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A bird in one hand and bird shit in the other? Birds are sneaky that way...

A Teenage Suicide Note To God

Imagine the (justifiably) insane prices they could get for a vinyl reissue program that replicated the original packaging!!!

Mixes emotions much? 🧲

I have to think that it's a "classic" since it's been pirated/bootlegged more times than I can count. And with good reason!

With a few exceptions, I like the Cuban pop music of the time. Some excellent singing and fine arrangements. Do you know this one?

You do indeed remember correctly!

Panart!!! Where did you find that one?

1 &3.

As opposed to

The Pre-Code stuff is really a treat. Sex, drugs, slapping, and guns aplenty. No profanity, but none needed.

Nope, just offerings on the HBO/TCM streaming app. They have different genres, and I've been focusing on Noir, Gangster, and Pre-Code. They aren't all "great" but they're all entertaining Plus, most of these are 90 minutes or less, so watching 2,3,4 a day is easy. Fun!

There is just so much variety of timbres (especially syllabic) here in under three minutes...talk about a Christmas Miracle...

Maybe one reel per side? That would depend on the size of the reel and the thickness of the tape. https://richardhess.com/notes/formats/magnetic-media/magnetic-tapes/analog-audio/tape-timing-chart/

That's a (perhaps surprisingly) really good record!

So ATR IS ATR Magnetics, the brand of tape.

That was the only compilation that I ever knew. But there was a Japanese collection of all the Gil Evans charts. https://www.discogs.com/master/870403-Claude-Thornhill-Orchestra-Featuring-Gil-Evans-The-Real-Birth-Of-The-Cool-Featuring-Gil-Evans-Arrang?srsltid=AfmBOoql5QaL6FeG9R1XU8j4c7xEXpPEG87_nRkaexaHeokMVqG74PjT