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    A practical question for us old Prog Yanks

    OK, so now the UK pound is at 1985 levels against the dollar. What UK imports should I consider buying in terms of classic Prog? I'm especially interested in vinyl and 5.1 recordings. I suppose a visit to the Burning Shed might be in order.
    Seriously, no politics please.

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    If you buy vinyl from the UK it won't play on your turntable. It's all PAL format, region 2.

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    You cant buy anything in the UK anymore. Borders closed, money transfer stopped, Internet cables cut, isolation has begun...

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    And the Queen wants British tea, not that crap from India.
    The older I get, the better I was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jubal View Post
    I'm especially interested in vinyl and 5.1 recordings.
    Wasn't aware that vinyl 5.1 recordings were a thing. Shows how old and out of step I am!

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    To take the thread seriously for a second, I placed an order from Amazon UK this morning and got a $1.41 exchange rate. Maybe I should have waited, as it's still falling, but they showed only one copy available of the Emerson at the Movies reissue, so I thought it best to pounce while the pouncing's good. Also ordered the vinyl reissues of the first two Floyd albums.
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    Methinks pouncing will be good for quite a while. The British public have really shot themselves in the foot this time.

    Oops, politics!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rcarlberg View Post
    If you buy vinyl from the UK it won't play on your turntable. It's all PAL format, region 2.
    I thought turntables were region free now.
    NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
    I thought turntables were region free now.
    some of them are, but there's still the speed problem, metric & all.

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