Best sounding flexidisc ever?

[@laurelhardy4064]

It still sounds better than some of today's 180 gram pressings, thanks for the video.

[@Recordology]

You bet!

[@ThisGuyFrritz]

My dad got that back in the day (I don't know how). It was played once. Since then, I have NO IDEA whatever-da-heck happened to it. So, this is my second time hearing that flexidisc.

[@timwoodland3664]

Fantastic! Chet and Les are incredible guitarists. Not only that, but their contributions to the recording industry are legendary! I don't know about best sounding flexi, but the coolest one that I had as a kid was the 1979 Mad magazine mystery record: Super Spectacular Day in which depending upon where the needle dropped, would play one of eight different endings.

[@nickbitten6037]

Sounds fairly good on headphones. Definately a keeper for your collection.

[@radiorobertakaandy5982]

Bright and breezy start to the day when your feeling under the weather like me.thanks for sharing Recordology

[@Recordology]

Get feeling better!

[@robertkeefer1552]

That's one record the Buffalo Girl can't break!! Sound quality is really good for that record. Cheers.

[@chrisblackburn1872]

Wow that does sound really good. Enjoy the video. Thank you for helping me start my day. I watch most of the video's when I get up for work at 3AM. 😎👍

[@Recordology]

You are so welcome

[@georgeboubous8318]

A case where using a record weight or clamp makes sense.

[@stephenjerome4135]

Wow what a fun little record. That is probably by far the best sounding flexi disc I have heard. The fidelity is good and it sounds great through headphones. Chet Atkins was a great guitarist but another one that you don't hear getting a mention very much these days is Bert Weedon. He was an awesome guitarist back in the day and had a couple of hits in the late 50's and early 60's. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit in the UK singles chart with a record called 'Guitar Boogie Shuffle'. Great record, it reached number 10 in the UK charts.

[@creeder44]

Very good sound for a flexidisc. I love Chet Atkins and have a lot of his stuff. You're right, he's often left off modern lists of the greatest guitarists "ever," but they also leave off Django Reinhardt and lots of other people who belong. The same is true of lists of movies, bands, songs and albums. Most such lists are written by young squirts who don't know anything that happened before 2000. There's a video on KZbin listing the 10 Greatest Broadway Musicals of "all time." It has all the recent popular shows like "Les Miz" and "Hamilton" (even "Cats"!), but no Rodgers & Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Frank Loesser, Jule Styne, Irving Berlin, Meredith Wilson...nothing from the canon of classic musicals that have been constantly on the boards for well over half a century.

[@Brokeninc]

Man those drums and high hats remind me of Electro swing. I thought this was a remix at first.

[@Recordology]

lol I get that! Here is the video.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqCYpIKQrd-hfLc

[@jeremy_h]

I was able to thrift some Chet stuff when I first got into vinyl and was buying everything that was cheap and even vaguely recognizable. Those are now some of my favorite albums.

[@dannysvinylrainbow4852]

Very nice, mr ology!

[@Recordology]

Thank you kindly!

[@klawhauserscarfacethegamer3471]

Sounds incredible nice

[@bradygiltz5160]

Love this intro

[@TorontoJon]

3:57 That Chet Atkins recording is from 1923? It sounds so clean and so modern as if it had been recorded in the 50's or 60's. That really is amazing and on a flexidisc no less. :)

[@Recordology]

The song may have been written then but this is more like sixties..... here's a great video of it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqCYpIKQrd-hfLc

[@TorontoJon]

@@Recordology Cool, thanks! :)

[@jro7075]

This was fun I to also forgot how great Chet Atkins was I remember hearing some of his songs when I was younger but I never thought of getting any of his albums what was I thinking , got to try to get one glad I put you on today thanks for your videos you remind me of certain artists that I forgot about and I remember seeing a flex disc in one of my stereo mags I used to subscribe to when in my teen years I never thought it would work well on a record player it looked too light to play I never thought of using some kind of weight to stabilize disc ,WOW I learned new things today again thanks!!!! JRo📀

[@texasray7301]

It sounds real good 👍

[@toucan221]

Nice sound really!! I see that you have one of those weighted disc clamps, which is a great idea. nice work ⭐⭐

[@midnacht832]

Sounds decent

[@StephenFinkNRP]

I have one of these with Derek and the Dominos dong Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix. From August of 88.

[@rexoliver7780]

Used to live in Clearwater Fla when I was in Jr High school.Attened JFK Jr High while I was there.At the time was a new school.

