Not On CD: May 2013

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Floyd Cramer: Detours (1972)

RCA LSP-4676

This was a thrift shop find, in excellent shape inside and out. Cramer, backed by a rhythm section, runs through a series of classic and contemporary hits, as well as four original tunes.

"Spanish Eyes" appears on the Floyd Cramer compilation CD Piano Magic of Floyd Cramer. "Your Last Goodbye" appears on multiple compilation CDs. "Corn Crib Symphony" is available as an mp3. The rest of this LP is not on CD.

Associated equipment: Technics SL-7, Audio Technica AT-132EP, Pro-Ject Phono Box S, harman/kardon CDR-2.

Honky Tonk (Part 2)

Detour

Together Forever (Cramer)

(Update: my digitization process was foiled by advancing technology; I mostly post work that others have digitized for YouTube. Older tracks should still be accessible per the following procedure) Click on any song title to go to a box.net page for that song. Our goal is to post only tracks that are not available on CD or as mp3s – songs that cannot be purchased anywhere. We hope to raise interest in these out-of-print LPs without taking away a single cent of revenue from those who profit from the sale of music. If you find any of these tracks available digitally, please contact us and they will be promptly removed.

If you enjoyed any of the music, please leave a comment. I hope that these sample tracks will inspire you to track down this out-of-print music.

All LPs are cleaned with a VPI 16.5 record cleaning machine, then converted to CD using a harman/kardon home audio CD recorder, which uses an AKM 24-bit/96 kHz analog-to-digital converter. No digital or electronic effects are used. (Prior to November 12, 2012, all LPs were cleaned with a Spin Clean Record Washer.)

Associated equipment:
Turntables: Technics SL-7; Thorens TD-316.

Phono cartridges: Grado ZF2/Paratrace; Digitrac 300se; Ortofon X1-MCP; Audio Technica AT-132EP & AT-122EP; Sonus SPM-4; Grado Blue; Grado Blue/Paratrace; Grado Signature Jr; FrankenShure M111HE/N94e.

Preamplifiers: Hagerman Cornet3; Pro-Ject Phono Box S; NAD PP 2i, Rotel RA-931 integrated amplifier.