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  1. screenersam

    NASA Wants You to Choose 5 Songs

    so NASA wants you to choose five songs reflective of Earth music to send to the cosmos. ? 1) 'Swan Theme' (from Swan Lake); Tchaikovsky; West / Classical 2) 'Soul Rebel', Bob Marley & the Wailers; Carib / Reggae. 3) 'Roll, Nyabinghi Drummer'; Die Kunst der Drum; African. 4) 'El Condor...
  2. Doug Robert

    Alto Reed (Silver Bullet Band Sax) Tapes from before the Bob Seger days

    If this isnt the right forum for this just point me to the proper page. Not sure how much interest people will have in these but i find it pretty cool and would appreciate any help with info you fine folks could give me. I havent been able to find much on any of the names other than Altos. I...
    • Doug Robert
    • Thread
    • alto reed bob seger detroit digitize history lost recording reel to reel silver bullet band tape
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Music Forums
  3. Multiplex

    Anyone know any Pickering History?

    It occurred to me while I was trying to find out about a Pickering cartridge for another thread, that there really isn't much information out there about them. A few websites have information about Pickering products. KAB, for instance, has a useful chart that shows stylus/body cross brand...
    • Multiplex
    • Thread
    • cartridge history pickering stanton
    • Replies: 57
    • Forum: Turntables
  4. weegee

    Scenes from the Civil War and Beyond

    Have a large group of Civil War images in my digital archives. Here is some of it from the 1850s to 1870s. Read up on Mathew Brady. He financed the photo crew to document the Civil War and ended up dying broke. His photos were not well received. Everyone just wanted to forget about the Civil...
  5. weegee

    Daguerreotypes

    Daguerreotypes Showcases various daguerreotypes and related ephemera from 1850s to 1870s. Beginning of film is a rich man's household who also was a daguerreotypist and shot some self-portrait dags. I believe the group of servants, carriages, etc was his, but can't remember. I have all the...
  6. weegee

    Studying history from throwaway ephemera

    Interesting 9 minute audio telling the story of how throwaway ephemera plays a part in understanding and preserving history. "A history of the modern world as told by everyday throwaway ephemera" https://archive.org/details/AHistoryModernWorldThrowawayEphemeraPRI
  7. W

    Dynaco Mystery Speakers Investigation

    I picked these speakers up from a thrift store, and they need some work but the origins seem very confusing. I have not been able to find the same model speakers anywhere. I understand that Dynaco is a popular brand, and I see a lot of talk about A-10s and A-25s etc. But these are labeled as...
  8. frahengeo

    Down Memory Lane

    I apologize if this has been posted before: From the Yamaha Audio Website: http://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio-visual/hifi-components/hifi-history/history/ Some good pictures of internals as well.
    • frahengeo
    • Thread
    • history vintage yamaha
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Yamaha
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