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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 16, 2021 12:38:29 GMT
1923- Bessie Smith makes her first recording "Down Hearted Blues."
1934- Thousands of Socialists battle Communists at a rally in New York's Madison Square Garden.
1937- Dupont patents a new thread, nylon, which will replace silk in a number of products and reduce costs.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 16, 2021 13:41:57 GMT
I'm a bit sad, but I record my purchases in a spreadsheet. It has the following columns:
- Make
- Model
- Colour
- Serial No
- Date Bought
- Shop
- Price
- Sale Value
- Notes
I started doing it when I had a lot more guitars and I was concerned about what the wife or family would do with them if anything happened to me. I didn't want them to be robbed by anyone trying to buy them. Even with just 12 guitars, the potential sale value is going to be in the mid £20ks
I used to do that but through the years I stopped updating it. I should try to find it any see just how out of date it is. The older you get, it's more important, I think, to make sure those that follow you are not cheated. I had a copy of the Who My Generation album, signed by all 4 originals when we played with them. It was just stored in among all my other vinyl albums and I was beginning to think that when I popped off my son, who is the executor of our wills, may just give it to a charity shop.
Anyway, a while ago a 'Who' Collector heard I had it and offered my £2k for it. So I sold it to him. With hindsight, perhaps I should have asked for more, but never mind. He emailed me in 2019 to see if we had any more stuff. He said 'I feel lucky to have the my generation lp as there’s only a few period ones ever seen and I think yours/mine is the best example out there!
So people 'Dream as if you live forever, live as if you die today'
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 16, 2021 14:10:28 GMT
I used to do that but through the years I stopped updating it. I should try to find it any see just how out of date it is. The older you get, it's more important, I think, to make sure those that follow you are not cheated. I had a copy of the Who My Generation album, signed by all 4 originals when we played with them. It was just stored in among all my other vinyl albums and I was beginning to think that when I popped off my son, who is the executor of our wills, may just give it to a charity shop.
Anyway, a while ago a 'Who' Collector heard I had it and offered my £2k for it. So I sold it to him. With hindsight, perhaps I should have asked for more, but never mind. He emailed me in 2019 to see if we had any more stuff. He said 'I feel lucky to have the my generation lp as there’s only a few period ones ever seen and I think yours/mine is the best example out there!
So people 'Dream as if you live forever, live as if you die today'
I was much more fastidious about it when I had more vintage instruments, but you are right, my wife really has no idea what anything I have is worth. I'm not actually sure I have many other possessions that are really valuable otherwise. |
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Post by zontar on Feb 17, 2021 7:14:17 GMT
How do you know the date that you bought them? I'm a bit sad, but I record my purchases in a spreadsheet. It has the following columns:
- Make
- Model
- Colour
- Serial No
- Date Bought
- Shop
- Price
- Sale Value
- Notes
I started doing it when I had a lot more guitars and I was concerned about what the wife or family would do with them if anything happened to me. I didn't want them to be robbed by anyone trying to buy them. Even with just 12 guitars, the potential sale value is going to be in the mid £20ks
Well yours seem to worth more than mine, but I've often kept lists of stuff for variety of reasons--and so guitars, amps, pedals, just made sense. |
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Post by zontar on Feb 17, 2021 7:36:37 GMT
1904 - The opera "Madama Butterfly" by Giacomo Puccini had its world premiere at La Scala in Milan.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 17, 2021 8:29:22 GMT
1979
February 17
China invades Vietnam
In response to the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, China launches an invasion of Vietnam.
Tensions between Vietnam and China increased dramatically after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Attempting to expand its influence, Vietnam established a military presence in Laos; strengthened its ties with China’s rival, the Soviet Union; and toppled the Cambodian regime of Pol Pot in 1979. Just over a month later, Chinese forces invaded, but were repulsed in nine days of bloody and bitter fighting. Tensions between China and Vietnam remained high throughout the next decade, and much of Vietnam’s scarce resources were allocated to protecting its border with China and its interests in Cambodia.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 17, 2021 12:28:43 GMT
1979 February 17 China invades Vietnam In response to the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, China launches an invasion of Vietnam. Tensions between Vietnam and China increased dramatically after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Attempting to expand its influence, Vietnam established a military presence in Laos; strengthened its ties with China’s rival, the Soviet Union; and toppled the Cambodian regime of Pol Pot in 1979. Just over a month later, Chinese forces invaded, but were repulsed in nine days of bloody and bitter fighting. Tensions between China and Vietnam remained high throughout the next decade, and much of Vietnam’s scarce resources were allocated to protecting its border with China and its interests in Cambodia. Pol Pot- now that was one BAD DUDE |
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 17, 2021 12:29:11 GMT
1874: Thomas J. Watson is born in Campbell, NY. After working as a bookkeeper, an itinerant peddler of musical instruments, and a salesman for NCR, he becomes the dynamic head of IBM who helps computerize the modern world. His famous motto, "THINK," is shortened from his favorite remark, " 'I didn't think' has cost the world millions of dollars."
