what is it about 45's?

roxstar wrote:At one point I gave away about 300 45's, and now I'm getting back into it again. I didn't like em before because you can't really scratch with em, but now I'm into the funk/northern soul stuff. The joints you get on 45's are CRAZY! I don't even look for albums anymore.

word, some of that northern soul is ridiculous. one northern soul 45 sold for $15,000 a little while ago on ebay. another one sold for $10,000. crazy

The term Northern Soul in the UK is an entirely different beast than in the US:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_soul

Records in that scene regularly go for crazy amounts.

"word, some of that northern soul is ridiculous. one northern soul 45 sold for $15,000 a little while ago on ebay. another one sold for $10,000. crazy"

Yea, but the stuff I gave away was junk. Everyday 45's like Whitney Houston or the Gap band. They were given to me, so I simply gave em to someone else.

no way man, domestic 's sound better much more cleaner with the bass,
mix a import 45 rpm and a domestic 33 1/3 you get way more bass form a domestic. i use to buy imports in the 90's but it was a waste of money cause it didn't have the sound i wanted that THICK FAT GROOVE sound there's different recording Equipment in Europe, different compression,

i only stick to domestic grooves in less it only came out as an import, i got import records, i spin them ,but i tend to stick to a strict set of only imports and domestics with domestics

plus not to mention that there just to damn expensive...I'll stick to my domestics

thats just me .

Regardless of what you personally think the European pressings are generally superior in terms of sound quality when you compare the same release in UK & USA pressings. UK pressings adhere to a higher standard and have often been ahead of the states in terms of what records and songs to release as 12"s as well as the fact that they often play at 45rpm versus 33 1/3rpm has an influence on the overall output and sound quality. The fact that records such as "Funky Nassau" & "Dominoes/Wind Parade" were only released on 12" in the UK are proof of this higher understanding of what DJ' s need and look for.
However there are many labels that pressed good quality 12"s in the States in the later part of the 70's to mid 80's such as Salsoul, Epic, RCA, etc...
In essence, sometimes it just depends on the label and not the origin of the recording. Certain labels seemed to pay closer attention to the quality & clarity of their recordings in comparisons to other ones.

Most of the vinyl releases I have from Europe are heaver as well . . .

bedouin wrote:Most of the vinyl releases I have from Europe are heaver as well . . .

heavier how ..in weight?

Yeah . . .

O.S.T. wrote:..."Dominoes/Wind Parade" were only released on 12" in the UK...

that is such a brilliant record

bedouin wrote:Yeah . . .

sire / island is the only import vinyl that is heavier.. major label wise..and Indies

RCA ,CBS, are flimsy RCA use to put out dynaflex disc that where made for better sound and even those are flexible,
import have a tinny sound to them bass doesnt hit as hard as domestic's theres a fuller sound more warmth them imports

i doubt that imports sold more then a domestic 12", well atleast for some artist anyways

yo i found this mozart 45 in a goodwill a while back that was FLIMSY as hell. like it was literally paper thin, almost like onion skin. tracing paper thin. i could like wave it and it would wobble and all that. I was talkin to some old dude in the store and asked if they were printed like that he said he dont kno it might have just been stuck inbetween a book for mad long so it got like that. does anyone know if it was really printed that thin? I didnt buy it but it was just cool to see lol

Yes, there's records made out of film; some out of cardboard even.

Here's one I have:

yea thats exactly how the joint i saw was.

those are called floppy disc those are just promo's usually you get them for some kinda of promotion of some sort.
i got some rap stuff on that type of vinyl also.

NO records don't get flat from putting books on them that's a crock of shlt, you can't even straighten them out that way dont believe the hype
CLUELESS people.

it takes heat to warp a record ,it's not going to take weight to straighten then back.

45s are the best hell i stopped counting aroud 3000 LOL...besides with Serato you dont have to worry about not being able to scratch them.. Just think of that one record with the dope beat that you always wanted to cut up... Well having a program where you can double them up solves that problem..You also have to remember that a lot of joints were only released on 45s..ie lots of local area bands that never went big...Plus looking thru piles of them is half the fun!!... Oh yea dont sleep on 8 tracks either!!! you can get them for like a dime/quater and sometimes for free...I have some dope "Grant Green" 8 tracks..Remember beats are where you find them and try not to limit yourself to one medium...