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Old December 9th 07, 01:57 AM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
frschoonover
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Default Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas To All

Dear Fellow 8-Track Enthusiasts

How is everybody doing tonight?I hope that everybody is doing great
tonight.

How are the holidays going for all of you,so far?They have been going
great for me at the moment.I have gotten my shopping almost done.I
only have to get a few more things and that is all.

What is everyone doing to get in the holiday mood?I'll tell you all
what I have been doing.

Last night,I was writing out a whole bunch of Christmas cards in my
bedroom and I was listening to some of my holiday 8 Tracks while I did
this to eliminate boredom.The 8 Tracks that I was listening to were as
follows:

Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee

Tammy Wynette:Christmas With Tammy

Charley Pride:Christmas In My Home Town

Lawrence Welk:The Christmas Song

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Sings Christmas Carols

With the exception of the Charley Pride cart,the other carts were
given to me by friends of mine over the years and I just thought that
I would give them a whirl.I played them on the old Bradford 8-Track
player that I hooked up to my Crosley Nostalgic Styled Stereo with
built in turntable,radio,cassette player and CD player/recorder.The
carts sounded great with no annoying cross talk from the other
programs.The only drawback was there was a buzz from the tape player
in itself.But I still enjoyed listening to them while I wrote out the
Christmas cards.

The Charley Pride cart I have was one that I bought at a Salvation
Army thrift shop years ago with a whole bunch of other Charley Pride
carts that were actually in new condition and still played great.

Aside from that,I also watched on DVD,Frosty The Snowman and Frosty
Returns.Though they were on TV last night on CBS,I watched them on DVD
so I would not get any commercials while watching them.

I want to wish all of you in here a very Merry Christmas and the very
best holiday season this year.

I also hope that everyone in here has a wonderful evening.Sincerely
Frank R.Schoonover
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Old December 10th 07, 04:50 AM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
Keith M
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Default Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas To All

On Dec 8, 7:57 pm, frschoonover wrote:
Dear Fellow 8-Track Enthusiasts

How is everybody doing tonight?I hope that everybody is doing great
tonight.

How are the holidays going for all of you,so far?They have been going
great for me at the moment.I have gotten my shopping almost done.I
only have to get a few more things and that is all.

What is everyone doing to get in the holiday mood?I'll tell you all
what I have been doing.

Last night,I was writing out a whole bunch of Christmas cards in my
bedroom and I was listening to some of my holiday 8 Tracks while I did
this to eliminate boredom.The 8 Tracks that I was listening to were as
follows:

Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee

Tammy Wynette:Christmas With Tammy

Charley Pride:Christmas In My Home Town

Lawrence Welk:The Christmas Song

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Sings Christmas Carols

With the exception of the Charley Pride cart,the other carts were
given to me by friends of mine over the years and I just thought that
I would give them a whirl.I played them on the old Bradford 8-Track
player that I hooked up to my Crosley Nostalgic Styled Stereo with
built in turntable,radio,cassette player and CD player/recorder.The
carts sounded great with no annoying cross talk from the other
programs.The only drawback was there was a buzz from the tape player
in itself.But I still enjoyed listening to them while I wrote out the
Christmas cards.

The Charley Pride cart I have was one that I bought at a Salvation
Army thrift shop years ago with a whole bunch of other Charley Pride
carts that were actually in new condition and still played great.

Aside from that,I also watched on DVD,Frosty The Snowman and Frosty
Returns.Though they were on TV last night on CBS,I watched them on DVD
so I would not get any commercials while watching them.

I want to wish all of you in here a very Merry Christmas and the very
best holiday season this year.

I also hope that everyone in here has a wonderful evening.Sincerely
Frank R.Schoonover


Happy Holiday Frank
What no Bobby Helms or Dolly. I was playing my Chipmunk Xmas tape for
my Grand kid on my 2XL today . What's Santa's number one Christmas 8
track? Don Ho Ho Ho
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Old December 10th 07, 08:52 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
DeserTBoB
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Default Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas To All

On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:50:01 -0800 (PST), Keith M
wrote:

I also hope that everyone in here has a wonderful evening.Sincerely
Frank R.Schoonover


Happy Holiday Frank
What no Bobby Helms or Dolly. I was playing my Chipmunk Xmas tape for
my Grand kid on my 2XL today . What's Santa's number one Christmas 8
track? Don Ho Ho Ho snip


I have the original Chipmunk LP in stereo on red vinyl in mint shape.
It's the one that includes "The Christmas Song" and several others
that were the rage back in '58. My dad bought it at the local record
shop as a gag, and it just happened to be a stereo version. He'd just
got his new Shure M3D stereo cartridge to go with his new preamp,
second amp and speaker system. I think it wasn't the first stereo
record I ever heard, but pretty close to it.

