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• Looks like the marketing guys have you NAILED sucka! - tubesforever 20:04:15 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  Even bought a second time around....

  Damn those marketing guys are clever. The marketing gals are downright dangerous--let that one sink in for a while....
  
  

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• Whale Blubber - Bill O'Connell 15:14:09 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  Makes the best footers for under your turntable. Use 4 1x2 inch pieces under my Well Tempered and Whoooaaaa. This isn't just some fish story.Patent pending on Jonah Squares.
  
  

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• Not only do I listen to that one, - jnorv 13:54:04 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  I have one of some wolf pups in a den.

  Jim N
  
  

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• Enjoy it from time to time - rlindsa 13:01:24 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  Was part of the whole "college in California in the 60s/70s" thing. Picked up a replacement copy a few months ago. Not part of my regular vinyl diet, but I enjoy it from time to time.

  Judy Collins used humpback whale songs on "Farewell to Tarwathy".
  
  rlindsa - new vinyl freak

  There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. (Albert Schweitzer)
  
  

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• I listened to it when I read Moby Dick. nt. - TomLarson 12:50:25 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  
  
  

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• I have those songs - Stale 10:26:53 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  (not that actual LP but the other one) and actually listen to it from time to time and really enjoy it.
  
  
  

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• loon calls - shersta 09:50:54 04/12/07 (3)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  I've got an lp of loon calls. Growing up, our family had small cabin in northern Minnesota, and there were a lot of loons on the lake. I don't get to hear a loon much anymore, but sometimes at dusk on a late summer evening, it is pleasent to pop that on, sit on the porch with a beer, and pretend that I am again in the great north woods of my childhood.
  
  

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  • What is a loon??? - Olly 18:27:43 04/12/07 (2)
    In Reply to: loon calls posted by shersta on April 12, 2007 at 09:50:54:

    OLLY
    
    

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    • here ya go Olly - shersta 10:55:31 04/13/07 (0)
      In Reply to: What is a loon??? posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 18:27:43:

      [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon[/url]
      
      

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    • Someone from Minnie Soda? - M3 lover 19:46:03 04/12/07 (0)
      In Reply to: What is a loon??? posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 18:27:43:

      Yest yoakin'!
      
      

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• OK, how about "Frog Talk"? - M3 lover 09:34:50 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  Family got me this as a reminder of summer evenings at the cottage in Michigan. This one is for background only so not a competitor to whale songs for the Top Ten.

  Mine is on the NorthSound label. For anyone interested, they also offer babbling brook, loon, wolf, ocean and many others. I also have an ocean sounds on Lazerlight which is an inexpensive alternative to "audiophile" burn in discs.
  
  

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• Extraordinary music indeed. - newdreams 09:25:33 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  I still remember hearing this for the first time in the 70s and being stunned by the beauty and abstractness of it. This music really does take you away, and might be best heard on headphones.

  There is some info on humpback whale music at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/radiox/humpback/hw_archive.html

  The LP is also available as a CD, but is very hard to find. By all means give it a listen and see what it does for you. As a musician dabbling in electronic (and now software) synthesis, I'm still dazzled by this other-worldly music. Of course it won't work for everyone. Our mileages do indeed vary.
  

  • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/radiox/humpback/hw_archive.html   (Open in New Window)

  
  

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• That LP played a role in my life! It is not as obscure as you might think, or apparently as I thought! - JoshT 07:42:43 04/12/07 (1)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  I first heard it on WZBC (Boston College radio station) when I was a senior in high school in the early 1980s.

  Years later, when I was working in NYC right after college, I mentioned it to some coworkers, who encouraged me to "sing" some of it so they could better understand the sounds I was describing. As I did so, in my office but with my door open, I didn't realize that others were congregating by my office door with puzzled, amused and, in some cases, disturbed or annoyed expressions. Over time, word spread that people should drop by my office and ask me to do the "whale song thing", and generally I did not let them down! So, that LP was actually a part of my life some time ago!

  (No disrespect to any HB whales out there, or to those asylees truly moved by the LP. This was all in good fun and I too find it a cool concept and quite spiritual in a way.)
  
