[78-L] Average age

[Cary Ginell]

There aren't many consumer goods from 70-80 years ago that are still functioning and able of being enjoyed in today's world. I like to imagine where the 78 I am playing was first heard. Not the recording, but that actual record. Was it in some dry goods store in Goodlettsville, Tennessee? A furniture store in downtown Fort Worth? Or maybe it was owned by one of the performers themselves! The sound is a freeze-frame from a moment in time - like an audio photograph (is there where the term "waxing nostalgic" came from??)

Cary Ginell

> From: sjones69 at bellsouth.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:20:24 -0500
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Average age
> 
> Yep, I'm 27.  I think I started collecting 78s in about 1996, so I was 13.
> At 15 I was far more interested in get a decent 78 turntable to replace my
> school-room record player than a car or learner's permit.  When I was 10 I
> found an old portable (ha!) Webster tube tape recorder in my grandparents'
> attic, and fell in love with reel to reel tapes.
> 
> Not just ETs, but pretty much anything: 78s, cylinders, sheet music, and
> tapes of all descriptions (although it seems I collect more ETs than
> anything else these days).
> 
> To Cary:  You're absolutely right.  Well-done transfers on CD are great, but
> nothing can replace the thrill of playing a 100-year-old Billy Murray record
> or a 70-year-old radio lacquer on your own turntable!
> 
> I have one friend who actually collects 78s as well.  He's about 24.
> 
> Sammy
> 
> > 
> > I believe Sammy Jones is under 30. And he collects transcriptions!
> > 
> > dl
> > 
> > On 11/11/2010 4:46 PM, Don Chichester wrote:
> > >
> > > You are SO right, Cary!
> > >
> > > Don
> > >
> > >> From: soundthink at live.com
> > >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > >> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:26:15 -0800
> > >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Average age
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I always maintain, that whatever kind of sound quality that you get
> > from beautifully restored CDs or MP3s, there is still nothing like the
> > aesthetic pleasure of hefting a 78, placing it on your turntable, and
> > PLAYING IT - the exact object that was manufactured decades ago. This
> > kind of experience is what makes us all collectors. It's what makes the
> > magic happen. There is no replacing or duplicating it.
> > >>
> > >> Cary Ginell
> > >>
> 
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