[Tradjazz] Bruce's Vinyl "Chat"

[Bruce McNichols]

Just when I thought that we put this one to bed, Harry comes along with more comments.

He has some good points.  I had touted the fine liner notes (and their user-friendliness) on LPs as opposed to those on CDs.  Yes Harry, Cassettes were even worse.
  Of course, getting to a track of choice is far superior on a CD.  8-Track tapes were the worst of all.
One time on a gig, I was announcing about our CDs.  One wise-guy in the audience called "Are they the ones you get in a bank>"

Herb Gardner quipped "Our CDs get no interest."

McN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Callaghan" <meetmrcallaghan at yahoo.com>
To: <tradjazz at list.okom.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 7:36 PM
Subject: [Tradjazz] Bruce's Vinyl "Chat"


> I'm not about to get into the sound quality issues here.
> 
> Taking a little different slant on the comments from our friend "Napa Don" I would like to add that what I like best about CDs is that we've had a return to liner notes and personnel listings within those little jewel cases.  During those years when audio cassette were prevelant, the best you'd usually come up with was a fold out "cover" with all the lyrics but no technical information about the artist(s).
> 
> CDs most closely parallel LPs is terms of being able to press a button to select the number you want to hear (comparable to placing the needle on the "band" or "Cut" on the vinyl disc.)  
> 
> Eight tracks, while sound quality was never an issue, were a lost cause in terms of pinpointing one selection you wanted to hear.  Cassettes, wtih the necessity of fast forwarding and rewinding weren't much of an improvement.
> 
> I also like telling people that I've got a lot of my money tied up in CDs. I'm not lying to anyone; if they want to think Certificates of Deposit, so be it.
> 
> So, let's leave the CD alone.  As the old saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it"
> 
> HC
> 
> Music you grew up listening to
> Or when we're done, you'll wish you grew up listening to
> Listen to "Callaghan's Corner" on okom.com
> 
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