1753: The earliest known description of an electrical telegraph, entitled "An expeditious method for conveying intelligence," is published in Scots' Magazine. The author, identified only as "C.M." from the Scottish town of Renfrew, proposes a series of 24 wires, each attached to a small copper ball that will activate a letter of the alphabet at the other end of the wire when an electric current is transmitted. C.M. seems to suggest in his (her?) letter that the system has already been tested experimentally, but nothing more is known of its fate.
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Post by zontar on Feb 18, 2021 7:39:20 GMT
1968 - Pink Floyd fired Syd Barrett from the band and permanently replaced him with David Gilmour. (Who was already filling in)
1969 - The Bee Gees' Maurice Gibb, 19, marries the 20-year-old singer, Lulu (It lasted about 4 years)
1974 - Kiss release their self titled debut album
2010 - In an odd event, Gordon Lightfoot was headed to the dentist when he heard on the radio that he was dead. (Of course he wasn't or he wouldn't have been going to the dentist)
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 18, 2021 8:13:51 GMT
Civil War February 18, 1861 Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as president of the Confederate States. Davis had been a member of the U.S. Senate and had previously served as U.S. Secretary of War (1853-57).
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 18, 2021 13:22:27 GMT
1700: Daniel Bernoulli, one of the giants of probability theory and the father of modern risk analysis, is born in Basel, Switzerland.
1688: The London Gazette publishes the earliest known reference to "Edward Lloyd's coffee house," the birthplace of Lloyd's of London and the insurance industry.
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Post by Sgt Rock on Feb 18, 2021 19:37:05 GMT
2010 - In an odd event, Gordon Lightfoot was headed to the dentist when he heard on the radio that he was dead. (Of course he wasn't or he wouldn't have been going to the dentist) I saw a video about this. he immediately found a telephone and called the radio stationed and told them, "I'm still alive !". |
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 19, 2021 0:30:38 GMT
2010 - In an odd event, Gordon Lightfoot was headed to the dentist when he heard on the radio that he was dead. (Of course he wasn't or he wouldn't have been going to the dentist) I saw a video about this. he immediately found a telephone and called the radio stationed and told them, "I'm still alive !". Sounds like Mark Twain! |
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 19, 2021 7:46:16 GMT
1945 - US Marines Land On Iwo Jima
United States Marines landed on the tiny island of Iwo Jima where they were met with heavy resistance from the Japanese.
1942 - Executive Order 9066
President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, a controversial World War II policy with lasting consequences for Japanese Americans. The document ordered the "removal of resident enemy aliens" from parts of the West Coast vaguely identified as "military areas."
1933 - Great Britain War Loan Repayments
A major debate is raging on both sides of the Atlantic concerning the money loaned to Great Britain for the War effort . At the end of the War the French Government stated they would only pay 10 cents on the dollar of the money loaned to them and for weapons and the United States Government Agreed to the settlement. Britain in the meantime came to the United States and agreed to pay the full debt including a higher rate of interest than the French.
Now the British Government is demanding the US Government to treat the debts owed exactly the same as the French and other countries in Europe but with the United States having it's own problems with unemployment they are not willing to negotiate . This now leaves 2 great allies in war at odds with each other over war debts and many are waiting to see the outcome on both sides of the ocean.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 19, 2021 12:54:02 GMT
1878: Thomas Alva Edison receives a patent for his "tin-foil talking phonograph," ancestor of the modern record-player and the first device to make sound recording practical.
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Post by Sgt Rock on Feb 19, 2021 15:23:44 GMT
1945 - US Marines Land On Iwo Jima United States Marines landed on the tiny island of Iwo Jima where they were met with heavy resistance from the Japanese. one of the guys that raised the first flag on Iwo Jima lived 2 blocks down the street from me. there were two flags raised that day. the first one was a smaller flag. the second flag was larger. so, it was raised to be seen by more people on the island. |
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Post by zontar on Feb 20, 2021 21:16:08 GMT
I saw a video about this. he immediately found a telephone and called the radio stationed and told them, "I'm still alive !". Sounds like Mark Twain! Well he said a number of different witty things. Including the reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. |
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 20, 2021 21:37:54 GMT
Well he said a number of different witty things. Including the reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. That is what i was referring too (as you know).. |
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 20, 2021 21:39:11 GMT
1852: A locomotive of the Michigan Southern railroad puffs into Chicago, connecting the breadbasket of the world directly with the Eastern U.S. for the first time. Instead of more than two weeks by horse, coach and canalboat, it now takes just two days by rail to travel from New York City to Chicago. Goods, money and people can now flow between the two booming cities faster than anyone had ever imagined.
