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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.
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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.
You tease so hard it hurts.
Me or my grandma?
She was a bit of a goer in her youth you know
😉
Ebay? Discogs?
You definitely need some Edith Piaf though!
I was thinking more like Muddy Waters, but i'll get me some Piaf if I can find it.
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.. 😯
Just found [url= http://www.78rpm.co.uk/data.htm ]78rpm[/url] think I'll just buy a box of 20 jazz/swing records - wonder what'll be in it.
Oooh hamsters! It's been a while.
Auction houses. My local has dozens of 78s every week.
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. 😯
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
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.