I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos

. ATTENTION !! NEW VERSION CLICK HERE FOR BETTER VERY DETAILED HIGH DEFINITION SOUND WITH AN SME 3009 TONEARM. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr0mxs... . THIS NEW DIRECT UPLOAD IS WITH AN SME 3009 MARK 11 TONEARM GIVES A MUCH RICHER OPEN AND DETAILED ANALOG SOUND .. HOPE YOU ENJOY IT. THE TURNTABLE IS A SONY TTS-3000. I only have eyes for you - The Flamingos (1959) BEST SOUND AT 480p. The song was written by Harry Warren in 1934, lyrics by Al Dubin, for the movie Dames starring Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, and later featured in the movie A Bronx Tale. FOR MORE INFO ON THIS SONG CLICK HERE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Only_H... Played on a Bang & Olufsen Beogram turntable model RX 2. Playing through a Pioneer SX 1080 Receiver bi-amped using Magneplanar Magnepan speakers with a powerd 12" sub-woofer. B&O is about as sleek and modern in appearance as you can get with their high end ultra modern styled stereo gear, and I found this in a thrift store of all places. These turntables were quite pricey when new, and command a high price used today. The stylus and cartridge are in excellent condition.. It is very elegantly styled with as few knobs etc., as possible to not detract from its sleek clean design. The tonearm does not even have a tonearm rest, it just sits suspended in air. It determines the speed and record size by the spindle. When starting to play you will notice the record rise about 1/4 of an inch off the turntable. If it was a 12" 33RPM record the weight would keep the spindle down and it would change speed to 33 and index for a 12" record. The speed and index sizing can be overridden for odd records like 7" 33 or 12" 45 RPM. The Bang & Olufsen MMC cartridge is a sterling example of Bang & Olufsen's pursuit and execution of superior design and engineering. This turntable has the MMC5. "MMC" stands for Moving Micro-Cross, a design principle that integrated all of the cartridge components - coils, magnet, cantilever, and stylus and which became the patented moving-iron principle upon which all B&O cartridges were based. The MMC moving-iron cartridge is designed to produce the finest groove separation and accurate reproduction of music. For everyday use I still prefer a standard turntable. I like to use a discwasher brush to clean the record on the turntable,and you cannot do that on this turntable due to the suspension being built in the turntable instead of in the deck as most standard turntables. History of B&O http://www.beoworld.org/article_view....

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[lrd9999]

Cool record and turntable. I'm assuming it pops up the record like that to avoid scuffing the grooves while it gets up to speed.

[maynardcat]

There is no scuffing of the grooves on the turntable, the popping up of the 45 record is how it determines the speed, and 7" indexing. The heavier 33 Lp weights it down, and it cannot pop up and the speed is adjusted to 33 rpm and a 12" Index. It can be ove ridden to play 12" 45 rpm records and 33 rpm 7"records.

[lrd9999]

That's cool. I wonder what would happen if you put a 10" record on it; I assume the override lets you put the needle anywhere. I believe 10" records made a minor comeback in the late '70s, just after many turntable makers had stopped supporting them.

[maynardcat]

If you play a 10" 33rpm you can override the automatic setting. I'm not familiar with a comeback of 10" 33 rpm Lps in the 70's, but they were popular in the early 1950's, and the 78 records were 10" I have a 10" Lp posted titled You're getting to be a habit with me by Doris Day 1951

[darrell garrett]

can you by a turntable like that in the states

[maynardcat]

There are quite a few listed now on ebay. 

[mw2interventionjerk]

i watched some old vids of my parents and my dad sung this at their wedding guess im going to do the same

[Warren Brownlow]

Great song 

[jorgemorenogalaxyace]

I love song

[cerrismatic]

Excellent song.

[lrd9999]

My parents had 10 inchers from before about 1957, but everything after that was 12". The punk/new-wave bands of the late '70s/early'80s had a penchant for EPs, many on 10" 33s; even the police released "Regatta DeBlank" in a special set of 3 10" EPs. If you Google '"who's got 10 inches" AND "new wave"', you'll find of pretty impressive list of releases like this. Oddly, most low-end Garrard changers of the '70s changed 10" 78s, but not 33s; BSRs and Collaros still could, though.

[Mike Mangan]

Some 50 plus years later this still remains one of the top 5 all time classic Doo Wop songs!

[tdshaker]

Greatest slow song of all time, for dancing real close.

[Raymond Gobbis]

All I can say is WoW.

[taratova]

I wonder how many times in my life I listened to this song...and I will never tire of it.. just as fresh and beautiful as ever.