As I remember (geez, this was 49 years ago!) the FIRST stereo record I
heard was a stereo demonstration disk released by Omega (which had
been making 2 track, 7½ IPS stereo tapes since about '56 under the
Omegatape brand) and I remember the music being Chabrier's "Capricio
España," which two years earlier, RCA and Perry Como had co opted to
become the melody for "Hot Diggity (Dog Diggity Boom), which hit the
Billboard Top 10 that year. RCA, whether forced by legality or not,
actually gives Chabrier label credit on the single! I can't remember
the orchestra or conductor of the Chabrier piece, but the audio was
quite stunning. I can still remember the near absence of tape hiss,
which plagued all stereo tape releases of the day. Later, he got the
2 track release of the same recording, and comparison showed that
consumer 2 track releases were indeed noisier than the masters used
for the disc. I still have both the disc and the tape.

For other Christmas oldies, I have an excellent copy of Glenn Gould
playing Christmas favorites with the "Warner Brothers Symphony
Orchestra" (a misnomer for a bunch of guys out of Musicians Union
Local 47) in Warner's glorious 3 track "direct to master" format. It
still sounds stunning to this day, even more so with an excellent
cartridge and tone arm.

Back in the tape days, we had a Berlant Concertone (we called it a
"faux Ampex") and one of Bob Bell's 2 track machines, very rare even
then. The Berlant tried to emulate all the proficiency of an Ampex
350/351, but fell rather short in several areas, one being the noise
floor and stability of the electronics, as well as heads that wouldn't
hold azimuth alignment very well. The Bell deck was a portable, one
of Bob Bell's attempts to crack the home hi-fi market. It was unique
in that it had room in the head bridge for addition of an extra head,
which allowed it to be modified to play either 2 or 4 track, when 4
track reverse became the rage starting around 1960. Not a great
machine, but lots of fun. We ran a lot of Audiotape through those
machines back in those days, much of which I still have in cans. We
also learned in short order than you cannot use ¼ mil Mylar tape on a
three motored machine without turning it into cassette tape unless you
were VERY judicious with use of the brakes! That's when I learned the
time-honored method of reversing the reel motors to slow down the tape
to a standstill, rather that using the brakes. Later, I would learn,
this was de rigueur in all studios, as brake bands on Ampex transports
were not cheap and were a chore to replace and set up.

For even more Christmas spirit, look soon for the annual Charlie Nudo
family Christmas card!
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Old December 11th 07, 12:04 AM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
William W Western[_2_]
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Default Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas To All


As I remember (geez, this was 49 years ago!) the FIRST stereo record I
heard was a stereo demonstration disk released by Omega (which had
been making 2 track, 7½ IPS stereo tapes since about '56 under the

Good reminiscing there dBob. I started looking at records
(mostly 45s and the CKY charts) in record stores (Woolworths downtown
Winnipeg) in about 1958. We took the trolley bus down Portage Avenue to
crowded bustling sidewalks every Saturday. Alone....no parents needed. This
at 9 1/2 years old though my sister was almost 12 years old. Anyway, I don't
think they even sold LPs. In about 1962 I started looking at LPs half
interested though I had nothing but a little suitcase player to spin them
with. My first several purchases were Mono as they were cheaper than stereo
by several cents and on an early teen budget it counted. Besides the player
only had one tiny little speaker so no point, even though the jackets
assured one that playing the stereo record on a mono player would not
adversely affect it. There are some collectible LPs I see on lists where the
mono version is worth more than the stereo version. I am guessing this is so
because in the transition time stereo outsold mono thereby creating a
scarcity. Or, possibly the stereo effect was so gimmicky audiophiles now
prefer the mono version?

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Old December 11th 07, 06:48 AM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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Default Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas To All

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:04:40 GMT, "William W Western"
wrote:

There are some collectible LPs I see on lists where the
mono version is worth more than the stereo version. I am guessing this is so
because in the transition time stereo outsold mono thereby creating a
scarcity. Or, possibly the stereo effect was so gimmicky audiophiles now
prefer the mono version? snip


No, the latter's usually the case...scarcity. This wasn't the case
with the early stereo era releases, when monaural outsold stereo by
multiples. Not much later, I seem to remember around 1968 onward,
stereo almost always outsold the mono, as stereo players became the
norm.

