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Your amp is similar to mine with MM phono stage. So if you start thinking of MC carts, look for "high output". The Denon DL-110 is a good entry level price point (even better, DL-160 is discontinued but you can find on eBay).

Eric Shurson @ericshurson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

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I have a YouTube channel that is all about music and record collecting. I posted a new video tonight for the first time in months. youtube.com/@thefraudiop... #vinylcommunity #musicsky #nowspinning

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I just picked up Blue Train last month, I might make that my next play!

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AT-VM95ML. It's been nice, so I have one of each cartridge type. MM, MI (Soundsmith Zephyr), and MC (DV20x custom)

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've had the Audio Technica cartridge installed for about a year now, thinking of switching back to the upgraded Dynavector. In the meantime, I just sent Dad's VPI Zephyr back to SoundSmith for a rebuild. Now... Which of the new discs gets to play?

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I took some time away from posting over the summer and excited to dive back in to playing and sharing vinyl! A lot of changes into the collection (adding to and refining both mine and Dad's)

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

One of my mom's favorite. I have a 2008 reissue, nothing special but still works :)

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Very cool, I have the SACD but I hadn't heard of the pink vinyl release

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Dad had some Turrentine on SACD but the vinyl collection was missing soul-jazz. Warm, bluesy tenor sax, incredible body and texture (you can hear the reed vibrate). Gorgeous Tone Poet release. Thomasville is a standout track. #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsky #jazzsky

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The Vinyl Fairy has been busy this year! Playing Soon. Mostly trying to add Blue Note depth to the Collection but couldn't *not* make room for some 80s dark wave. And that Joy Crookes disc is a banger! #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsk

10 new vinyl LPs added to the collection, mostly jazz with 2 80s thrown in.

Displayed in front of the JBL Paragon

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Wow, I didn't know this version existed, must sound wonderful

The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Now have this cornerstone record on vinyl, MANY years after @dave225.bsky.social introduced me to Éthiopiques 4. Introduces Ethiopian scales & rhythms to familiar jazz, making it new, unique, and captivating. Incredible spatial depth here. Nice reissue #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #jazzsky #jazz

Originally issued on Amha Records (AELP 90, 1974) in Addis Ababa, Ethio Jazz is Mulatu Astatke’s defining statement, the album that gave an entire genre its name.

2015 Heavenly Sweetness reissue 180g vinyl playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing white. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.

Cover is photo of the musicians on playground equipment, test in English and Ethiopian.

#nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsky

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Wow, this is great, I'm back to Bsky for a day and discovering so much music!

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I agree that is a fantastic one. Mine is the High Res digital

New to me, I'm going to stream it right now, thanks!

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Goes right along with my listen this week, I'll have to look for that

Very nice! Have always loved Sade but mine is all on CD, sadly

The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Back to Vinyl with this stunning release for my birthday! Brown's best known for live energy but the SOUND on this is relevatory, an audiophile restoration of an icon. Perfect press by MFSL and RTI, the new centerpiece of my R&B section. #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #jazz #rnbsky #jazzsky

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Mr Rundgren is #77. I know his production(see Skylarking) more than his songs, cool to hear his Dust In The Wind here. Live, minimally practiced, no overdubs? Respect. I appreciate that rawness. This has been a fun series for me #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsky

Middle Of The Road compilation from Warner/Reprise loss leader series.

Cover is title rendered as a yellow road sign

77th Selection from Dad's Collection

Middle Of The Road compilation from Warner/Reprise loss leader series.

Cover is title rendered as a yellow road sign, folding it out renewals the photo of the sign under a dark sky that fills the back cover.

