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Here's one of my latest acquisitions. The record is rather worn and has a big needle drop, but still sounds surprisingly good (and not to mention: loud!) on my HMV 101.

Blue (Fox Trot), played by The Virginians under the direction of Ross Gorman, recorded February 18, 1922 and issued on Victor 18933-B.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gMIxcoJ ... re=channel

Thanks! I like that band. Haven't heard this particular record.

I refer to a needle 'drop' as a needle 'dig.' Like you see in the grading criteria of auction lists. Nothing wrong with 'drop' I suppose, but needledrop is nowadays a popular term for the process of copying vinyl records to digital.

Wolfe wrote:Thanks! I like that band. Haven't heard this particular record.

I refer to a needle 'drop' as a needle 'dig.' Like you see in the grading criteria of auction lists. Nothing wrong with 'drop' I suppose, but needledrop is nowadays a popular term for the process of copying vinyl records to digital.

Nauck says nd = needle drop, been that way for years. Just sayin'

Retrograde wrote:
Nauck says nd = needle drop, been that way for years. Just sayin'

Yeah, that's cool. Whatever Kurt uses is valid by me.

I'm not interested in splitting hairs, but going by catalogs I've read over the last 20+ years, needle drop has been the classic use for a small spot where the grooves are basically gone from a reproducer being dropped on the record. A needle dig would be more or less a gouge in a disc that passed over several grooves from a severe drag (more severe so than a needle "run"). A needle drop is typically 3 or 4 pops and it's done, while a dig tends to go on for 10-15 or more rotations.

Sean

OrthoSean wrote:I'm not interested in splitting hairs, but going by catalogs I've read over the last 20+ years, needle drop has been the classic use for a small spot where the grooves are basically gone from a reproducer being dropped on the record. A needle dig would be more or less a gouge in a disc that passed over several grooves from a severe drag (more severe so than a needle "run"). A needle drop is typically 3 or 4 pops and it's done, while a dig tends to go on for 10-15 or more rotations.

Sean

I'll stick with my terminology, dagnabbit, because it suits me kindly well. We're from the old school around here. Before you were born.

I've always liked the Virginians' recording of Blue. And your copy sounds excellent!



Rocky