I remember when the labels started hyping "mono compatible" on their
records, which was a real crock. To what they were referring what
that many early stereo releases, when played back on mono equipment,
would be unlistenable due to phase/time cancellation. This problem
was painfully obvious in many "mixed down from stereo" classical
releases of the era. That's why there were usually two master
mixes...one for the singles and mono LPs, and one for the stereo. By
the end of the 1960s, "mono compatible" stereo masters and disks were
the norm. That's one reason that later mono disks that were outsold
by their stereo counterparts are so desirable to collectors...the
final mix product is completely different than the stereo version. A
good example of these would be the EMI Beatles releases.

One instance of this was when the labels started releasing 45s in
stereo...a non-compatible stereo 45 played, say, on an AM radio
station, would sound like crap due to the phase cancellations
involved. It was this compatibility issue that led many producers to
use simple "ping pong" 3 channel stereo mastering, right off the old 3
track Ampex machines, rather than true stereo mixes. With "ping
pong," there would be no phase/time cancellation problems, as all the
audio would either be in one channel or the other, or if from both,
effectively in phase.

Getting back to "mono compatible" discs...of course, the old, stiff
monaural cartridges, tracking as they did at oodles of grams, would
wipe out (usually) the outer (right channel) track after only a few
plays, rendering the disc useless for any critical listening due to
tons of distortion and a completely missing top end. Most mono
players sold in the late '60s on had a "stereo compatible" ceramic
cartridge which were compliant enough to track the 45-45 stereo groove
wall without completely destroying it in a couple of passes, but only
had two output terminals. I seem to remember Sonotone starting to
provide "stereo trackable" mono "flipper" ceramic cartridges somewhere
around 1965 or so, and they replaced the old mono styles completely
shortly thereafter.
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Old December 15th 07, 01:25 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
trippin-2-8-track
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Default the truth about "DeserTBob"

To all who may read this at any future date:

Everything "DeserTBob" is saying, is a complete falsehood.
"DeserTBob" is an unemployed illegal alien from California. He was
a
former Bell Systems employee who was fired from his job- he faked an
injury to get disability- so now he sits home and trolls the
internet,
harassing people- for lack of anything else constructive to do.


"DeserTBob" bought 2 items from "66fourdoor" on Ebay at one time.
One
was an 8-track alignment tape- the other was a VHS movie tape.
"DeserTBob" was unhappy with the items, the seller agreed willingly
to
issue a full refund, once the items were returned. "DeserTBob"
returned the alignment tape and received a full $40 refund.
"DeserTBob" kept the VHS tape because in reality, there was nothing
wrong with either item- and the movie tape was a rare out of print
movie, otherwise unavailable. (it has since been re-released on
DVD). The returned alignment tape was later resold to another buyer
on Ebay, who left positive feedback for it.


"DeserTBob" then left a negative feedback for the seller, even though
he got a full refund- "DesertBob" has continued to harass the seller
and seller's family ever since, for over 3 years now.


This is nothing new to "DeserTBob"- rather, it's way of life for him-
he also purchased (8) tapes from another seller for ONE CENT each,
only to leave the seller 8 negative feedbacks, stating "not worth a
penny".


Eventually a large quantity of complaints started flooding Ebay,
concering "DeserTBob" and his auction harassment. Ebay then banned
Bob's Ebay username, which was "VOXPOPPER".


"DeserTBob" then returned to Ebay using a second name, calling
himself
"XCALIBER44"- and started once again harassing Ebay sellers'
auctions. He was again reported to Ebay, and "XCALIBER44" was also
banned.


These current slander/libel against Ebay sellers by "DeserTBob" are
completely unfounded- if you check the seller's feedback, you'll find
they have 99.9% positive feedback, with only 2 negatives in 6 years.
"DeserTBob" simply has an axe to grind, for being banned from Ebay
himself.


Furthermore, "DeserTBob" is decidedly anti-American, anti-USA, hates
the military, and is basically a socialist-communist-liberal left-
wing
kook. He fears and despises anyone religious in any way, and he also
doesn't believe in God. "DeserTBob" once posted a comment on Usenet
that said "**** Christmas". He can't accomplish anything himself,
so
he tears down other good Americans who are out there, trying to make
a
living. He goes through a yearly holiday depression and attacks
everyone on the internet moreso during holiday seasons- he has no
family to speak of, and obviously suffers from not being loved by his
mother enough, as a child.


 




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