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eric on Nov 4th 2009 at 7:09 am Music, Punk/Hardcore, Records

New Project – my punk/hardcore 7″s for you!

Over the years I’ve amassed a fair-sized 7″ collection. I got my first two 7″s – both comps – in 1991. Since then, I’ve picked up a record or two at shows, distros and stores. So I thought that it would be fun to share some of them that are out of print and mostly forgotten.

I probably don’t have anything incredibly rare, but it gives me something to do and a bit of nostalgia never killed anyone.

spinnnnThree or four years ago, I ripped a few of them from vinyl to digital with varying results. I didn’t know much about the process way back then and they didn’t turn out so well. The equipment I had wasn’t more than a novelty turntable and the “IN” jack on the back of my computer.

Nowadays, I’ve got a new turntable, an Audio-Technica PL-120 (the poor man’s Technics SL-1200 series). The Audio-Technica PL-120 came with a built in phono preamp, but something wasn’t right with it (has to do with messed up waveforms – don’t worry about it). So, I got myself a pretty decent preamp (TCC TC-750LC). It’s quite an improvement. And instead of my computer’s very iffy soundcard, I now use a Roland Edirol UA-1EX USB external soundcard.

On the software end of things, I’m fully Linux-based – most programs for Linux are free. I am using Audacity, a free audio software program that allows me to record, mix, edit and slightly repair audio files. It’s definitely more limited than Cool Edit Pro, but it does everything I need. To take the pops and licks out of the vinyl rips, I use Gnome Wave Cleaner. I’ve been very impressed with how well it works.

AdmiralI’m not really sure when I’ll start this one, but I think I’ll do it in alphabetical order. That’s how my 7″s are stored, so why not?

That means I’ll be starting with the incredibly underrated Pennsylvania band, Admiral. I’ve got two of their 7″s.

I’ll probably do one a week. Maybe one every other week. But I’ll try to keep it a pretty regular thing.

You lucky people.



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Comment by Ryan BeggarNo Gravatar
2009-11-05 17:36:26

You should call this project “before punk sucked”
or “after it kinda sucked but before it really sucked like it does now”
which is a little unwieldy, I admit.

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Comment by ericNo Gravatar
2009-11-05 20:44:53

Unwieldy, but true. I’m not sure it has a name, really. But it’s turning out to be “crap that I listened to that you probably didn’t.” Most folks, anyway. Botch is probably next. My copy is crappy, so it might take awhile to clean it up.

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