In message , badriya 
 writes
[]
>Now I have a record deck and lots o LPs and singles but need a new
>needle thing.  Not sure where a shop is for those or what to look for
>on ebay.  OK, that is pathetic :)
>
Probably where you got the deck would be a good start (especially if the 
Radio Times - their ad.s for decks usually include spares of that sort).

Maplin sell five types - see
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=stylus&source=15&SD=Y 
(scroll down past the non-record styli).

amazon do at least one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_/202-5230737-3184616?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=stylus&x=0&y=0
(I didn't check the second and third pages; there is one on the first).

I wouldn't go for ebay unless you're very sure what cartridge you have 
(knowing the deck model might not be enough - the cartridge is the bit 
at the end of the arm into which the stylus fits, and can be made by a 
different company to the deck).

There might be a "posh" hi-fi shop (or section inside a department 
store) in your town - try there. (Ideally, take the cartridge - or just 
the old stylus of course.)

I'm not saying you don't, but what has led you to the conclusion that 
you need a new one?
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL(+++)IS-P--Ch+(p)Ar+T[?]H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for thoughts on PCs. **

Repeal the law of gravity

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:44:37 +0100, Jenny M Benson
 wrote:

>In message , Siderius Nuncius 
> writes
>>Quite.  But they used to, of course.  I wish there were a compilation 
>>CD of Great Necro-Rockers - I'd buy it quicker than you could say "Dead 
>>teenager."
>
>Oh, me too, without a doubt.

"Dead! The Grim Reaper's Greatest Hits" (Ace Records)

1. Terry - Twinkle
2. Give Us Your Blessings - The Shangri-Las
3. Endless Sleep - Jody Reynolds
4. Death Of An Angel - Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires
5. Condition Red - The Goodees
6. I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross
7. Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean
8. The Drunken Driver - Ferlin Husky
9. Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton
10. Last Kiss - J Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
11. Patches - Dickey Lee
12. Once You Understand - Think
13. The Death Of A Surfer - The Riviares
14. Dead! - Carolyn Sullivan
15. Psycho - Jack Kittel
16. Ebony Eyes - The Everly Brothers
17. Requiem (For A Girl Born Of The Wrong Times) - Betty Barnes
18. A Beginning From An End - Jan & Dean
19. Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
20. The Dream - The Fox
21. Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
22. Mother Mother (I Feel Sick) - The Martin Sisters
23. The Bed - Walter Jackson
24. Let's Think About Living - Bob Luman 

That's the first four of Sid's nominations anyway.  There may be a
second volume to follow from Ace Records.

<http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Grim-Reapers-Greatest-Hits/dp/B000E6ENYE/>

Those who use the iTunes store can find a playlist in iTunes
essentials called "Rest in Peace" which has 72 death-related tracks,
not all of which count as true death discs, though.

Alan Clayson's book on the same subject, "Death Discs: an Account of
Fatality in the Popular Song" might be worth a read, although it is
out of print.
-- 
Stephen

Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those?
That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went And cannot come again.

"Stephen"  wrote
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:44:37 +0100, Jenny M Benson
>> Siderius Nuncius  writes

>>>Quite.  But they used to, of course.  I wish there were a compilation
>>>CD of Great Necro-Rockers - I'd buy it quicker than you could say "Dead
>>>teenager."
>>
>>Oh, me too, without a doubt.
>
> "Dead! The Grim Reaper's Greatest Hits" (Ace Records)
>
> 1. Terry - Twinkle
> 2. Give Us Your Blessings - The Shangri-Las
> 3. Endless Sleep - Jody Reynolds
> 4. Death Of An Angel - Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires
> 5. Condition Red - The Goodees
> 6. I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross
> 7. Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean
> 8. The Drunken Driver - Ferlin Husky
> 9. Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton
> 10. Last Kiss - J Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
> 11. Patches - Dickey Lee
> 12. Once You Understand - Think
> 13. The Death Of A Surfer - The Riviares
> 14. Dead! - Carolyn Sullivan
> 15. Psycho - Jack Kittel
> 16. Ebony Eyes - The Everly Brothers
> 17. Requiem (For A Girl Born Of The Wrong Times) - Betty Barnes
> 18. A Beginning From An End - Jan & Dean
> 19. Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
> 20. The Dream - The Fox
> 21. Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
> 22. Mother Mother (I Feel Sick) - The Martin Sisters
> 23. The Bed - Walter Jackson
> 24. Let's Think About Living - Bob Luman
>
> That's the first four of Sid's nominations anyway.  There may be a
> second volume to follow from Ace Records.
>
> <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Grim-Reapers-Greatest-Hits/dp/B000E6ENYE/>

<beam> Thanks MOPMOB.  I'll give that a look.  And it's high time I got out
my LP of Jan & Dean's Greatest Hits and played Dead Man's Curve again.  (And
Surf City and The Little Old Lady From Pasadena[1], of course.)

