[78-L] Happy Birthday to You

[Sean Miller]

I've heard of it!  Those things had suggested tonearm pressure of something
like 12 OUNCES at the time (I'
m going by fading memory here from my 1939 Wurlitzer manual).  I have two
'39 Wurlitzers here, one full sized and one countertop model and I've
modified the tonearms and cartridges in both to track at around 8-10 grams.


Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 3:30 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Birthday to You

Nobody here ever hear a record referred to as "juked"? Jeff Healey used that

expression all the time.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Years ago I read an article in Downbeat on junking for 78s.  The writer 
> recalled finding a copy of the Bob Crosby Decca of  It's Wonderful b/w
Just 
> Strolling.   The first side ( a very nice but run-of-the mill pop side)
was 
> worn flat,  but the flip,  a feature for Joe Sullivan,  was  "as new."
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sean Miller" <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
> To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 12:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Birthday to You
> 
> 
>> Yup.  AMI had the first selectable jukebox that could do both sides, but 
>> not
>> until 1945-ish (?).  I have all the 78s my Great Grandfather confiscated
>> from mob run juke operations in the 1930s and as you say, some sides are
>> worn white and the other side is E+.  What gets me even now is that
>> sometimes the crappy side is the one they chose to program!
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Bowie
>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 3:01 PM
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Birthday to You
>>
>> I didn't know that...it explains why some old juke box records are grey
to
>> white on one side,  and clean on the other.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sean Miller" <smille1 at nycap.rr.com>
>> To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 11:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Birthday to You
>>
>>
>>> It may have been intended for jukebox play.  Remember, then, no
jukeboxes
>>> could play both sides of a 78, it was one or the other....
>>>
>>> Sean
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Bowie
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 2:54 PM
>>> To: 78-L Mail List
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Happy Birthday to You
>>>
>>> Cary,  I've wondered if the thing was really intended for juke box play,
>>> perhaps in more rural areas...so they backed it with a more pop-ish
>>> Western
>>> swing side.
>>>
>>> I bought it BECAUSE of the Happy Birthday...and the other side was just
a
>>> nice bonus for me.
>>>
>>> Thanks for sending your article as well... a strange story which still 
>>> has
>>> no ending.
>>>
>>> Taylor
>>>
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