[78-L] 12. Re: 'First' Christmas day recording made in 1902 unearthed

[David Lennick]

It reminds me that a current product being sold at cheapo "everything" stores 
is a USB turntable that "plays 12-inch and 8-inch records".

dl

On 12/20/2012 9:20 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> I wonder that the term "vinyl" has become like "dead wax", a term used
> by some folks in a generic fashion or to be cool. Has nothing to do with
> reality.
>
> joe salerno
>
>
> On 12/20/2012 3:38 PM, Andrew Evans wrote:
>> Yeah, saw it, heard it, deplored it: the BBC is one of the regular stops on
>> my morning Web tour, like the lamp-posts on an old dog's morning walk.
>>
>> "Old-fashioned vinyl records." Errrmm. Does anyone out there actually know
>> Pallab Ghosh, "Science correspondent, BBC News", or Bill Lowry, "digital
>> collections manager at the Museum [who] was among those who helped restore
>> the cylinders"? I mean, is there anyone who can effect introductions, and
>> maybe undertake a few minutes of gentle remedial history, not for the public
>> but for the expert?
>>
>> Pfffffffff.
>>
>> Andrew in Luxembourg
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:09:58 -0500
>> From: David Weiner<djwein at earthlink.net>
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>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Heard this yet?
>>>
>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20772246
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>> The first one is pretty dim, but the other two are clear as a bell.
>>>
>>> Dave Weiner
>>
>>
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>> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:35:46 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: bruce78rpm at comcast.net
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] 'First' Christmas day recording made in 1902
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>> Thanks for sharing that ! How wonderful hear an actual family recording from
>> Christmas in 1904. Young Leslie is singing "The Minstrel Boy", an old Irish
>> Patriotic Ballad written by Thomas Moore, also recorded by John McCormack.
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