[78-L] Advent of Electrical Recording: Bubble Books

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

Very interesting, Mike. I am quickly learning from the 78-List that 
members can be very helpful in providing information and links for 
research projects! I got my Bubble Book from the late Jack Areson, who 
lived in Montclair, N.J. Jack collected records, some 20,000 military 
figures and canon, pre-War trains and track-side structures, and 
Nazi-era paraphernalia. Every piece of furniture in the house was 
vintage, if not necessarily antique. In addition to having about 35,000 
78s and an equal number of LPs in his basement, he also had a 
free-standing garage in which he kept non-collectible records and shelf 
upon shelf of books. There was barely space to walk. When “shopping” 
for records in his basement, I would bring a flashlight so I can 
actually see what I was doing. Jack once told me his 
record-accumulating ambition was to have “one of everything.”
Geoffrey Wheeler