DMC has one of the very finest spoken verses of the era (right up there with
Are You Lonesome Tonight and Leader Of The Pack, IMO):

Well, the last thing I remember, doc, I started to swerve
And then I saw the Jag slide into the curve
I know I'll never forget that haaawrubble sight
I guess I found out for myself that everyone was right..
<chorus>
You won't come back from Dead Man's Curve...

Classic stuff.
-- 
Sid
Make sure Matron is away when you reply
[1]She drives real fast and she drives real hard
She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard..
(go granny, go granny, go grany, go)
Well she's gonna get a ticket now sooner or later
Cos she can't keep her foot off the accelerator...

I just can't understand why these gems aren't in the Oxford Book of American
Verse.

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:59:12 +0100, "Siderius Nuncius"
 wrote:

>
>"Stephen"  wrote
>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:44:37 +0100, Jenny M Benson
>>> Siderius Nuncius  writes
>
>>>>Quite.  But they used to, of course.  I wish there were a compilation
>>>>CD of Great Necro-Rockers - I'd buy it quicker than you could say "Dead
>>>>teenager."
>>>
>>>Oh, me too, without a doubt.
>>

>DMC has one of the very finest spoken verses of the era (right up there with
>Are You Lonesome Tonight and Leader Of The Pack, IMO):
Oooh!  There used to be two girls' magazines called Roxy and Marilyn.
When they did a programme on comics and magazines recently they didn't
mention those, but I used to read them and one of them, not sure
which, had a special offer.  You sent for, can't recall if free, a
record of Elvis singing and speaking 'Are you lonesome tonight' and it
came with a script and he spoke and paused and you could read the
other bits.I played scenes with Elvis!

>
>Well, the last thing I remember, doc, I started to swerve
>And then I saw the Jag slide into the curve
>I know I'll never forget that haaawrubble sight
>I guess I found out for myself that everyone was right..
><chorus>
>You won't come back from Dead Man's Curve...
>
>Classic stuff.

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:25:04 GMT, Linda Fox 
wrote:

>On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:49:53 +0100, "Siderius Nuncius"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Marjorie"  wrote
>>
>>> What a thing to do to Ebony Eyes! It's as fine a piece of sentimental 
>>> schmalz as you'll come across. They don't write 'em like that any more, 
>>> alas!
>>
>>Quite.  But they used to, of course.  I wish there were a compilation CD of 
>>Great Necro-Rockers - I'd buy it quicker than you could say "Dead teenager."
>>
>>Ebony Eyes
>>Teen Angel
>>Terry
>>Tell Laura I Love Her
>>Leader Of The Pack
>>Old Shep[1]
>>Ode To Billy Jo[2]
>>
>><sigh>  Magnificent works, the lot of 'em, and there are more that I can't 
>>bring to mind ATM.
>
>Honey
>I want my baby back (the one that has the sound of digging-up at the
>end)
>
And especially for Welsh teenagers "Bridgend over Troubled Waters"

Nick O
-- 
real e-mail is nickodell (at) bigfoot (dot) com

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:38:48 GMT, the Omrud
 wrote:

>Siderius Nuncius wrote:
>> "Marjorie"  wrote
>> 
>>> What a thing to do to Ebony Eyes! It's as fine a piece of sentimental 
>>> schmalz as you'll come across. They don't write 'em like that any more, 
>>> alas!
>> 
>> Quite.  But they used to, of course.  I wish there were a compilation CD of 
>> Great Necro-Rockers - I'd buy it quicker than you could say "Dead teenager."
>> 
>> Ebony Eyes
>> Teen Angel
>> Terry
>> Tell Laura I Love Her
>> Leader Of The Pack
>> Old Shep[1]
>> Ode To Billy Jo[2]
>> 
>> <sigh>  Magnificent works, the lot of 'em, and there are more that I can't 
>> bring to mind ATM.
>
>Seasons in the Sun.  A poor excuse of a translation of a great Brel song.

