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Ok-- I am not "up" on all of this download- burning CD stuff. Funny, because I am a technology trainer -- but not for this media.
Anywho-- I just found the old album I have been looking for FOREVER for my Sister. It was a Christmas Album we had as a kid, and I found a sealed copy. Yahoo.
Now-- none of us have record players, so, what do I do! where do I take it !!! to have it burned to a CD??????
This really makes me feel old. |
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I think I saw in The Sharper Image [bankrupt, don't buy there] and perhaps Radio Shack(?) a cheap turntable that had a built-in USB cable. 
Cheap is the adjective for the quality of the turntable -- they cost about $70 to $100 which is pricey to record one album.
I just searched on Amazon.com and found them for around $99 and up.
I also search eBay and found quite a few promising listings. Search for:
USB Turntable
Maybe you can find someone locally on Craiglist who will do it for a few dollars for you? |
Ron wrote:
Maybe you can find someone locally on Craiglist who will do it for a few dollars for you? |
Craigslist is good but maybe you can find someone local too by googling. We can record from our turntables through a mixer a little device that records it onto our computer. If you can't find someone locally, please let me know and I will do it for you if you ship it to me. |
| BedBath abd Beyond has the turntables also. |
| Did you consider doing a search on Itunes for the album? You could download it onto your computer into your Itunes music library. |
I'd also recommend doing a search. Almost anything is downloadable now.
Is downloadable a word  |
If it wasn't it is now!  |
| I had the same issue with an album for my dad, but I managed to locate a copy on cassette tape, and he still has a cassette player, so it worked out great. He thinks I'm the weird one for not having one, lol. |
| What is the album's/artist's name? (If you're shy, you can PM the name to me) |
Ron wrote:
What is the album's/artist's name? (If you're shy, you can PM the name to me) |
LOL- me, shy? Well it ages me, but I have already talked about this on the forum. I was trying to get it for her 40th BD, but kind of lost interest with everything else going on!
Lorne Greene-- "Have a Happy Holiday"
With everyone's suggestions, I have downloaded the "album", and I am going to burn that, along with giving her the unopened vinyl I found!!!!
The stars are in alignment today. She has such memories of that album playing while we decorated for Christmas.... I wanted to get it for her, because she is not typically the mushy one... that is me 
Thanks everyone!!!! |
Abuckie wrote:
With everyone's suggestions, I have downloaded the "album", and I am going to burn that, along with giving her the unopened vinyl I found!!!! |
eeeeeeexcellent idea! |
| Good deal. You're better off in most cases just doing that because vinyl doesn't exactly output the best sound quality, especially not via USB. |
