fredag 31 Jul 2009, 15:47
Equipment used to play vinyls: Pro-ject Carbon with the Ortofon 2M Red cartridge, generic Kenwood amplifier, Tannoy Revolution 8XT floor speakers (pictured below), Rega fono MM pre-amplifier.
My computer comes equpped with an old Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card and foobar2000 is used for playback. Lossless (FLAC) is the norm in 'ere, although 1/3 of my digital music collection is still in mp3. I also have a spinclean for manual cleaning of the vinyls. Pain in the arse. Vinyl records are not likely to be scrobbled to last.fm. Gone are the compulsive days of early adulthood and nights with Universal Scrobbler.
My iPod 4g nano is the last of its kind that is able to scrobble. The sound quality is pretty bad, when compared to newer models. It's good for gym, though. Earphones - AKG K32something (the text is kinda worn out).
Planned upgrades: Ortofon 2M black cartridge, Synthesis Flame amplifier, proper biwire speaker cables. These bad girls need a two grand (European bucks) investment, so it will take me some years to get it together.
Currently around 150 albums in collection. Latest addition (not yet in the list):
Cabaret Voltaire - 2x45, 3 singles, Crackdown / Pixies - Come on Pilgrim / Menace Ruine / 808 State 3 albums / Ini Kamoze - Self-titled / Susumu Yokota - The Boy and the Tree / Altar of Plagues - Mammal / Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels / Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody / Murmuüre - Murmuüre / The Comsat Angels - Sleep No More / Cabaret Voltaire - Micro-Phonies / Drudkh - Forgotten Legends
If you see something interesting in my list, I'm willing to trade. Looking for: Yoga - Megafauna
/ First issue Agalloch Pale Folklore / Tiamat Early albums / Cocteau Twins EP's
Legend: Artist - Album (Year of original release / Year of re-release / Location of release if different from original) Format
A - F
Agalloch - From Which of this Oak (1997/2009 re-release) 12' Pic LP
Aleksander Rjabov - Synthesis (1983) 12' LP
Alo Põldmäe - Muusikat lastele (1989) 12' LP
Antonio Vivaldi - Four Concerts (1984 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Antony and The Johnsons - The Crying Light (2009) 12' LP Gatefold sleeve
Aretha - Aretha Franklin (1986/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Astrofaes - Shu Nun (2008) 7' EP
Ben Webster - Джаэ галерея (1990) 12' LP (Compilation)
Benny Goodman - Что мошет сделат луный свет (1986) 12' LP (Compliation)
Bill Evans Trio - Bill Evans Trio (1961/1985 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compliation)
Billie Holiday - Stange Fruit (1940/1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Bing Crosby - Play A Simple Melody (1985 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984) 12' LP
Burzum - Filosofem (1996/2007 reissue) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Cass McCombs - Catacombs (2009) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Cheo Marquetti - Joyas de Oriente - Volumen II (approx 1989) 12' LP
Claudio Monteverdi / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Cyrillus Kreek / Joonas Kokkonen - The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (1988) 12' LP
Count Basie - Четырнадцать золотых мелодий (1930s Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Cruachan - Tuatha Na Gael (1995) 12' Picture LP
Cyrillus Kreek - Kooriloomingut (1990) 12' LP
Cyrillus Kreek - Vaimulikud Rahvaviisid (1990) 12' LP
Dark Ages - A Chronicle of The Plague (2006/2007 reissue) 12' LP Gatefold
Dark Ages - Twilight of Europe (2005/2006 reissue) 12' LP
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Dave Brubeck Quartet in Moscow (1990 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Death - Meeting Your Archangel (1985) 12' Red Vinyl (Ltd Edition Rehersal Bootleg)
Death - Spiritual Healing (1990/2007 reissue) 12' Red Splatter LP
Deep Purple - The House of Blue Light (1986/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Didier Marouani - Space Opera (1987/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Duke Ellington - Концерт Дюка Эллингтона И Его Оркестра (1968/1989 Soviet edition) 2x 12' LP
Ella Fitzgerald - Tанцы в Cавойе (1957/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Elton John - Honky Cat (1987 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Elvis Presley - That's All Right (1958/1990 Soviet Reissue) 12' LP
Emerson, Lake & Powell - Emerson, Lake & Powell (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Enrico Caruso - Искусство Энрико Карузо (1990 Soviet edition) 2X 12' LP Gatefold
Estrellas - De La Musica Cubana - Vol. 1 (1989) 12' LP
Fix - Värviline maailm (approx 1989) 12' LP
Focus - Moving waves (1971 UK edition) 12' LP
Franz Liszt - Festklänge Hamlet (1990 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Franz Liszt - Requem (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
G - M
Georges Bizet / Rodion Shchedrin - Carmen - Suite (1985 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Gennadi Rojdestvenski Gennadi Rojdestvenski (1985 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata (1853/1990 Soviet edition) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Glen Miller - In The Mood (1940/1986 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Guesch Patti - Labyrinthe (1990 German edition) 12' LP
Harry Belafonte - 20 Golden Greats (approx 1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Hate Forest - To Twilight Thickets (2005) 2x 12' LP Gatefold
Hiina Muinasjutud (1990) 12' LP (Compilation of Chinese fairytales in Estonian)
Hortus Musicus - Hortus Musicus (1986) 12' LP
Hortus Musicus - saksa vabaroki tantsumuusika (1989) 12' LP
Hortus Musicus - Horvaatia XI-XIV Saj. diafooniline muusika (1987) 12' LP
Hugo Lepnurm - Eesti orelid (1985) 12' LP
Imagination - Imagination (1983/1985 Polish edition) 12' LP