[@larryshaver3568]

I once went to the original Evatone factory in Deerfield,Illinois

[@Recordology]

Nice! What was the process like?

[@larryshaver3568]

@@Recordology unfortunately we couldn't go where the manufacturing was done but they showed a movie of the records being pressed . it was very much like they did normal vinyl records except far less heat was used

[@Recordology]

So interesting!

[@markwilliams2434]

hood. Agreed with you all the way. In my opinion, the reason Chet Atkins isn't mentioned in the list of greatest players is because he is regarded as a Country musician where the others are rock and roll.

[@elvisway1]

Sounds good to me as well. You should hear that piece on a piano!

[@ricksendeavors]

Dude! The ATLP3 manual says NO weights or clamps. I only know this because my vinyl platter mat was starting up just before the record, so I was going to weigh it down. I decided to use my chrome, dome-shaped 45 adaptor, and there was no slippage :) That's a great sounding flexi!

[@pyotyrprepka6422]

This flesh disk was probably made from the original mater tapes of this song. It sounds much like the album track. I joined several record rating clubs and the sample singles and albums many times came on these thin sheets and would be two sided versions of an album prior to release. They were not intended to be played more than once or twice and then destroyed. They could last a while if well cared for. Some were really good quality recordings though the thin sheet vinyl would add some noise during play back. BTW I have the album that song is from and am a big fan after seeing him play it on national television.

[@AMOKIAN]

Are you looking for more Guitar Player sound sheets? I sell big lots of them all of the time and rare collectibles too. Love your channel.

[@nickbitten6037]

P.S.- can recommend Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan in session. A blues masterclass. You can see from his demenour how pleased SRV was to be taking part.

[@tobymummert3035]

Maybe with a direct feed.

[@barkingstarz4730]

What AT model tt are you using here? (Btw Chet is always great!)

[@Recordology]

Thank you! This is the LP3

[@adrianandkatrinadove203]

Just Chetked out Chet, great String Plucking sounds... ,indeed..my next akin at home agrees,when we chetted,er,,, chatted.Just read a chit about Chet,he was a Very Flexible player,But did slip a disc once when he tripped over his pet Goat.Sir Atkins Of Chetterbury...Guitarist to the King !!!....

[@Heisenbrick]

I tried to get Siri to do a content I’d match for this song and Siri told me the song is called wisdom by Leventina. So I looked it up and they really don’t sound that close but there is one part I can see why Siri matched it that way LOL however if you like house music Leventina is pretty cool sounding, that’s just one of the ways I discover music

[@Recordology]

Interesting....this one is Dizzy Fingers by Chet Atkins.

[@darthbubba866]

Not a country fan by any means, but I got caught up in the music and didn't really hear the problems with the flexidisk. Just sorta ignored them and listened to Chet pickin' away.

[@Recordology]

I think thats an issue with many discovering Chet - they think hes only country. He had amazing Jazz, Classical, pop, etc albums as well.

[@7JANEWAY]

Just curious: why didn’t you use this LP 7? Since it’s manual, there would be no problem with the tone arm returning to the rest before the record’s over.

[@Recordology]

I don't think its a good idea to use an elliptical on a shallow groove soundsheet. I think the conical is better for it and less compliant so its more resistive to creases etc.

[@texasray7301]

Jerry Reed also one of the best if not the best guitarist.

[@Recordology]

Agreed!

[@Recordology]

Jerry actually taught Chet on some of the hard licks!

[@nikosiitonen568]

i would like to know that song name

[@Recordology]

Dizzy Fingers by Chet Atkins.

[@shellac4682]

@@Recordology No! It's Dizzy Fingers, composed by Zez Confrey, as performed by Chet Atkins. Confrey was a pianist and composer who made a few recordings in the early 20's. Of his compositions, Dizzy Fingers and Kitten on the Keys were probably the best known, and sheet music for them still shows up in junk shops and antique stores. Atkins' version is quite close to the piano score. Never ever forget the composer when you talk about a "song".

[@SmokyElm]

I just found this video demonstrating Zenith's answer to the new 45 records that RCA created. Here is the video link kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXuomKaHrrqUrsk

[@Recordology]

That's awesome!

[@QoraxAudio]

Sounds very good both fidelity and the music, but IMO, Django Reinhardt is the GOAT guitarist.

[@Recordology]

Django is amazing.....

[@jordan_j_roy]

FIRST AGAIN!!! OH YEAH!!