Eric Clapton "Hello Old Friend" --No Reason to Cry Vinyl

[blunthead27]

Thanx.

[DaveWollenberg]

Love Marcy Levy's background on this! She should've had a top 40 hit of her own.

[meeco59]

I love this song and remember just staring at the red bear going around and around. Very comforting for some reason! Thanks for posting.

[billbobagns]

Inside the dc motor of the 8Track will be a centrifugal governor. May be a "screw" adjustment to raise the motor speed. Also a stretched belt can slow things down.

There is a clear "hum" on the audio. Look for "electrolytic" capacitors in the system. They will be the largest capacitors in there. Some may be in series with the speakers, others are in the power supply. The ones in the power supply are responsible for the "hum".

[briankdrag]

@billbobagns

Thanks for the tip. The turntable uses a rubber disc that presses against a metal drive-cone thing. I wrapped a little bit of tape around the drive cone to increase its circumference. It plays at the right speed now. But you can hear a little Ratatatatatatatat sound coming from the cone because it isn't perfectly round now :|

[matias87ar]

you should attach the turntable to ground, to eliminate that sound when you turn it on

[mac3079b]

Great album!!!

[west5a]

Umm. This is a PERFECT song. My high-school girlfriend of 28 YEARS AGO tracked me down somehow and for some unknown reason. 'Hello Old Friend' YAY !!

[MultiShades]

love the way you just put the record on and walk away --your hello old friend =-Peace

[breffnipark]

I love this !!!  :)

[haskettandrew]

Fuckin' chilllllll...

[eoc6cis]

OK ! A "Pull Out" good enough :) Thanks.

[eoc6cis]

Is the turntable a "flip- up"?

[briankdrag]

@eoc6cis

What is a "flip-up" turntable?

[eoc6cis]

@briankdrag

a "flip-up" is, one that you fold the turntable into the console before you close the

doors on it.

[briankdrag]

@eoc6cis

Maybe this is a flip-up after all. However, you don't fold the turntable so much as you pull it out and push it in like a kitchen drawer.

[eoc6cis]

I see your 8 track dose it work? and what do U have?

[briankdrag]

@eoc6cis

It works. I had a big bag of 8 tracks I got for free but most were bands from the late 70's disco gutter. I kept 4 carts: "The Band" " The Guess Who" "George Harrison-All things Must Pass" and some weird live album by Yoko Ono and The Mothers. I had Lou Reed's Transformer but the damn tape thing snapped in 2.

[eoc6cis]

@briankdrag

I would have done the same. Well maybe not Yoko Ono :)

[eoc6cis]

I think the speed on your player is a little off (slow), or is it just the way it was recored? I still love it

[briankdrag]

@eoc6cis

It's slow. A real bummer. There's no adjusting dial I can see.

[aldobas77]

Great song, nice video, sounds very good !