[78-L] Interesting article about 78 rpm "disco"

Kristjan Saag saag at telia.com
Tue Oct 27 13:38:02 PDT 2009


The Daily Mail reported:

> Dave Guttridge, 48, is the UK's only pre-vinyl disc jockey and uses
> two 70-year-old Picnic gramophones to pump out 'old skool' tunes -
> including old favourite The Teddy Bear's Picnic - using Shellac 78
> records.
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This has been going on for years in Sweden. The lindy hop/ swing clubs both 
in Stockholm and Gothenburg have youngsters around 20 who play dance music 
on 78 rpm.
I've been doing it myself a few times for money.
Odd the UK has only one guy.
Kristjan 




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