[78-L] How well did they do it

[Bob Rice]

     I guess 78's are an "Acquired " taste, like beer, or stronger booze? I 
got them on ALL the time, Radio Dismuke piped all over the house/shop.A 
celler full of 78's, a Hard Drive stocked with others. Thanks Dan K!Dan K. 
Where ARE ya, Edisone, whatever?Haven't scene ya in ages. Anyhow, ya get SO 
used to THE sound that modern crap that is passed off as "music" grates on 
your ears! And WHY is it played at ear splitting levels?Like its "You WILL 
Listen" volume?"American Idle" comes to mind!? Channel switchin' time!

    Seeya, my two grooves worth

    Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] How well did they do it


> 78s always seem to have more of an immediacy to them, regardless of
> the era in which they were made.  I didn't know why for a long time,
> but for as long as I can remember having any awareness of records and
> the different speeds (back to before I was 3 years old) I always
> preferred the 78s.  If I had a choice, although I expect I'd wish for
> the faster speed disc to have the break-resistant plastic the slower
> ones were pressed on.
>
> On 4/30/09, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:
>>
>> Personally, I have a problem with all acoustic recordings, even tho I
>> can
>> appreciate Oliver's Snake Rag on a purely musical level.
>>
>> Doug Pomeroy
>>
>>
>> I have known a number of collectors who have had this problem.  But
>> listening to anything which does not sound familiar or which sounds
>> "strange" is much like learning a foreign language.  After a while,  you 
>> get
>> used to it and your ear/mind can learn to "translate" the sounds,  and
>> eventually to just absorb them as you would any other recorded material.
>>
>> Acoustic records sound "strange" at first...so do a lot of 20s dance band
>> vocalists...but after a while you "learn the language" and then can
>> appreciate the sounds for what they are,  rather than what they aren't.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
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