[78-L] First 78

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

What did you play your dads 78's on when you were 3 or 4 years old? Some kind of 
windup phono? A childs phonograph? Or maybe o 40's or 50's era (modern then) 
electric phono? My first record player was a hand me down from the early 50's 
that my dad & his brother owned together. I don't remember much about it other 
than it was dark brown, a changer & a tabletop model. Yes I still have the 
records that I played on it when I was little but that old phono is long gone. I 
was born in 1959 & had that record player when I was about 4 or 5 years old. 
Wasn't allowed to play my dads reords back then though so you were very lucky.




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From: Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tue, December 21, 2010 7:21:54 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] First 78

Now as far as "first 78 acquired" this is different! My father had some 300 
or so 78's (which I inherited by
default...no one else wanted them...!). I was allowed to play them as a VERY 
young child (of 4 or so); one
of my favourites was a Brunswick of the Mills Brothers "Good-Bye Blues" (as 
well as his album-set reissues
of the Boswell Sisters!) I still own all of these (and MANY more!!). Among 
the first 78's I bought
(about 25 at a flea market) was the Columbia of Guy Lombardo's "Sweethearts 
On  Parade;" this set
me looking for more 20's/early 30's Lombardo discs...!

Steven C. Barr