  

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  • Nice story. I will have a listen tomorrow arvo. - Olly 07:52:39 04/12/07 (0)
    In Reply to: That LP played a role in my life! It is not as obscure as you might think, or apparently as I thought! posted by JoshT on April 12, 2007 at 07:42:43:

    OLLY
    
    

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• UH...I have that very album...nt - Rich Jura 07:29:53 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  nt
  
  

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• Just put on Pink Floyd "Echos"..same thing - chosenhandle 07:00:46 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  love that song....
  
  

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• As with anything - if you listen and it moves you, it's good. - ppopp 06:56:02 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  Although you might accused of being a tree-hugging, new-age vegan hippy.
  
  

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• Re: If I listen to this am I sick or what. - jweiss 06:52:47 04/12/07 (1)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  You should actually open your mind and listen to that LP. I still remember finding my first one of that genre of recordings. Unimaginably beautiful. Musical in the highest sense. Otherworldly. You have to be a complete cretin to not get it. Do you really think human beings are the only creatures in this world who understand music?

  Jonathan
  
  

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  • I love watching David Attenborough's wildlife chows - Olly 07:56:32 04/12/07 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by jweiss on April 12, 2007 at 06:52:47:

    and enjoy the music skills of whales but to sit and listen for 45 minutes might be stretching it a bit. I might have to do one side then come back after intermission for side B.
    OLLY
    
    

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• Re: If I listen to this am I sick or what. - shersta 06:30:22 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  When I lived in Bloomington, IL, the local NPR station would run a program called "Music from the Heart of Space" or somesuch at around 1 or 2 in the morning. It often featured low key electronic music that made heavy use of whale calls. Very dreamy and atmospheric and the perfect counterpoint to the caffine-fueled, late-night essay writing marathons I was continually subjected to as a graduate student. Oh yeah, and of course I was listening to this through a boombox I rescued from the trash.
  
  

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• Re: If I listen to this am I sick or what. - Hack839 06:19:54 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  It's not much different than the Railroad sounds record I have. The kids come running in, say you're Cuckoo, but they don't leave the room.
  
  

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• My parents used to have that album... - nubz 05:56:41 04/12/07 (0)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  It's very strange yet interesting. Give it a spin. You might like it.

  
  - nubz - :-)
  
  

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• I collect those - Frank_Locke 05:40:53 04/12/07 (2)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  I find that listening to sounds of nature-type LPs on what I might laughably refer to as my hi-res system can be thrilling. It depends on my frame of mind; I have to be in a peaceful, contemplative state of mind, willing to use my precious listening time for something a little different.

  With whale LPs, you can get a sense of depth of sound stage, as it were, that is pretty incredible, hearing sounds that "appear" to be miles "behind" the speakers.

  I do, though, find it hard to come by clean copies of these types of LPs; surface noise can really kill the suspension of disbelief.

  Really. I'm serious.
  
  

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  • I collect sound track LPs, like Linda Lovelace's videos. - Muzikmike 12:21:43 04/12/07 (1)
    In Reply to: I collect those posted by Frank_Locke on April 12, 2007 at 05:40:53:

    Ah, the reality! Even with scratches!
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    If I had more money I'd soon be broke...but I'd have more LPs!
    
    

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    • No matter how scratched the background noise is the same - Olly 18:29:58 04/12/07 (0)
      In Reply to: I collect sound track LPs, like Linda Lovelace's videos. posted by Muzikmike on April 12, 2007 at 12:21:43:

      Come to think of it the scratches add to the moment.
      OLLY
      
      

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• Re: If I listen to this am I sick or what. - Pappas3278 05:39:52 04/12/07 (1)
  In Reply to: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Olly on April 12, 2007 at 04:01:22:

  I think it just shows your level of interest in audio reproduction, specifically with vinyl. I feel like I can relate. If I saw that in a bin, I think I would pick it up for a listen too. Now, on the other hand, if this was a CD, I wouldn't even consider it for a listen. That's just my feeling. What do you think?

  -Mike
  
  

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  • I think you are right and in a way I bet it is awesome - Olly 05:41:20 04/12/07 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: If I listen to this am I sick or what. posted by Pappas3278 on April 12, 2007 at 05:39:52:

    OLLY
    
    

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