am very sor...Steve:<br /><br />Thank you for posting again. I am very sorry about that fire! I kept a few of my large record collection (which you may remember). Last summer, I visited Anchorage and reclaimed a few my mother still had! That included "2001: A Space Odessy" soundtrack and a Beatles album.Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210404776246358885.post-76835372772974115542010-01-20T23:08:09.528-08:002010-01-20T23:08:09.528-08:00How about taking it one step further...anybody hav...How about taking it one step further...anybody have a reel to reel player? My father has hundreds of hours of tapes in the barn from years ago...live recordings from the greats of big band jazz...and no way to play them! Suggestions anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210404776246358885.post-53638422825072132842010-01-20T01:54:23.815-08:002010-01-20T01:54:23.815-08:00Yes Doug, I imagine there are many people of our g...Yes Doug, I imagine there are many people of our generation, myself included, who feel a bit of melancholic nostalgia for the good old days of LP vinyl records and the album covers that provided so much pleasure as part of the visceral experience of that now primitive technology. Somewhere around the house I still have a few survivors that somehow escaped the house fire that consumed my record collection years ago. They survived by virtue of being elsewhere than in the house which, in accord with chemical and physical nature, became "less organized".<br /><br />You bet, I'd be up for a "record party"!!!Steve Schulerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507446648186799208noreply@blogger.com