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JQW commented on the post, ATM – recovering data from a corrupted USB? 6 days, 7 hours ago
If it’s a standard USB stick then, unfortunately, it’s most likely unrecoverable. These devices have a tendency to go bad over time, and the data is most likely lost. The ‘drive inaccessible’ message means that […]
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JQW commented on the post, Great Pubs 1 month ago
I’ve spoken to her today. I’d got the facts wrong – it’s not where she met my dad, but she did attend a few dances up there in the early 1960s, including one on the day JFK was assassinated. By the time you […]
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JQW commented on the post, Great Pubs 1 month ago
I believe my parents may have met in the Miner’s Arms. My mother’s from Pateley Bridge and has mentioned that pub in the past.
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JQW commented on the post, “Nope – put the single on side one, move that one to the middle of side two” 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I’ve checked the various recordings I own of the Ninth. Playing times are about 60 to 67 minutes long, and several of the recordings have the CD padded out with extra filler tracks – in one case the filler is a […]
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JQW commented on the post, "Fairytale of New York" in the age of enlightenment 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Of the four food shops I tend to visit, only two play music. One has a radio which was blaring out one of the dire Christmas chestnuts last Thursday. The other has some sort of playlist which at the moment seems […]
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JQW commented on the post, ATM – CD player knackered? 1 month, 4 weeks ago
The chip or circuit that controls the front panel is most likely knackered in some way, hence the erratic behaviour.
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JQW commented on the post, Racist Dropped by Record Company 2 months ago
There could be terrible repercussions from this – without a record deal he could after all start writing another novel, and no-one needs that.
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JQW commented on the post, Your Grand Lockdown Listening Projects 2 months, 2 weeks ago
When EMI initially introduced the 45 in 1953 it was only for select releases. It wasn’t until early 1956 that the majority of singles were made available on both formats, and even then there were a few titles that […]
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JQW commented on the post, ATM Small TV question 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Indoor aerials are generally awful with digital TV unless you live really close to the transmitter.
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JQW commented on the post, Strange musical couplings 3 months ago
There’s a 1974 album by jazz composer/saxophonist Oliver Nelson which features Chas & Dave on the majority its tracks. They even composed a couple of the numbers.
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JQW commented on the post, HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY! 3 months ago
HELP, MY TYPEWRITER IS BROKEN – E. E. CUMMINGS!
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JQW commented on the post, The “Pomp and Circumstance” genre – overblown singing, orchestral hits, heavenly choirs, tempo changes. And the kitchen sink… 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Johnny Arthey was responsible for the orchestration of Eloise. He was even credited on the label of the original 7″ single.
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JQW commented on the post, The record shop, the taxman and the missing billions 4 months, 1 week ago
I recall visiting one city centre CD shop circa 2005. There was a sign on the wall stating that new releases from major acts would only be available from Tuesdays instead of their usual Monday release date. I […]
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JQW commented on the post, Look! I've Made A Model Aeroplane! 4 months, 1 week ago
Oddly there were some Revell model aircraft kits in Home Bargains when I popped in this morning. 99p each, but they’re those tiddy 1/144 scale things.
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JQW commented on the post, CDs almost dead? 4 months, 1 week ago
Large boxed sets are prevalent in ‘classical’ music. All three major labels have huge back-catalogues now that Warner Music own the output of EMI’s classical labels, which results in many boxed sets containing […]
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JQW commented on the post, ATM: PC graphics card installation help 4 months, 3 weeks ago
A hack I’ve seen is to use a 6-pin connector in the 8-pin socket, and then link the two remaining sockets together with a bodged cable. Of course this may not work on all graphics cards.
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JQW commented on the post, Zavvi jazz bargain 4 months, 4 weeks ago
I suspect it’s remaindered back-issue titles from the De Agostini jazz series of a couple of years ago, which are being dumped due to the expiration of the rights De Agostini had to distribute them.
It’s very […]
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JQW commented on the post, Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories – Expanded And Remastered 4 months, 4 weeks ago
One should really go under the name Sham Sham 69.
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JQW commented on the post, Oi – You've nicked my song…. 5 months ago
Ralf & Florian surely must have heard this, Hindermith’s Flute Sonata from 1936.
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JQW commented on the post, Brian Eno's "ambient" speaker system 5 months ago
I recall reading about this ‘hack’ in the sleeve notes of one of my Dad’s stereo demonstration records. It didn’t really work when we tried it out back in the day – possibly due to grounding issues.
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