― haloist, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Daniel, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dave225, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Lord Custos 2.0 beta, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I like playing John Zorn's _Spy vs. Spy_ at 45 RPM - at 33 RPM, it's pretty frantic and overloaded to begin with. At 45 RPM, it's a monster.
I remember being very young and playing a 45 of "Bunny Hop" on my cousin's record player, which could handle 16, 33, 45, and 78 RPM. I'd play the regular part of the song super fast at 78, and then when they sing the "HOP! HOP! HOP!" part, I'd slow it down to 16 RPM, making it sound wonderfully sluggish - "HOPPPPPPPPPPP... HOPPPPPPPPP... HOPPPPPPPPPP." This did not please my cousin. This technique was also used with much delight on "The Pokey Little Puppy."
Another technique I like using, to vary the speed of vinyl automatically, is playing a 45 with a knocked-out center hole off- center on your turntable. You get some great drugged-out sounding stuff, particularly if the song has long sustained notes.
― Ernest Paik, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I remember reading someone's comments about playing Melvins and Helmet records at the wrong speeds a while ago.
**Play a Melvins record at 45 RPM** - "Hey, it's Helmet!"
**Play a Helmet single at 33 RPM** - "Hey, it's the Melvins!"
This knowledge may be a godsend to thrifty music consumers.
Back in high school, before I had a record player, I used my friend's turntable to tape the Drive Like Jehu 7".
First I tried it at 45, but I reasoned there was no way the singer's voice could be that high or the music could be that frenetic, so I ended up dubbing it at 33.
I didn't realize my mistake for a long, long time--which is weird because I bought the album soon afterwards, and it sounded nothing like my inadvertently screwed version of "Bullet Train to Vegas".
(But at either speed it sounded different from what I'd been expecting based on the Superchunk comparisons in Spin magazine...)
PS That Konk song on the "Anti NY" comp sounds way better at 45.
― Diego Hadis, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Why yes! Just click over to Goldwave and turn your regular speed .wav's and .mp3's into a virtual record with which the speed can be adjusted!
― paul, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Andrew Norman, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Try the opposite route if you can -- early Slowdive singles, mastered at 45 and played at 33, are just wonderful.
One time many years back, I decided to see what happened when the Fields of the Nephilim's "Sumerland" 12", mastered at 45, was played at 33. The result was just utterly awe-inspiring, a huge doomy sound which left myself and some friends in shock. Probably helped we were suffering from mild sleep deprivation, though.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― g, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― jess, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Norman Phay, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
i thought jaz coleman of killing joke settled out of court with geffen/nirvana over this very idea that "smells .." was some sort of rip off of "eighties" and that this provided coleman with funds to set up in nz and make orchestral rock versions of split enz etc ..
is this correct ?
― George Gosset, Thursday, 9 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― philT, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Siegbran Hetteson, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― bob snoom, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― George Gosset, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Lee Ranaldo's From Here To Infinity is listed as being "Vari-speed".
I like Slint's S/T 10" on 45. I found out later I'd been playing it at the wrong speed, but I didn't care. It sounds so much better sped up.
― Vic Funk, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Lord Custos 2.0 beta, Saturday, 11 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― hamish, Saturday, 11 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Brian MacDonald, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mr Noodles, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I used to be confused what RPM suited "When you Walk in the Room" by Ramming Speed. That song is too damn FAST!
― JTS, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 23:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 23:49 (twenty years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 26 August 2004 00:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Segal (Da ve Segal), Thursday, 26 August 2004 05:30 (twenty years ago) link
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― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:21 (twenty years ago) link
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― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:30 (twenty years ago) link
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― shookout (shookout), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:36 (twenty years ago) link
― mzui, Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:39 (twenty years ago) link
― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:41 (twenty years ago) link
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:48 (twenty years ago) link
― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Thursday, 26 August 2004 22:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 26 August 2004 23:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Reed Rosenberg (reed), Friday, 27 August 2004 01:49 (twenty years ago) link
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― chad (chad), Friday, 27 August 2004 01:50 (twenty years ago) link
― purple patch (electricsound), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:18 (twenty years ago) link
― purple patch (electricsound), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian c=====8 (orion), Friday, 27 August 2004 03:00 (twenty years ago) link
play at 33.3 +5 and it sounds amazing...way too fast as it was originally recorded (45rpm).
