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Talked to an old clock repair guy at the flea market last Saturday
He said most people ruin old clocks by winding them too tight, and that a 1950s kitchen clock should tick at about 300 times per minute. Made me wonder if any of you ever got a behind-the-scenes tip from a vendor that totally changed how you look at something.
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ryan_stone17d ago
Max808 hit the nail on the head. That b-side wisdom from the record guy is pure gold. I had a similar thing with a jazz record I bought for the big hit, flipped it over for a random track, and it turned out to be this slow burner that just hits different late at night. Now I always give every record a full spin before I judge it, both sides, just like that clock guy said about not winding too tight.
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the_nathan29d ago
Guy at a record fair told me to always check the B-side first. Changed everything.
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max80828d ago
yeah @the_nathan that guy was right. i used to skip b-sides for years and now i got a stack of records where the best track is buried on side 2. like i bought a Talking Heads record for "Once in a Lifetime" and the b-side "Seen and Not Seen" is actually the one that grew on me. now i look like a fool digging through bins flipping every record over. my friends make fun of me for it but whatever.
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