I helped a friend move and as a reward I am now the proud owner of a Decca Telesmatic Soundbox (circa 1915). It is a beautiful thing.
Now for the rub, where do I get 78 rpm records? I've been told it'l chew out vinyl.
Looks a bit like this.
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78 RPM records
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Posted 9 months ago #
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My grandmas cellar. She had a stack of them for years but no player. Not sure what happened to them since the house was sold though.
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You tease so hard it hurts.
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Me or my grandma?
She was a bit of a goer in her youth you know
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Ebay? Discogs?
You definitely need some Edith Piaf though!
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I was thinking more like Muddy Waters, but i'll get me some Piaf if I can find it.
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I still have a bunch of 78's in my mums loft.. Sorry but I'm not giving them away, I have batman on 78 and a load of other crap music.
That 'thing' does look like it will kill a vinyl in about 2 plays..
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Oooh hamsters! It's been a while.
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Auction houses. My local has dozens of 78s every week.
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My old boys got hundreds of the things in his loft. I'm surprised the ceiling hasn't come through as they weigh a ton.
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you'll need needles as well - only a couple of plays per needle. people collect the needle boxes, so you might be able to pick up the needles out of the box from a dealer/flea market. iirc, columbia had a cool mixed box with "extra volume", "extra bass" and "extra treble" needles
see if you can't find some nat king cole
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Mrs got me a record last night; seems a record only has two songs, one per side. Good sound though, i'd never had a gramophone play up close.
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