Andy AVAV Systems
@avavsystems.bsky.social
Audio Visual Services. Transcription of Obsolete Formats. Satellite, Aerial, AV Installs, serving Sussex & South East. Format Collector. Tech Geek. Record Hoarder & Charity Shop Frequenter. I do not have a PodCast
‘Tis @bandcamp.com Friday Started Duplicating a Limited Edition Run of 3” Reel to Reel Tapes for my buddies, Horrid Hill & Lavender Sweep Records Only 13 available, selling fast The Elderberry Tapes They are really cute little things horridhill.bandcamp.com/album/the-el...
Morning! I’m going to be offline most of the day doing the ‘meeting humans’ thing and travelling to and from the farthest reaches of the Central Line. But for #BandcampFriday I’ll be opening up preorders of a new release at 8am, Of Tide & Trail by Dan Arborise: unspunheroes.bandcamp.com/merch
Merch from Unspun Heroes
Merch from Unspun Heroes
unspunheroes.bandcamp.com
Time to sound like a broken record again. Though in this case, its CDs Another reminder Recorded Optical Discs are failing, especially cheap crappy ones These have appalling DiscRot Combination of crappy blanks, ink eating the polycarbonate & these awful sleeves. They Out Gas & hold moisture
It was supposed to be 10 CDs But it’s Two Shy #IllGetMyCoat
Rob Morgan@durutti74.bsky.social · 6d agoDoes anyone really need 8 CDs of Kajagoogoo?
Incase you’ve lost track of days, with the Bank Holiday, it’s Tuesday Something different for #TapeBoxTuesday (as I’ve not been very organised this week) It’s more #ShellacSleeves, but there you go A smorgasbord of 78 Sleeves, found in box I misplaced a couple of years ago #RecordShopStuff
Rack is done Connected Tested All kit working All switching working Thankfully, I can wheel it out the way so HRH won’t get annoyed by it The Kit is too nice to leave stacked in the corner Fawlty Towers #LaserVision, if anyone cares. Thought not #RetroTech #LaserDisc #Betamax #SVHS #Trinitron
Wet Bank Holiday, home alone boredom has kicked in Assembled a Rack last week & just plonked stuff on it to tidy up the floor I’m going in…..
Round up of August Chazza Tat & finds Still thin on the ground, don’t go in most of them now they’ve stopped doing music n stuff. Another 3 round here gone My usual suspects. Phase 4, Top of the Poppers, Studio2Stereo, Cassettes. You know the score
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: Bowie Prince Sooty & Sweep Madness The Specials Devine Madge The Jam Midge Ure The Beat
Stephen Green@beanygreen.bsky.social · last wk.Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin Black Sabbath Pickettywitch AC/DC Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias Madonna Stackridge The Pound Shop Boys Toto
Hi! Join us tomorrow at 11am @allfm.bsky.social for 2 bank holiday-tastic hours 🤩 all* yr fave artists, the latest** pop goss and diligently*** researched info. 😭 won't be able to post live pics as I'm performing essential maintenance. But enjoy! ✌️x *None of **wildly outdated ***half-heartedly
Of course it’s chucking it down, it’s a Bank Holiday Weekend. Nice to see the rain Despite the rumours, I can actually read. Those all of these do have pictures to help me along Mostly TV related stuff
Just like buses….. Don’t see many VHS-C Jobs, considering how many were sold. Then they come flooding in Pile of Tapes, some in poor condition with chews & sticky marks. Repair of some snapped ones for a fellow archivist. Fiddly things they are Cassette of a 60s Wedding Ceremony, lovely stuff
This PROVES Meta AI is shite :-) If it’s doesn’t know now, it never will!
Oh dear New Arrival at AVAV Towers. Being put through its paces this evening Will report back tomorrow
Sorting and listing Tape Tat on eBay. My Assistant, on the other hand, though paid top whack, is not pulling her weight
Paperback and e-book versions of my new book 172 Forgotten British Children's TV Shows From The 1980s are now available on Amazon at www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HG3BD7WC
Ep 78. We share listener's pre streaming discovery tales, a bumper letter bag, meta glasses get renamed, a quiz, lady pop and all your usual crate digging larks. Our cloud recording for @justplayed.bsky.social failed halfway, so he's half cooked until we recover it. Episode pod.link/1456163688
ABC - Lexicon of Love HMV, Churchill Sq, Brighton, £14.99 1984 It was the nearest place I could buy any CDs at the time To go in my newly purchased Philips CD101 Bought from my mates Mums catalogue. 52 weeks at £8.53 a week type thing Still got both player and CD
The old internet@theoldinternet.bsky.social · 3w ago44 years ago today, the first CD was produced. What is the first CD you owned?
a friend of mine sent me these photos of an IBM MT/ST tape (magnetic tape / selectric typewriter). the third photo particularly fascinated me: it shows the flux transitions with a Magnaviewer! is it possible to decode? 🧵
Tis #TapeBoxTuesday Early Sony Compact Cassette Tape In card slip case Early Decks didn’t all have Auto Stop. They either sat there or had a Stop Alarm, my Grandads Hitachi was loud THIS TAPE CASSETTE IS EQUIPPED WITH AUTO-SENSOR FOIL TO ACTIVATE END-ALARM FACILITY OF SONY CASSETTE RECORDER
Might not be myself for awhile** Finally seen MCR21 in the flesh Beautifully restored BBC Outside Broadcast Van from 1963 They’ve done superb job so far with meticulous attention to detail, restoration to original spec Theres even a Pye Camera from the 1966 World Cup ** I know ‘how would know’?
Greetings from the parched Fens. This is your 24 {checks clocks} erm, 22 hour tat notice.
Help Wanted! It’s a long shot & very niche But hoping someone out there in Old Gits Vintage Tech Land, can help I have a restored & we think working, NTSC EIAJ 1/2” Open Reel Video Tape Recorder Sony AV 3600, early 70s I need a known, good, working, NTSC Tape Can anyone out there help?
