Retirement :)

[Normuk]

Just to let you guys know, I am "hanging up my mics" now.
Been doing it for a few years now, and its too expensive to maintain the gear, and I kind of want to enjoy gigs again.
There are plently of great tapers here now, particularly arkil, OasisDouglas and JK. I will torrent some shows from my backlog sometime, but after that I am firmly a leecher :lol:

[whatever]

:( :(

cheers for all the stuff ya did record norm

[Watson]

Yeah cheers for all the stuff Norm, and enjoy those gigs :)

[OasisDouglas]

DAMN... Is it April 1?

I hope this is like a Michael Jordan retirement and you will be back soon. Just like Jordan had to pull those sneakers hanging on the wall and try it again... I hope you do the same with your mics.

In all seriousness though Norm, THANKS for the great recordings and I think you have been one of the biggest contributors to the bootleg collectors community on this forum.

PS
By the way... just in case you didn't know, they don't drug test bootleg tapers so if that's why you're retiring then you can reconsider.

[Watson]

PS
By the way... just in case you didn't know, they don't drug test bootleg tapers so if that's why you're retiring then you can reconsider.

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[TSRMagpie]

Good work Norm.
All the best for the future gigs! Enjoy them with lots of beer!

[hoysy7]

AH WELL ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO A END THANX FOR ALL THE STUFF YOU HAVE DONE ,STARSAILOR :cool: .ALWAYS FANCYED TRYING TO DO A BIT TAPEING MESELF LIKE BUT GOT ONE OF THEM FACES ALWAYS GET SEARCHED BY BOUNCERS, CUSTOMS ,JUSTED FINISHED A STRECH FOR A COCAINE RUN I DONE:heh:

[cardifffemale]

Thanks norm your OCS gig is my fav bootleg i have got.

[Normuk]

Cool, is that Sheffield or Keighley?

[allinthemind]

to quote hoysy7 "all good things come to an end" .... thank you for all the gigs (i downloaded a couple from you ;)).... all the best for future gigs ;) :lol: :cool:

[cardifffemale]

Cool, is that Sheffield or Keighley?


Sheffield never heard the Keighley before.

[arkil]

ouch...

your tapes have always been greatly apreciated .. and i won't ever be able to thank you enough for everything...

hopefully you'll catch the virus again :)

respect,

arkil

[OasisDouglas]

No kidding... loads of thanks would not scratch the surface.

By the way... I call dibs on the NJB3 :D

[Normuk]

In your dreams douglas :)

[OasisDouglas]

In your dreams douglas :)
:D hehe... I actually bought a Jukebox (original... not the 3) and it has been fairly good. I'm looking into a DAT right now anyway... thinking I want to go in that direction.

If you change your mind I will trade you straight accross for my walkman (it's kinda big, so it's hard to crotch it... although I'm sure you could manage once you come out of retirement):

http://www.oasisdouglas.com/images_offsite/walkman.jpg

[Normuk]

I bet that eats the batteries!
I love my JB3, even though its nearing the end of its life. I would need to buy another if I continued to tape, but they are getting pretty rare now.
There are these new microdrive (or something out now) which record onto sd cards or mini drive type things. They are pricy and buggy at the minute, but they would be the business in a year or so.

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MicroTrack2496-main.html

[OasisDouglas]

...new microdrive (or something out now) which record onto sd cards or mini drive type things. They are pricy and buggy at the minute, but they would be the business in a year or so.

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MicroTrack2496-main.html
DAMN... that is COOL! OK... I no longer want your NJB3, instead I only want $500. :D

[britrockfan]

DAMN... that is COOL! OK... I no longer want your NJB3, instead I only want $500. :D

:lol:


seriously Norm, as an OCS fan, I appreciate the sharing you've done both here and on OCT - thanks!