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I bought a video capture card some years ago, and ripped a lot of the hard to replace VHS, or the stuff that I was to cheap to buy again. (Sorry Homespun) The cap card included software to author a DVD.
Sold some 500 cassette tapes at a store on Capitol Hill in the early oughts. Netted a pair of CDs, by Thelonious Monk and Curtis Counce. More of a highlight was meeting Arlo Guthrie while browsing, whose daughter lived there. Ripped all my CDs, sadly to Apple Lossless instead of FLAC. I have kept them, some 1400+, plus all my vinyl. Due to a cautionary tale of a friend, who ripped some 800 CDs, and then had his house burgled and both of his hard drives, including the backup, carried away. In the meantime he had sold the originals. |
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Mycroft, that's where cloud storage is essential. The computer and backup drive could just as easily be destroyed in a fire, flood, etc., along with those CDs. I've used Backblaze for the last few years, in addition to my HD backup, mostly for photos, but it stores everything in the cloud for a reasonable price.
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Anyone have any Irish/Celtic CDs, I'd be interested.
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I have 500 vinyl records and a couple hundred Victory Lable records from World War Two (they were pressed and sent to our military serving overseas so they would have something from home to combat the separation). I also have dozens or reel-to-reel tape. Solution: Commit them to digital recordings if they are any good. For the WWII stuff, putting them on mp3 players, CDs or such and donating them to retirement homes and assisted-living facilities would be a kindness much appreciated by people from that era who are still living. Many of those people who cannot even talk clearly still respond to and sing along to music of their prime years. A blessing to all. Congratulations to Pura Vida and Henry Rollins (post #16) for a similar (and farther-reaching) effort. Also kudos to Neil K Walk on his earlier post (#8) Last edited by Lost Sheep; 03-04-2021 at 01:46 PM. |
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I have noticed that used record players' prices on Craigslist are moving up lately.
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That makes sense. There's been a resurgence of interest in records over the past few years and bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden are even re-releasing old albums now on vinyl. |
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BTW, I don't even use iTunes all that much - at least not for digital download. I get tired of songs after so many listens, though it's nice to be able to pause and even rewind. OTOH, I do miss being able to listen to entire albums and be able to hear the music whispering off the needle as well as coming out of a set of speakers with woodgrain cabinets. |
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I still trying to decide what to do with my 8 track tapes.....
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Two friends online post daily birthdays of musicians, so Angry Hank's was last month. They constantly send me down musical wormholes. For example, today is David Gilmour's 75th birthday, so I'm sure I'll be playing "Breathe" or "Wish You Were Here" on guitar later this evening.
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