It's only snowing on you, Monty
Because you're actually an elf. Or have catastrophic dandruff. Or awoke in a quite literal blizzard of cocaine. Or are still snowblind from last night, and were imagining it.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:44, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

I wish.
I have a cold and was abed by half nine reading about the 200 rarest records of all time.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:46, Reply)

read drool
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:47, Reply)

Nah, first pressings of 'Love Me Do' aren't exactly on my drool list*

*save for their resale value
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:48, Reply)

Ah I was expecting stuff like that Northern Soul single that was sold for around £25k a couple of years ago.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:50, Reply)

I do love soul records but that scene is fucking weird.
It's not that fucking good, calm down.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:52, Reply)

I agree, but it's all about the obscurity with the Northern scene, ain't it?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:56, Reply)

so potentially, the shitter then better?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:58, Reply)

Scarcity over song quality?
Good one Northerners.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:59, Reply)

what she said^^

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:01, Reply)

Any scene that has Wigan as its Mecca really needs to take a look at itself.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:02, Reply)

Quite.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:08, Reply)

Where do you stand on reissues/originals?
Obviously we both have plenty of the former for money reasons but I genuinely don't give a shit if it's a bootleg or whatever as long as the sound quality is good. These people with their temperature controlled rooms who never get their records out let alone play them are tossers.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:50, Reply)

I'm quite happy with a good reissue.
Obviously original are nice, but as you know, they can be prohibitively expensive, even in poor condition.
There is a lot of guff about the first pressing being of superior quality, especially with 60s stuff, but there are several cases of really shit pressings from that era and the reissues quite often resolve this.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:55, Reply)

or just get the MP3, then the quality is always good

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:56, Reply)

No it isn't.
As with all format changes since Edison, there is usually a slight compromise on sound quality over capacity/convenience.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:57, Reply)

You're being trolled you knob

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:59, Reply)

:(

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:01, Reply)

sounds alright to me, and I didn't even need to buy new headphones, these apple ones are great

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:59, Reply)

I tried playing an MP3 on my technics, the needle ruined my hard drive

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:00, Reply)

You can't skin up on an MP3.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:01, Reply)

you can't throw MP3s at zombies, like in Boyce's favourite movie, Shaun of the Dead

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:03, Reply)

you could
there are many solid state memory devices that are equally effective against the undead.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:07, Reply)

*8-Track fives*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:08, Reply)

I didn't mean the storage device, I meant the string of digital information encoded in the audio file.
Otherwise I would have said 'throw hard drives'.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:10, Reply)

So you're saying an LP is not a method of analogue storage?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:11, Reply)

No, but an MP3 is not a physical object.
This is why it's impossible to throw one. An MP3 player, yes, but not the actual MP3 itself.

You do realise that the posts above this are discussing the differences between vinyl and MP3? I don't see you telling tangles that you can, in fact, skin up on a solid state drive.

Do you see?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:13, Reply)

An analogue recording can't exist without a container either
so you are comparing apples with oranges.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:15, Reply)

I think you overlooked the whole light-hearted discussion of the differences between vinyl and MP3 thing.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:17, Reply)

I think you overlooked the need for it to be at least remotely amusing.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:20, Reply)

you're never amusing.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:27, Reply)

NO YOUN ARNT

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:37, Reply)

The Heartbreakers LP was so badly recorded they actually split up.
The 'Lost 77 mixes' reissue on 180g vinyl is actually the record they wanted to release. That's one instance where the original is massively inferior to the later product.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:57, Reply)

180g vinyl is wonderful stuff.
There are few things worse than cheap, flimsy vinyl- Battered's face, AW's personality and AA's taste in music.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:59, Reply)

You're forgetting 'your posts'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:00, Reply)

I'm forgetting 'your morally bankrupt, venal self'

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:01, Reply)

Something I am extremely envious of you for.
I wish I could.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:03, Reply)

I'm extremely envious of this picture from your modelling portfolio

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:05, Reply)

Only massively bent pricks have a 'modelling profile'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:07, Reply)

Exactly this.
Not doing yourself any favours here, are you?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:08, Reply)

NSA

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:09, Reply)

It would be NSA if I had a modelling profile.
I googled for 'bankrupt bent pimp' and stumbled across your portfolio, including that wonderful picture above.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 10:11, Reply)

Another catalogue with the pages stuck together.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:49, Reply)

It's like Kay's autumn/winter 1984 all over again.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:51, Reply)

you masterbated over baby photos of rotund Bolton "funny man" Peter Kay?
you make me sick
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 5 Dec 2012, 9:53, Reply)