[78-L] Durium Hit of the Week 'Hoard'

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. bratcher at pdq.net
Sun Jul 26 06:43:14 PDT 2009


At 02:00 AM 7/25/2009, you wrote:
>Just bought a collection of about 600 78s and found a small 'hoard' 
>of 40 or so Durium 'Hit of the Week' records.  14 have sleeves, I've 
>never seen those before, and 7 of those with artists pictures on the 
>back, blew me away.  View them at:
>
>http://78records.cdbpdx.com/HOTW/
>
>Most are in pretty good condition, a couple have significant creases 
>and all are 'warped', though the surfaces on them remain quite 
>glossy and uncracked.  My collection previously had a half dozen or 
>so really crackled examples, this group is way more than I'd hoped to find.
>
>Yee Haa!
>
>CDB
>

So how do play a warped one? Put a heavy weight around the spindle or 
something? 




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