VPI Scoutmaster turntable, glowing white

Todd Rundgren from the inside sleeve

SPECIALLY PRICED 2-RECORD SET

Continuing the orgy of self-reflection is the most mispro-nounced, misspelled and mis-understood artist on the block, Bearsville Records' Todd Rund-gren. This song, besides being on Todd's double album, Something/Anything?, hails from "Baby Needs a Pair of Snakeskin Boots," a "pop operetta" which occupies Side 4. Whereas Herr Rundgren sings and plays all the parts on Sides 3, 2 and 1 (the latter of which contains his hit single "I Saw the Light"), Todd lets some of his friends come in and play with him on Side 4. "My original idea for this side," he says, "was a series of songs with sing-along choruses. All the songs were performed live and there were no over-dubs. The people that showed up were the people who sang and played, meaning that anyone who happened to be in the studio or in the neighborhood and didn't have anything better to do came in to play. Every-body, including me, learned the songs immediately prior to re-cording them, so most of it is spontaneous to a degree. Any-way, I decided it would scan better if I drafted it into a sort of operetta, that kind of thing being very popular nowadays."

Musicians on "Dust" include Mark Klingman, organ; John Simon, drums; Randy Brecker, trumpet; Mike Brecker, tenor sax; Barry Rogers, trombone; Rick Derringer, guitar, and John Siegler, bass.

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Ca1v1n @ca1v1n.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Finally getting around to putting up the Halloween decorations and I can't think of many better albums to listen to while doing it. #vinyl #nowspinning

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

VINCE! #76 comes from another wacky WB comp. Some good tracks on this. I can't imagine a time before Guaraldi was known for Peanuts, but here it is! Great sound for a comp, recorded loud! (I can play this at min) #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #jazz #jazzsky #musicsky

Selection from Dad's Collection

Schlagers! from the Warner Bros/Reprise 'Loss Leader' series
Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing yellow. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.

Cover is SCHLAGERS! with the letters illustrated as a monolithic rocky cliff face (Peaking on the A)

Dr. Demento (Barry Hansen) compiled the songs and wrote the liner notes

Album cover back, illustration of a ship steaming toward a rocky shore, all black on yellow. Artists names across the bottom

Miriam Makeba✩ Rod McKuen✩ Joni Mitchell The Neon Philharmonic ✩ Randy Newman ✩ Peter, Paul & Mary The Mike Post Coalition The San Sebastian Strings ✩ Frank Sinatra The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band Mason Williams ✩ Glenn Yarbrough The Vogues

Text from inner sleeve, test bios written by Doctor Demento!

"Vince Guaraldi is most familiar to you as the writer-performer of the now-jazz-standard "Cast Your Fate to the Wind," and has, at various stages in his career, played with Woody Herman, Cal Tjader, June Christy, and the Lighthouse All-Stars.
At present living off the fat of the land in beautiful Mill Valley, California, Vince likes to build model cars and listen to records and collaborate on albums with jazz biggie Shorty Rogers."

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

In 1970, WB was trying to appeal to the anti-establishment kids (what happened to them??) Some crazy, trippy, tracks on here, a lot I've never heard of! I'll pick Arlo's _Coming into Los Angeles_ for #76 #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsky

Warner Reprise Loss Leader Series: The Big Ball (1970), cover is a photo of a big ball (red)
Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing red. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.

Irreverent text, typical of this series
Coming in to Los Angeles (By Arlo Guthrie. Time 3:08) From Running Down the Road, Reprise album 6346, coproduced by Lenny Waronker and Van Dyke Parks

Arlo Guthrie, celebrated star of stage, screen, radio, and the cover of Newsweek, noted tall-tale scenarist, and the young musician who proved for once and all that white men can indeed talk the blues, certainly needs no fluffy introduction, especially considering that you no doubt saw the film, bought the album, and watched him on Johnny Carson and all.

Since the monumental Alice's Restaurant, there have been three Arlo albums: Arlo, Running Down the Road, and Washington County.

