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The Blown Away Guy campaign did boost Maxell's sales as did their Israelites advert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clD6J9OmkJI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v

The Blown Away Guy campaign did boost Maxell's sales as did their Israelites advert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clD6J9OmkJI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clD6J9OmkJI) and The Skids (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gib916jJW1o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gib916jJW1o), they were up against TDK at the time and to be honest the TDK audio cassettes probably just had it. Sticking with an Audiophile theme, I was surprised to learn its 50yrs of the Technic's SL 1200!?! https://www.technics.com/global/home/sl1200/50th-anniversary.html https://www.technics.com/global/home/sl1200/50th-anniversary... In the UK in the early 90's you couldn't get these for love nor money, not A stock, not B stock, not C stock because of the Rave/Acid house culture taking off (along with the de'rigueur Stanton cartridge), which is why this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ZxRs45tTg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ZxRs45tTg) will bring back some massive grins for some people! You know who you are! ;)

thunderbong 4y ago
Your last link is incorrect
- Terry_Roll 4y ago
  I dont understand?
  - TacticalCoder 4y ago
    Bicep Glue is relatively recent. It's not from the early 90s: people may not realize they're showing images where insane rave parties took place. FWIW I've got the original version of Bicep Glue in my car as well as a one hour non-stop repetitive loop. I sometimes listen to that when driving. I love it.
    - Terry_Roll 4y ago
      > Bicep Glue is relatively recent. It's not from the early 90s: people may not realize they're showing images where insane rave parties took place. OIC, yeah, now whilst its not Helter Skelter, Fantazia or something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOMT3bRJXOo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOMT3bRJXOo I think The Prodigy discography perhaps best mirrors the evolution of the music scene & mood in the UK through this time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSTBFZ-To2E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSTBFZ-To2E What alot of people dont know is its probably MI5 we have to thank for Ecstasy and the US Army. So the US Army rediscovered it and the spooks flooded the country to stop the fighting on the football terraces (no seating back then) as depicted in films like Football factory, but MI5 will deny it as it also spawned the darker side like the film Essex Boys. The intro is the interesting bit here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931692/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931692/
  - thunderbong 4y ago
    I don't know why but yesterday, all the other links opened the videos, but not that one. It kept going to some page saying 'You browser is capable of viewing Youtube' or something like that. Today it worked however!
    - Terry_Roll 4y ago
      Well since I posted that link to Bicep Glue yesterday, right now its been viewed 10,202 times! I have noticed for a few years now, sometimes websites are inaccessible with a direct click like in this situation but become accessible when a search engine results link to wherever is clicked on.
TacticalCoder 4y ago
> Sticking with an Audiophile theme, I was surprised to learn its 50yrs of the Technic's SL 1200!?! https://www.technics.com/global/home/sl1200/50th-anniversary https://www.technics.com/global/home/sl1200/50th-anniversary... I'm trying to fetch one. At 1099 EUR it's kinda a steal: only 100 EUR more than a non-anniversary / unlimited one. And the (non limited) used ones anyway can easily go for 800 EUR. It's not as epic as the 1995 limited run of 5000 gold-plated units (which, I'm sure, are now worth a little fortune so I'll never have one of these), but at 12 000 units that 50th anniversary run looks like a real bargain and the closest I can get to that 1995 collectible one. Are you getting one?
- Terry_Roll 4y ago
  I think the MK4's were technically the best on paper but from what I've read they were only sold in Japan. Dont forget things like leaded solder is no longer used today. Maybe one day but dont have the time for it.
- atoav 4y ago
  I bought a broken one for 340 Euros in 2006. Replaced the cables and the needle light and it was good to go. Still alive and kicking in 2022
fortran77 4y ago
And it boosted sales of LC2 chairs. We've got one in our foyer. A licensed "Cassina" one https://www.cassina.com/it/en/products/lc2-poltrona.html?coatingItem=Y-Y251#002-lc2-poltrona_45240 https://www.cassina.com/it/en/products/lc2-poltrona.html?coa...
sakopov 4y ago
I remember buying 2 new SL-1200s for $400 a pop 15 years ago. I have 3 of them collecting dust in my parents basement. Shocked to find out that a pair of new ones will cost over $2k today.
- anamexis 4y ago
  Not only that, but I am sure you could dust off those 1200s and sell them for over $400 each. Even beaten up mk2 models can fetch that much.
drcongo 4y ago
Decades later, and I can still remember all the words on the Isrealites and Skids ads and can't listen to either song without singing along with those words.