Don't forget the 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Nick O
-- 
real e-mail is nickodell (at) bigfoot (dot) com

In article , 
gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid says...
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:38:48 GMT, the Omrud
>  wrote:
> 
> >Siderius Nuncius wrote:
> >> "Marjorie"  wrote
> >> 
> >>> What a thing to do to Ebony Eyes! It's as fine a piece of sentimental 
> >>> schmalz as you'll come across. They don't write 'em like that any more, 
> >>> alas!
> >> 
> >> Quite.  But they used to, of course.  I wish there were a compilation CD of 
> >> Great Necro-Rockers - I'd buy it quicker than you could say "Dead teenager."
> >> 
> >> Ebony Eyes
> >> Teen Angel
> >> Terry
> >> Tell Laura I Love Her
> >> Leader Of The Pack
> >> Old Shep[1]
> >> Ode To Billy Jo[2]
> >> 
> >> <sigh>  Magnificent works, the lot of 'em, and there are more that I can't 
> >> bring to mind ATM.
> >
> >Seasons in the Sun.  A poor excuse of a translation of a great Brel song.
> 
> Don't forget the 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
> 
Oh yes!  That chap does seem to be quite good at playing guitar.

-- 
Sam

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:51:48 +0100, Nick Odell
<gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote:

>And especially for Welsh teenagers "Bridgend over Troubled Waters"
>
BTN!

-- 
Jo

In article , Jo Lonergan 
generously decided to share with us..

> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:51:48 +0100, Nick Odell
> <gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
> >And especially for Welsh teenagers "Bridgend over Troubled Waters"
> >
> BTN!

Give him enough rope first..

-- 
Gid

Current Project: Bragdy'r Ddraenen Wen 
(if it ever stops raining for long enough)

Jo Lonergan wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:51:48 +0100, Nick Odell
> <gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> And especially for Welsh teenagers "Bridgend over Troubled Waters"
>>
> BTN!
> 
Well, I know I enjoyed an evening of frivolity, but we only consumed one 
bottle of wine between 4.  Nevertheless, I seem to be woolly-headed at 
the moment because I just don't understand the line.  Probably no BTN 
unless someone explains and the recent outbreak of "smites brow" continues.

-- 
Jane
The potter in the purple socks

http://www.clothandclay.co.uk/umra/cookbook/contents.htm for recipes 
supplied by umrats

Jane Vernon wrote:
> Jo Lonergan wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:51:48 +0100, Nick Odell
>> <gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> And especially for Welsh teenagers "Bridgend over Troubled Waters"
>>>
>> BTN!
>>
> Well, I know I enjoyed an evening of frivolity, but we only consumed one 
> bottle of wine between 4.  Nevertheless, I seem to be woolly-headed at 
> the moment because I just don't understand the line.  Probably no BTN 
> unless someone explains and the recent outbreak of "smites brow" continues.
> 
"Bridgend, suicide capital of Great Britain" is one headline from this 
year. Most of the suicides have been by teenagers.

-- 
Tout de bonbon, Anne, Seriously, Extra-Traditionally Built Curvey Gumrat

Gumrat wrote:
> Jane Vernon wrote:
>> Jo Lonergan wrote:
>>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:51:48 +0100, Nick Odell
>>> <gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> And especially for Welsh teenagers "Bridgend over Troubled Waters"
>>>>
>>> BTN!
>>>
>> Well, I know I enjoyed an evening of frivolity, but we only consumed 
>> one bottle of wine between 4.  Nevertheless, I seem to be 
>> woolly-headed at the moment because I just don't understand the line.  
>> Probably no BTN unless someone explains and the recent outbreak of 
>> "smites brow" continues.
>>
> "Bridgend, suicide capital of Great Britain" is one headline from this 
> year. Most of the suicides have been by teenagers.
> 

Ah yes, thank you.  And no, sorry, no BTN.

-- 
Jane
The potter in the purple socks
email jane at cloth and clay dot co dot uk

http://www.clothandclay.co.uk/umra/cookbook/contents.htm for recipes 
supplied by umrats

In article , Jane Vernon generously 
decided to share with us..

