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Tweed Consoles Of The Seventies

Post author By chris
Post date 06/20/2013
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Download the original 20pp TWEED AUDIO catalog circa 197*:

Products covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Tweed M124 console, 12/2-4 mixer, BC82 portable mixer, C513 input module, C515 input module, C507 input, (Tweed calls the ‘Channel Amplifiers’), CL603 limiter, CL604 compressor, CL606 noise gate, SPH-2B stereo phono preamp, Tweed 6-2T and 10-4eb distribution amps.

At left: The Lady With The Tweed Mixer (not a Syd Barrett song).

Sitting here on a beautiful summer day, spacing out to Syd Barrett and Jake Holmes LPs after a long week on the road…no concept of what day it is. This will not be a particularly detailed post. TWEED is a name i’ve seen around, never come across the kit… here’s a thread from Group DIY that will fill you in. L-S-S: Scottish-made, broadcast-aimed boards and modules built by former Neve manager.

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Stephen Kellogg’s new record BLUNDERSTONE ROOKERY available now

Post author By chris
Post date 06/18/2013
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Stephen (r) with your author

I am very happy to announce that Stephen Kellogg’s new album BLUNDERSTONE ROOKERY is available at all music retailers today. B/R was tracked at our studio Gold Coast Recorders last autumn, and it was a wonderful project to have been a part of. You can read a new interview with Stephen about the album at American Songwriter magazine now.

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eBay Alert

Post author By chris
Post date 06/02/2013
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This is pretty rad. 10×3 (plus echo send) console circa 1955 built for one Jimmy Carroll, who we apparently have to thank for the 10,000,000,0000 sing-along-with-mitch LPs that clog every Salvation Army record-bin from here to Timbuktu. ANYways… check it out here… Dude seems a tad optimistic with the price, considering what the legendary Kearney Barton console went for. (also see here). Cool to check out, nontheless. Here’s one of the preamp modules:

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Holy Moly

Post author By chris
Post date 05/23/2013
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I think I may need a bigger scanner

How y’all doin. I’m happy to announce that we have just received a massive archive of literature, catalogs, manuals, ETC., from a storied studio/post-facility originating circa 1980. I don’t even know exactly what’s in these boxes yet, but get ready for some odd + interesting curious from audio-land-past. More to come…

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Live DJ Set Tonight 5.22.13: Unspun @ Firehouse 12 : New Haven CT

Post author By chris
Post date 05/22/2013
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Hey y’all… once again i will be at Firehouse 12 in New Haven CT, sweatin to the oldies with my good old buddy Jay AKA Sway. Both my sets tonight: all rare psych and freakbeat.

Firehouse 12 – 45 Crown St – New Haven CT – 9P -1A 5.22.13

Things have been a lil hectic here in ole BPT town lately, hence the paucity of new PS dot com material… do not fear tho, we have some REALLY exciting new developments coming down the pike for ya… details real soon…

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Italo!

Post author By chris
Post date 05/10/2013
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Stumbled upon this today while researching a bizarre 60s electric that fell into our lap (see my TUMBLR for deets)

Fetish Gtrs, a site specializing in Italian (and, awesomely, Argentine) vintage electrics.

That is all.

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Fairchild Is First! (1964)

Post author By chris
Post date 05/03/2013
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Above: the Fairchild model 673, 663, 662, 661, 668, 664, 665 Modules and 668 power amp. Wow was this kit ahead of its time. And check out that lil INTEGRA sidecar. Amazing. Doubt there are too many of these left intact.

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Angry eBay Listing Of The Week

Post author By chris
Post date 04/27/2013
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“This microphone is described as “in working condition” as there are no United States Standards for vintage microphones. To use any other terminology than “in working condition” is highly subjective based upon each individuals opinion of a microphones performance. I have endured countless debates as to the sonic performance of a vintage microphone with infinite varying opinions therefore I will not determine the degree of performance. As always human nature never ceases to amaze us. Therefore, if you believe that by purchasing this microphone that you and or others are going to magically sound better and it is magically going to improve your vocal & equipment abilities you are incorrect. There is not a microphone on earth that magically makes a foreshortened vocalist or recording technician sound any better than they really are. “

Mamamerch, what went

so wrong in your eBay past?

Bitter caveat.

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This is an insane deal

I just received three units of the above – depicted ‘weatherproof case’ (10.6″ (L) x 9.8″ (W) x 4.9″ (H)) from my fav purveyor of dirt-cheap electronic supplies MCM ELECTRONICS. Now, when I ordered ’em, they were on sale for $7.99 each. But $9.99 is still an unbelievable price. These things are incredibly close knock offs of the industry-standard Pelican 1200 for 1/4 the price.

Above, here’s one of my $7.99 cases already in-service providing a good home environment for my SE1A mics (another great unsung deal in audio…). Cases are a good idea.