[78-L] Now for something completely silly

[Kristjan Saag]

Robert Shirer wrote:
> Hi all,
> How about chocolate records?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVM18iJTMZs&feature=player_embedded
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This was up in August 2008 on 78L. Benno Haeupl wrote:

>>> You may know that there were chocolate records around 1910. They were
>>> made by the German Stollwerck chocolate company for their kiddies'
>>> gramophones. (www.stollwerck.de)
>>>
>>> The last time I saw such a record offered without a rim bite ;=) was
>>> about 10 years ago. It went for about $350 then.
>>>
>>> In the 1990's I read several articles in German newspapers about a 
>>> guy in
>>> Berlin-Neukoelln named Peter Lardong who made custom chocolate records
>>> from regular 45s. I think he used some silicon moulds and then 
>>> reproduced
>>> the record with extra hard chocolade used for frosting.
>>>
>>> There is one such copy in the Berlin-Neukvlln museum:
>>>
>>> http://www.mu seum-neukoelln.de/ton_klang.php?imageId=163
>>> For those who read German there are instructions on how to make them.
>>> Here:
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/58ofgm
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Peter Lardong  is the guy on the youtube clip.
Kristjan