[78-L] New Member

[simmonssomer]

The kid is playing all those 78's on turntables connected to an old german 
Blaupunkt radio.
It sounds as if it's coming from a telephone booth in his basement.
Not even enough sense to put up a couple of $20 Radio Shack speakers.
That operation is doomed.

Al S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Wright" <bryan at claxtonola.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] New Member


> Actually, Jerry's Records in Pittsburgh is in the Squirrel Hill part
> of town -- not Penn Hills (Jerry's has been in Squirrel Hill for at
> least 15+ years, it may have been in Penn Hills before that). And
> Whistlin' Willie's 78 shop, run by Jerry's son, is still very much in
> operation as a 78-only store (I was just in there two days ago).
> Willie's operates as an independent store, but it's always been
> located in a separate room in the same building that houses Jerry's --
> that may be the cause of some confusion. In any case, Jerry's/Willie's
> is definitely a worthwhile stop for any record collector passing
> through Pittsburgh.
>
> Bryan W.
>
>
> On Nov 10, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Art Zimmerman wrote:
>
>> As far as the store in Pittsburgh, it's called Jerry's Records in
>> the Penn Hills section.  It's been there since 1994.  When I visited
>> in May 1995, Jerry had a large stock of 78s recently acquired which
>> he had not, as of then, made available to the public.  Not long ago,
>> his son took over running the 78 part of the operation as a separate
>> entity, but more recently, the son folded the separate operation
>> which has now been merged back into the original store.  His son
>> still goes on buying trips scouting for 78s.
>
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