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Post by zontar on Feb 20, 2021 22:17:41 GMT
1724 -George Frideric Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" premieres at the King's Theatre in Haymarket, London
1816 - Gioachino Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome. Over a hundred years later it is immortalized by Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd.
1959 - A 16 year old Jimi Hendrix plays his first gig in the Temple De Hirsch synagogue basement, Seattle. He is fired from the band after the 1st set due to "wild" playing
1982 - Singer Pat Benatar married musician-producer Neil Giraldo in Hawaii
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Post by zontar on Feb 20, 2021 22:19:29 GMT
In sad news in 2003 a pyrotechnics display started a fire at a Great White Concert
100 people, including Great White guitarist Ty Longley, were killed.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 21, 2021 10:14:05 GMT
February 21st
1961 - The Beatles
The Beatles played three gigs in one day. The first was a lunchtime show at The Cavern Club, then at night they appeared at the Cassanova Club, Liverpool and at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.
Back then it wasn't that unusual to play multiple gigs in a day. I know we did a few double gigs in days and I seem to remember we did one 3 times in a day gig when we played afternoon, evening and overnight. Shattering.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 21, 2021 15:21:27 GMT
February 21st 1961 - The Beatles The Beatles played three gigs in one day. The first was a lunchtime show at The Cavern Club, then at night they appeared at the Cassanova Club, Liverpool and at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool. Back then it wasn't that unusual to play multiple gigs in a day. I know we did a few double gigs in days and I seem to remember we did one 3 times in a day gig when we played afternoon, evening and overnight. Shattering. Wow, the most I've ever done was 2 gigs in a day, usually around major holidays |
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 21, 2021 15:22:10 GMT
February 21:
1947: Edwin H. Land, founder of Polaroid Corp., demonstrates the instant camera to 650 scientists assembled at the annual meeting of the Optical Society of America. Never before has it been possible to develop a snapshot within a single minute. The Land Instant Camera sells at an initial price of $89.75; although Polaroid loses money on it at first, it goes on to make the company one of the great growth stocks of postwar America.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 21, 2021 18:05:24 GMT
February 21st 1961 - The Beatles The Beatles played three gigs in one day. The first was a lunchtime show at The Cavern Club, then at night they appeared at the Cassanova Club, Liverpool and at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool. Back then it wasn't that unusual to play multiple gigs in a day. I know we did a few double gigs in days and I seem to remember we did one 3 times in a day gig when we played afternoon, evening and overnight. Shattering. Wow, the most I've ever done was 2 gigs in a day, usually around major holidays Ours were usually on what we call Bank Holidays, so an afternoon gig, often outdoors, then a pub or club in the evening. The third one we did was an overnighter, playing from around 2 am till 6 am. |
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 21, 2021 18:13:49 GMT
Wow, the most I've ever done was 2 gigs in a day, usually around major holidays Ours were usually on what we call Bank Holidays, so an afternoon gig, often outdoors, then a pub or club in the evening. The third one we did was an overnighter, playing from around 2 am till 6 am. That's heavy duty! But wouldn't that 2-6 AM gig be classified as the next day? Just kidding!  |
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 21, 2021 18:16:18 GMT
Ours were usually on what we call Bank Holidays, so an afternoon gig, often outdoors, then a pub or club in the evening. The third one we did was an overnighter, playing from around 2 am till 6 am. That's heavy duty! But wouldn't that 2-6 AM gig be classified as the next day? Just kidding! Technically yes, but we had to pack up from the pub gig, probably before midnight and then traveled to the next, so we counted it as 3 gigs that day. I suppose you could argue it's 2 gigs on the Saturday and 2 on the Sunday  |
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 21, 2021 18:46:36 GMT
That's heavy duty! But wouldn't that 2-6 AM gig be classified as the next day? Just kidding! Technically yes, but we had to pack up from the pub gig, probably before midnight and then traveled to the next, so we counted it as 3 gigs that day. I suppose you could argue it's 2 gigs on the Saturday and 2 on the Sunday No matter how you slice it, that is one rough weekend! |
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Post by zontar on Feb 22, 2021 6:55:23 GMT
That's heavy duty! But wouldn't that 2-6 AM gig be classified as the next day? Just kidding! Technically yes, but we had to pack up from the pub gig, probably before midnight and then traveled to the next, so we counted it as 3 gigs that day. I suppose you could argue it's 2 gigs on the Saturday and 2 on the Sunday It's within 24 hours. |
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Post by zontar on Feb 22, 2021 7:10:37 GMT
1960 Percy Faith's "Theme From A Summer Place" hits #1 in America for the first of nine weeks, knocking Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome Tonight" from the top spot.
1968 - Genesis released its first single "The Silent Sun." (I like this song-- I heard it much later though)
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