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 1 (1986 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Jimmie Lunceford - Rhythm is Our Business (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Johann Strauss - Johann Strauss by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Johann Strauss / Josef Strauss - Old Vienna Melodies (1989) 12' LP
Johannes Brahms - Sinfonie Nr. 4 (1989 German Edition) 12' LP
Kraftwerk - Autobahn (1974 Canada edition) 12' LP
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (1978 US edition) 12' LP
Kukerpillid - Kukerpillid (1982/1990) 12' LP
Kukerpillid - Täitapp, Kotinõel, Pikk Peeter, Nimetu Mats, Väike Ats (1987) 12' LP
Lahemaa linnud - Lahemaa lindude hääli (1982) 12' LP
Lantlôs - Lantlôs (2008) 12' LP
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (1971/1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Leigarid - Leigarid (1989) 12' LP
Lester Young - Джаэ галерея (1989) 12' LP (Compilation)
Loits - Ei Kahetse Midagi (2001/2007 reissue with bonus track) 12' LP
Loits - Legion Estland (2003) 7' EP
Loits - Meeste Muusika (2004) 7' EP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonatas for violin and piano - Op. 96 in G major, Op. 12 No. 1 in D major (1968 Czechoslovakian edition) 12' LP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.3 (1991 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.5 (1981 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.9, Leonora No.3 (1990 Soviet edition) 2X 12' LP
Luigi Cherubini - Requiem c-moll (1987) 12' LP
Mario Lanza - All Things You Are (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Mario Lanza - Songs of Itali (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Mario Lanza - The Loveliest Night of The Year (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971) 12' Tan LP
Master's Hammer - Ritual / Jilemnicky Okultista (1991/1992/2009 reissue) 4x180g Golden 12' LP
Metsatöll - Hiiekoda (2004) 2x 12' LP
Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters (1990 Soviet Edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Musik 80 - En musikalisk bild av musikvet i Karlstad inför 80-talet (1979) 12' LP
N - T
Noita laulan, joita tiijän.. - Lopen lapsi- ja nuorisokuoro (1985) 12' LP
Põhjamaa lapsed - Soololaulud (1984) 12' LP
Paul McCartney - Снова в СССР (1988/1989 reissue) 12' LP
Paul McCartney - Flowers in The Dirt (1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Paul Robson - Spirtual Black Poems (1982 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Peter Gabriel - So (1986/1990 Soviet reissue) 12' LP
Прахлада Чандра Кумар - Единый Бог (1991 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin (1975 UK Edition) 3x 12' LP Box
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 74 (19??) 12' LP
Queen - Greatest Hits (1984 Soviet edition) 12' LP (Compilation)
Rahvapillipalu - Rahvapillipalu (1982) 12' LP
Samuel Saulus - Flööt (1989) 12' LP
Samuil Furer - 'The art of' (1981) 2x 12' LP
Segakoor Noorus - Segakoor Noorus (1990) 12' LP
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Concerto No.1 For Piano And Orchestra / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra (1987 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
Slavia - Strength and Vision (2007/2008 reissue) 12' Grey Splatter LP
Stevie Wonder - Sunsgine of My Life (1972/1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Sting - The Dream of The Blue Turtles (1985) 12' LP
Tõnu Aav - Alice Imedemaal (1985 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Tallinna Saksofonikvartett - Tallinna Saksofonikvartett (1989 edition) 12' LP
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
The Beatles - A Taste of Honey ( /1989 Soviet edition) 12' LP
The Dave Brubeck Quartete - Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1960/1980 German edition) 12' LP
The Jazz Trio - Images of Ancient Egypt (1984) 12' LP
The Latvian SSR Chorus - Jewish Folk Songs (1989) 12' LP
The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986/1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Thelonius Monk - Mysterioso (1959/1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Tina Turner - Foreign Affaris (1989 Soviet Edition) 12' LP
U - X
U. Lattikase džässikvintett - Hämaras toas (1985/1986 Soviet edition) 7' EP
Uku Masing - Ja tuulelaeval valgusest on aerud (1990) 12' LP
Various Artists - Майлс Дейвис и гиганты современного джаза (1954/1990 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Various Artists - Танцевальная музыка 30х годов - Мне так хорошо с тобой (1930s/1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Various Artists - Традиционная музыка - популярные исполнители мадагаскара (1983) 12' LP
Various Artists - Cuba que linda es cuba (approx 1980) 12' LP
Various Artists - Eesti heliloojate klaveripalu lastele (1986) 12' LP
Various Artists - Forgotten Waltzes (1986) 12'LP
Various Artists - International Dixieland-Festival Dresden 1987/1988 (1988 German edition) 12' LP
Various Artists - Liivi Rahvalaule (1989) 12' LP
Various Artists - Moscow Autumn Festival (1985) 12' LP
Veljo Tormis - Kalevala - XVII Runo (1987) 12' LP
Veljo Tormis - Riiklik akadeemiline meeskoor (1990) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Flöödikvartetid (1988 Soviet edition) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Messe in C Major, KV 258 / Performed by Eesti Filharmoonia Poistekoor (1990) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Missa, KV139 (1983) 12' LP
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Antonio Vivaldi - Valery Popov plays Mozart and Vivaldi (approx 1990) 12' LP
Zdenek Fibich - The Bride of Messina - Highlights from the opera (1984) 12' LP
Since February 2012 I started storing all my records in plastic outer covers.
Some of this stuff is completely worthless and will be removed from my collection in time.