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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Record store turn-ons |
| Date | Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:52:07 -0500 |
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Record Connection in Ephrata, Pa., just outside Lancaster is a veritable
treasure trove of old vinyl, used CDs and new releases. The store is in an
easy-to-miss strip shopping center on Route 222. I drove right by it the
first time I tried to find it. It's the only record shop I've ever been in
that has a full rack devoted exclusively to power-pop.
One of my big finds there was the vinyl version of "In Reflection," the
insanely rare 1987 solo LP by Marty Willson-Piper of The Church. What makes
the record so cool is that there's a lavishly illusrated booklet that
explains how Willson-Piper and collaborator Andy "Dare" Mason recorded the
LP. They only had a Teac four-track available to them, and it's incredible
how many bounces they were able to achieve without significant degradation
in sound quality.
My favorite snippet might be Willson-Piper revealing that he used a copy of
the Sydney Morning Herald to get a snare drum sound for one track.
john micek.
----- Original Message -----
From: <CCDatsMe@aol.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: Record store turn-ons
> The day that Brian Wilson's Smile was released, I went to the store to buy
> a
> copy of it. As I was browsing, the store was playing Green Day's
> American
> Idiot, and I fell hard for that one right then and there. And, just like
> that, I had my two favorite albums of 2004.
>
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