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Such a great album, this is one I only have on SACD

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

#75 is a CRAZY weird mix of music, wow Would've chosen Cinnamon Girl but... No disc 1, only a mis-shelved "After the Gold Rush", which I have no sleeve for 😥 Nice sound, loud-mastered vinyl. Lorraine is phenomenal(!), that's soul! Why haven't I heard her? #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl

THE 1969 WARNER-REPRISE RECORD SHOW Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing magenta to coordinate with the album cover's nutsy Peter Max-esque psychedelic chorus line illustration. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.

Selection from Dad's Collection #75! Cinnamon Girl is the only song I remember dad playing from this one, sadly missing now.

Typically ironic Loss Leaders bio of Lorraine Ellison

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John Ore @clarencerosario.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

#vinyl #nowspinning 25 years of we’ve always been back

Vinyl copy of the Deltron 3030 album spinning on an Audio Technica turntable.

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

These were on steady rotation when I was a kid. Over the next week I'll be playing a track from each of these to be the Selection From Dad's Collection numbers 75 to 80! #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsky

Warner Bros "Loss Leaders" compilations
Front row: The 1969 Warner/Reprise Record Show, The Big Ball, Schlagers!
Back row: Middle of the Road, Burbank, Limo

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

7-inch for October 7 I love Bowie's vocals on the soundtrack more than on the Let's Dance version. And the film was so hot for a teenager in the 80s, not sure it still stands up today 😆 Nice sounding 45rpm, dynamic and loud! #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsky

7-inch for the David Bowie (lyrics and vocals) theme song Cat People(Putting out Fire) playing on Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing red. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.
Cover is suspended over the turntable, all black with a vignetted closeup of Natassja Kinski's eyes from a scene in the film. Text in white with 'cat people' in a script font underlined in blood red.

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

LOTS of bass on Blue Wing, good recording. Thanks @zos93.bsky.social for inspiring me to dig out Bill Nelson vinyl. Vistamix is more dated, VERY early 80s electronic, but I prefer it. A bit of Japan (Mick Karn on a track!), a bit of Devo? #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsky

Bill Nelson - On A Blue Wing
Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing yellow. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.
Camera is a colorful illustration of.. not exactly sure, abstract.

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Alan Moulsdale @alanmoulsdale.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

This morning's listening #nowspinning #thethe #infected Infect me with your love...

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Sounds like time to pull out my Bill Nelson

The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I have Nobody Does It Like Me for exactly the same reason. She is such a fantastic singer but wasn't always given the best advice on musical direction, in my mind.

The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

#74 from Dad's Collection, back from his music festival days. Santana is legendary and unmistakable. He also had this on SACD and now I see why, too many clicks & pops. Back on the shelf it goes and I'll keep enjoying it in HiRes! #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsky

Santana - Abraxas. Amazing line up and a very live sounding recording.
Playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable, 12-pound acrylic platter glowing violet. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge.
Album cover (right) from Annunciation by Mati Klarwein depicting a winged, tattooed angel Gabriel astride a conga. Lots of psychedelic colors and details here.

The 74th Selection from Dad's Collection I've shared here on Bluesky!

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scoots @androidlevay.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

cracked the shrink on this '88 original tonight, don't get to experience that very often these days #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #waylt

cover art for vinyl lp of the throwing muses' 1988 album, house tornado, released by sire records

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

FIRST exposure to Simple Minds was a friend's gold marbled New Gold Dream (loved). 2 releases later, their sound is less New Wave, still great. Great 1985 US pressing. No noise, great mastering, good bass. This is on repeat. #nowplaying #nowspinning #vinylsky #vinyl #vinylcommunity #musicsky #80s

Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time, playing on VPI Scoutmaster turntable. A steel perimeter clamp holds the vinyl flat. Lights under the acrylic platter glow through the translucent black vinyl. Audio Technica AT-VM95ML cartridge playing track 2 (All The Things She Said)

Album cover is a collage made up of slices of the band member's faces

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The Steve @steveprime.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The soundtrack is such a core piece of the film. _The City_ is really good, too.