― biznotic, Friday, 29 October 2004 01:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― briania (briania), Friday, 29 October 2004 03:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Graeme (Graeme), Friday, 29 October 2004 03:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:25 (nineteen years ago) link
12" 45's played at 33 with -16% pitch adjust. Dilaudid dub.
― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 29 October 2004 08:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Yello's "Oh Yeah" at 45: The voice back to more or less normal: D-ish.
because i used to be a twat i borrowed and RECORDED IT AT ALL PERMUTATIONS of HOLE and SPEED haha!!I'd totally be a twat too!
― OleM (OleM), Friday, 29 October 2004 09:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike Dixon, Friday, 29 October 2004 15:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― billstevejim, Saturday, 30 October 2004 00:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Pinky & Perky slowed from 45 to 33 = two women, pitched just right. Like discovering that there is no Santa.
Ditto Chip & Dale.
More recently, Shakin' Stevens' "Green Door" at 33rpm has a pleasing bluesy swagger.
― Acme (acme), Saturday, 30 October 2004 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link
This was the first Ilxor thread that ever made me laugh so hard, I peed in my pants: AN EXCITING DISCOVERY!
There have been many more since then. My local laundromat thanks you.
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jeff Sumner (Jeff Sumner), Sunday, 31 October 2004 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Sunday, 31 October 2004 16:29 (nineteen years ago) link
My brother collects classic Victorolas, and he left one at my mum's house several years ago. When initially cranked up, it would play very fast and then slow down. Since I didn't have any classic platters to play on it, I used this old Shriekback "Nemesis" 12" I bought for 25 cents. The playback was marvelous! Unfortunately, the heavy, blunt stylus fucked up the record. Oh well, it was only 25 cents.
― Melinda Mess-Injure, Sunday, 31 October 2004 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Sunday, 31 October 2004 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link
"The instrumental version can be played at any speed, according to Mr J Spaceman."
Try it! It's gorgeous, sorta like Music For Airports/Discreet Music
Also, on David Byrne's vinyl Forestry EP is a version of "Nineveh" that's remixed by Jack Dangers. The record says 33 RPM; adjust it to 45 and voila, it's a killer Meat Beat Manifesto track!!!!
― Duke Dubuque (Duke Dubuque), Saturday, 21 January 2006 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― ambrose (ambrose), Sunday, 22 January 2006 00:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― patrick bateman (mickeygraft), Sunday, 22 January 2006 03:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― (Bimble drinks) Silver Coffee (when you're fast asleep) (Bimble...), Sunday, 22 January 2006 04:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― patrick bateman (mickeygraft), Sunday, 22 January 2006 05:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― (Bimble drinks) Silver Coffee (when you're fast asleep) (Bimble...), Sunday, 22 January 2006 06:19 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.wimp.com/unexpectedsound/
― Evan, Thursday, 24 April 2014 13:45 (ten years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/deadlas-moan/heartbreak-hotel-john-cale-45
― glasses jacket jerfman (how's life), Thursday, 24 April 2014 13:53 (ten years ago) link
the 75% speed "Jolene" is a staple of my magnificent playlist that's been a work-in-progress for about 2 years now
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 24 April 2014 13:56 (ten years ago) link
that John Cale track sounds like a lost ZE records classic.
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 24 April 2014 14:26 (ten years ago) link
Ha I just posted on the ilx brigade thread that I've been listening to the new Glenn Jones RSD ep on 33 instead of 45 by mistake and it's pretty great that way
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 24 April 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link