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depends on numbers, for a small band with limited sales the unit cost of producing CD's is lower, and we've sold a lot more of them than the Vinyl version, mostly at gigs, granted Vinyl comes down the more you produce, more so than CD's edit, I remember when CD's first came out, they were about 15 quid and Vinyl about a tenner

I think the appeal of vinyl is as much to do with physicality as nostalgia, Cd's seem small cheap and plasticky (the original concept of the plastic jewel case doesn't help), art work is disappointing, and they usually disappear into the player, so you can't see them playing. Of course that doesn't explain the rise in cassette sales, a mystery to me. As for the sound, even if it's accepted that CD's sound better (and let's not go down that road) most folk are just not that picky about the sound quality,

lot's of cars don't have a CD player these days, mine doesn't, have to Bluetooth off my phone or use a memory stick, which isn't helping CD sales, one or two people commented on this when I was trying to sell them my bands last CD

and in monetary terms higher than CD's. I suppose if you're going to go digital you may as well just download it, or listen to Spotify, if you want something physical LP's are better, can't explain the rise in cassette sales though https://www.nme.com/news/music/uk-vinyl-sales-in-2020-are-the-highest-since-the-early-90s-2846310

unfortunately older amps like my Trace Elliot's only come with jack sockets the same with my Fender V2 speaker cabs

Bootleg Beatles have, or perhaps that's the real Macca after he faked his own death? 😄

I think you're ok if you make sure the power is off when connecting/disconnecting

yes that's what I meant, but why? to my ears the keys were high in the mix, the only reason I can think of he's not sure he can play it well enough anymore, so he's hiding behind the keys, why would he have keys at all on such a bass driven song? bit like lots of backing vocals to his singing, it's to cover for him, but as it has been mentioned he is 78, better than no McCartney at all, and at least we were spared Hey Jude 😄

yes that's the one, I listened through my hi fi, I'll have another listen through my headphones Edit, just had a listen and it sounds like keyboards to me, to my mind that's not the sound of his Hofner bass

just watched Paul McCartney at the Cavern which was shown on BBC1 on Christmas Day, enjoyed it, 2 things struck me, he had a lot of of help from the backing vocals, unsurprising bearing in mind his singing is a bit dodgy these days and fair enough. What did surprise me was the keyboards were doing the bass line to 'I saw Her Standing There' bit of a shocker, I've always struggled with that bass line and admired the way Macca could play it and sing at the same time, it would seem he no longer can.

I remember now, I bought a 2 pole replacement socket for a PA speaker and our speaker cable had 4 pole plugs, confused the hell out of me when they wouldn't plug in and twist

I seem to remember that NL4 and NL2's aren't interchangeable with each other, one won't plug into another's socket, well I had trouble once when I ordered the wrong plug

a lot of bands initially get together because they're mates, or become mates, like the Beatles, it's like being in a gang, it's only later on when bands get together because they're musicians, and then differences soon surface unless there's a clearly defined leader who decides things, the other follow for the money

this is more likely, it's very hard to stay 'mates' with someone when when band 'personalities' become more and more of a problem, and if you're on tour and living in each other pockets it's pretty much impossible I would imagine

not defending this guy, but it may help us understand his behaviour if we understand that he does appear to have a gambling problem and he'll do anything to get the money for his next fix, bit like a drug addict or an alcoholic, he doesn't care about the distress he causes other people

I had a stiff arm for a day or so, maybe I should had the prick in my prick

I can spend hours messing about with EQ, my B1on pedal has endless possibilities, sometimes I think I've nailed the sound I want, come back a few hours later and realise I'm nowhere close 😠

triplets cause me trouble

what settings did you use on the MS-60B? edit ok just found them

tbh, I don't think making money is the only consideration when running a live music venue, it's a love of live music as well, maybe that's part of the problem, some people who run live music pubs let the pub side of it down, like a decent pint, and some only book bands they like, not what will brings in the punters

shame, played there 2 or 3 times a year, always a good gig, especially when Rock City threw everybody out from a gig at 9.30 so they could start the disco. Hopefully someone will buy it off Greene King and keep it as a music venue

In Nottingham the infection rate went through the roof when the students came back, it's falling again now they're going home, I'm ready for another spike in January when they come back, of course that will be blamed, maybe rightly so, on the irresponsible decision to allow families to mix over Christmas

yep me too, I was pleasantly surprised how organised it was

sounds like some of the early punk bands from the late 70's, early 80's, basically they couldn't play, some of them got signed to earache records though

I'm the same, couldn't stand his whaling in the Smiths but he did seem to sing a bit more on his solo stuff, First of the Gang to Die and especially Every Day is Like Sunday are amongst my favourites