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Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 18, 2014 at 3:33pm

Thanks Katerina! I've written to Virgy to ask if she has any ino about her 45 project. Happy Easter (even though the Greek easter comes later).

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 18, 2014 at 3:16pm

                       WE HAVE A GROUPIE!

I was working in my Study when the door bell rang. I went downstairs, opened the door, and saw this young lady:

"Mmmm", I thought to myself. "Classic late 50's looks -- long blonde hair, pony-tail, short skirt, legs that go on for ever, AND she's carrying a Dansette record player."

"Hello", I said.

"Bonjour", she replied.

Sometimes I forget that I live in France. "Vous parlez anglais?"

"Non" she replied.

That's the trouble with young French kids today, they just don't have a proper grounding in English....

Will you please get on with the story, Val, as we don't want to hear your views on comparative education!

Sorry.

So I asked her, in French, of course, what I could do for her?

"I want to be your Groupie!" she said.

I was somewhat taken back by this. "Well, there's not really a vacancy for a Groupie at the moment, and there's also a waiting list for the position, but perhaps you could come back in about an hour's time and I'll see what can be done."

"Non, she said. "You don't understand. I want to join your Vinyl Art Group."

"Oh." Pause. "Well yes you can." Pause. "What's your name?"

"Marie-Antoinette."

"That's not a very rock'n'roll name. Can I call you 'Peggy Sue'?

"Oui". Pause. "What's your name?"

"Valentine Mark".

"That's not a very rock'n'roll name either. Can I call you something more rock'n'roll-able?"

"OK. But what are you going to call me?"

"I don't know. Ask the Vinyl Art Group for a suitable nom de plume disque."

OK Gang...what should I ask Peggy Sue to call me??

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 18, 2014 at 11:04am

Here's the ol' announcement from Virgy's "45"...

MailArt Project " MailArt a 45 Giri"

somewhere there must be a link to see the contributions of 2009...

'just have not found it yet...but there were lots of painted "45 rpm" vinyls!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 18, 2014 at 11:00am

Great vinyl record art here! Wow!

And I hunted up the "45 rpm" mail art project that Virgy Milici in Italy

had back in 2009:

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 18, 2014 at 7:48am

I set up the ones with sheet music last year. All of the ones that are vinyl only have been done since Monday. Yesterday afternoon, I decuided tohave a photo shoot on my terrace using Mr Noone's vinyl and whatever bits and pieces I could find in my study. Now I'm going to the Studio where more vinyl awaits me....

Comment by Dame Mailarta on April 18, 2014 at 7:06am

One more for the group . . crocheted twine over LP

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 18, 2014 at 5:39am

This one is called 'The UK is NOT in the European Monetary Union'.

And here's a tribute to the late Queen Mum:

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 18, 2014 at 5:35am

       CONFESSIONS OF AN ANALOGUE ONLY VINYL MAN: Part 1

Explanatory note.I used to be a writer and self-published about ten books in the mid-and late 20004s -- I had never even heard of Mail Art then. This became too expensive, so I turned to Art, and then to Mail Art, instead, mistakenly thinking it would be cheaper. It isn't. In 2009, I edited a book called 'Collections and Collectors' about the collections and collecting habits of a group of my friends. I wrote a chapter called 'Confessions of an analogue only digital man'. It might interest you in the context of this Group, and I will 'serialise' it in the next few days. Here is how it starts.

*****

  CONFESSIONS OF AN ANALOGUE ONLY DIGITAL MAN

I know it’s only rock’n’roll, but I like it, like it, yes, I do”

(The Rolling Stones)

A BIG collection of music

In my Vinyl Record Collection, I have about: I) 800 7” vinyl 45 rpm single records, ii)1,040 12” vinyl 33 rpm long player (LP) records, and iii) there are also about 850 cassettes).

The number of tracks (tunes) that are in this Collection are about:

• 1,650 for the 45’s (2/record, but there are some EP’s –Extended Players --with 4 tracks)

• 13,200 for the 33’s (12/record, but there are some double albums), and

• 17,850 for the cassettes (21/cassette, half of which are pre-recorded, half of which I have recorded

That adds up to 32,700 tracks.

But there is some overlap – the same track on more than one 45, 33 or cassette – say, 15%, so the number of different tracks equals 27, 795.

Let’s call it 28,000.

If each track lasts for 3 ½ minutes, this amounts to:

• 98,000 minutes of continuous listening time, or

• 1,633 hours of continuous listening time, or

• 68 days of continuous listening time.

As I said, it’s BIG.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 17, 2014 at 8:11pm

Are you Nuts about Vinyl Art?

Yes?

No?

Maybe?

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 17, 2014 at 8:09pm

And still with the same song....

Well, maybe, just maybe...

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