[78-L] Dumbest thing you've ever done to a 78, pt2

[David Lennick]

Console yourself with the thought that it might have been the dubbed version..

dl

Bud Black wrote:
> Many years ago (1955, or so) I happened to meet an old gentleman who used to
> own a music store, but when belly-up in the early days of the Great
> Depression.  He still had a pretty good supply of unused records that he
> just boxed up when he closed his doors.  This 84 year old gentleman told me
> I could take any records I wanted for twenty-five cents apiece.  Among this
> treasure trove was (hold your breath here) a box of twenty Nordskog
> recordings of Eva Tanguay singing "I Don't Care."  Dumbest thing I ever did?
>  I only bought one.  But at the time, I had no idea of it's rarity and value
>  To this day I can see that treasure in my mind.  (sigh)
> 
> Bud 
> 
> -------Original Message-------
>  
> From: Tyrone Settlemier
> Date: 11/23/2008 12:55:48 AM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Dumbest thing you've ever done to a 78, pt2
>  
> Or there was the time I pulled out a 78 for our friend Malcolm Rockwell, to
> dub for him, and I didn't properly do something with the shelf I pulled it
> from and the group of 78s shifted and snapped the 78 I wanted to dub into
> three pieces.  Dumb ol' brittle late Decca pressings anyway.  (But, of
> course, dumber ol' me.)
>  
> Tyrone
>