> Gumrat wrote:
> > Jane Vernon wrote:
> >> Jo Lonergan wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:51:48 +0100, Nick Odell
> >>> <gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> And especially for Welsh teenagers "Bridgend over Troubled Waters"
> >>>>
> >>> BTN!
> >>>
> >> Well, I know I enjoyed an evening of frivolity, but we only consumed 
> >> one bottle of wine between 4.  Nevertheless, I seem to be 
> >> woolly-headed at the moment because I just don't understand the line.  
> >> Probably no BTN unless someone explains and the recent outbreak of 
> >> "smites brow" continues.
> >>
> > "Bridgend, suicide capital of Great Britain" is one headline from this 
> > year. Most of the suicides have been by teenagers.
> > 
> 
> Ah yes, thank you.  And no, sorry, no BTN.

At least you didn't leave him dangling for an answer.. he might not 
have been able to hang about.. now to break the bad noose to him 
gently..

-- 
Gid

Current Project: Bragdy'r Ddraenen Wen 
(if it ever stops raining for long enough)

Jane Vernon wrote:
> Gumrat wrote:
>> Jane Vernon wrote:
>>> Jo Lonergan wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:51:48 +0100, Nick Odell
>>>> <gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> And especially for Welsh teenagers "Bridgend over Troubled Waters"
>>>>>
>>>> BTN!
>>>>
>>> Well, I know I enjoyed an evening of frivolity, but we only consumed 
>>> one bottle of wine between 4.  Nevertheless, I seem to be 
>>> woolly-headed at the moment because I just don't understand the 
>>> line.  Probably no BTN unless someone explains and the recent 
>>> outbreak of "smites brow" continues.
>>>
>> "Bridgend, suicide capital of Great Britain" is one headline from this 
>> year. Most of the suicides have been by teenagers.
>>
> 
> Ah yes, thank you.  And no, sorry, no BTN.
> 
Cruel decision!  I thought that was a classic.

-- 
Jenny M Benson

Mrs Nemo wrote:
> Jane Vernon wrote:
>> Gumrat wrote:
>>> Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>> Jo Lonergan wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:51:48 +0100, Nick Odell
>>>>> <gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> And especially for Welsh teenagers "Bridgend over Troubled Waters"
>>>>>>
>>>>> BTN!
>>>>>
>>>> Well, I know I enjoyed an evening of frivolity, but we only consumed 
>>>> one bottle of wine between 4.  Nevertheless, I seem to be 
>>>> woolly-headed at the moment because I just don't understand the 
>>>> line.  Probably no BTN unless someone explains and the recent 
>>>> outbreak of "smites brow" continues.
>>>>
>>> "Bridgend, suicide capital of Great Britain" is one headline from 
>>> this year. Most of the suicides have been by teenagers.
>>>
>>
>> Ah yes, thank you.  And no, sorry, no BTN.
>>
> Cruel decision!  I thought that was a classic.
> 

<snnnniffff>  I'm not the Bad Taste Komodo Dragon for nothing, you know.

-- 
Jane
The potter in the purple socks
email jane at cloth and clay dot co dot uk

http://www.clothandclay.co.uk/umra/cookbook/contents.htm for recipes 
supplied by umrats

Mrs Nemo wrote:
> Jane Vernon wrote:
>> Gumrat wrote:
>>> Jane Vernon wrote:
>>>> Jo Lonergan wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:51:48 +0100, Nick Odell
>>>>> <gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> And especially for Welsh teenagers "Bridgend over Troubled Waters"
>>>>>>
>>>>> BTN!
>>>>>
>>>> Well, I know I enjoyed an evening of frivolity, but we only consumed 
>>>> one bottle of wine between 4.  Nevertheless, I seem to be 
>>>> woolly-headed at the moment because I just don't understand the 
>>>> line.  Probably no BTN unless someone explains and the recent 
>>>> outbreak of "smites brow" continues.
>>>>
>>> "Bridgend, suicide capital of Great Britain" is one headline from 
>>> this year. Most of the suicides have been by teenagers.
>>>
>>
>> Ah yes, thank you.  And no, sorry, no BTN.
>>
> Cruel decision!  I thought that was a classic.
> 

A little out-of-date surely? This story appears to have died some time 
ago; no wonder PP needed to be reminded of the context. You can't keep 
these topical references hanging about forever.

-- 
Kimbo xx

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Used and collectible books at sensible prices.
Buy direct at www.booksbykimbo.com
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In article , Kim Andrews
 wrote:
> This story appears to have died some time ago; 

I thought I saw a report of another death just recently, from near Bridgend,
with a reference to the ealrier occurrences.

Rosemary


-- 
Rosemary Miskin     ZFC Pm   miskin@orpheusmail.co.uk
Loughborough, UK             http://miskin.orpheusweb.co.uk