[78-L] Average age

[Dan Van Landingham]

My first reel to reel recorder was an old Webcor tube job I was given back in 
1970 by my band teacher
Dick Brown.I used it until it quit back around 1972.I've been into reel to reel 
ever since.I left my TEAC
back in Lometa,Texas in 2004 when I moved back here to North Bend that year.I 
gave $3.50 for it at
a garage sale when I was living in Myrtle Creek,Oregon.I have no idea just when 
Webster-Chicago made the recorder other than it was a model 2010.I could have 
bought another one like it about fifteen 

years ago but passed on it.




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From: Sammy Jones <sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 3:20:24 PM
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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