thunderbong 4y ago

Your last link is incorrect

Terry_Roll 4y ago
I dont understand?
- TacticalCoder 4y ago
  Bicep Glue is relatively recent. It's not from the early 90s: people may not realize they're showing images where insane rave parties took place. FWIW I've got the original version of Bicep Glue in my car as well as a one hour non-stop repetitive loop. I sometimes listen to that when driving. I love it.
  - Terry_Roll 4y ago
    > Bicep Glue is relatively recent. It's not from the early 90s: people may not realize they're showing images where insane rave parties took place. OIC, yeah, now whilst its not Helter Skelter, Fantazia or something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOMT3bRJXOo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOMT3bRJXOo I think The Prodigy discography perhaps best mirrors the evolution of the music scene & mood in the UK through this time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSTBFZ-To2E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSTBFZ-To2E What alot of people dont know is its probably MI5 we have to thank for Ecstasy and the US Army. So the US Army rediscovered it and the spooks flooded the country to stop the fighting on the football terraces (no seating back then) as depicted in films like Football factory, but MI5 will deny it as it also spawned the darker side like the film Essex Boys. The intro is the interesting bit here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931692/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931692/
- thunderbong 4y ago
  I don't know why but yesterday, all the other links opened the videos, but not that one. It kept going to some page saying 'You browser is capable of viewing Youtube' or something like that. Today it worked however!
  - Terry_Roll 4y ago
    Well since I posted that link to Bicep Glue yesterday, right now its been viewed 10,202 times! I have noticed for a few years now, sometimes websites are inaccessible with a direct click like in this situation but become accessible when a search engine results link to wherever is clicked on.

TacticalCoder 4y ago

> Sticking with an Audiophile theme, I was surprised to learn its 50yrs of the Technic's SL 1200!?! https://www.technics.com/global/home/sl1200/50th-anniversary https://www.technics.com/global/home/sl1200/50th-anniversary... I'm trying to fetch one. At 1099 EUR it's kinda a steal: only 100 EUR more than a non-anniversary / unlimited one. And the (non limited) used ones anyway can easily go for 800 EUR. It's not as epic as the 1995 limited run of 5000 gold-plated units (which, I'm sure, are now worth a little fortune so I'll never have one of these), but at 12 000 units that 50th anniversary run looks like a real bargain and the closest I can get to that 1995 collectible one. Are you getting one?

Terry_Roll 4y ago
I think the MK4's were technically the best on paper but from what I've read they were only sold in Japan. Dont forget things like leaded solder is no longer used today. Maybe one day but dont have the time for it.
atoav 4y ago
I bought a broken one for 340 Euros in 2006. Replaced the cables and the needle light and it was good to go. Still alive and kicking in 2022

fortran77 4y ago

And it boosted sales of LC2 chairs. We've got one in our foyer. A licensed "Cassina" one https://www.cassina.com/it/en/products/lc2-poltrona.html?coatingItem=Y-Y251#002-lc2-poltrona_45240 https://www.cassina.com/it/en/products/lc2-poltrona.html?coa...

sakopov 4y ago

I remember buying 2 new SL-1200s for $400 a pop 15 years ago. I have 3 of them collecting dust in my parents basement. Shocked to find out that a pair of new ones will cost over $2k today.

anamexis 4y ago
Not only that, but I am sure you could dust off those 1200s and sell them for over $400 each. Even beaten up mk2 models can fetch that much.

drcongo 4y ago

Decades later, and I can still remember all the words on the Isrealites and Skids ads and can't listen to either song without singing along with those words.