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File contents
78 RPM I've always been fascinated with records. Not the CD sort, the vinyl and shellac variety. CDs are rather distant and remote, you just put the disc in the tray, press the go button and do something else. They don't DEMAND you sit there, admire the artwork and come back to turn them over. My first introduction to records was with a wind up gramophone and a pile of old 78s. As I developed a taste for modern pop I discarded the old groove grinder and got down to some serious record buying. So it continued until I heard a Les Paul and Mary Ford version of then current hit 'How High The Moon'. I asked my father about this, who, wonder of wonders and from one of his many rooms, produced a 78 of said version. The thing about Les Paul, is that he effectively invented the electric guitar (the legendary Humbucker pickup) and then went to terrorise the American record industry with multi track recording. Which is why there is a Gibson Les Paul guitar in my local music shop (`1750.00), but not a Gibson/Fender Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix or Segovia. You know the Americans put a man on the moon using computers about as powerful as a well spec'd Archimedes? Well, Mr Paul used recording technology about as advanced as your cassette recorder to produce the first examples of multi tracked multi speed recording, turning a good old tub thumper like 'How High...' into an aural delight. Then he really got cracking on the B side, turning out all the tricks on 'What Is This Thing Called Love?' to make a decidedly jazz driven synthesizer sounding joy. That particular disc really is the prime example of his multi track skill but there are plenty of other good pieces to be found. OK, so what's this got to do with 78s. Simple. Having liberated that Les Paul record I loved it for ten years until I broke it when moving. Shortly after that I put my trusty Garrard 401 record player in my fathers attic and forgot about 78s altogether until I met a man in Lambourn who renovated Garrards. And doesn't he just. Back came the Garrard, refurbished a treat and ready to strut it's stuff on 78, 45 and 33. (By the by, did you realise that in 1978 everyone who was born in '33 was 45?) But Oh! Where were the 78s to play? I had a couple of rubbishy old ones, but nothing that really cooked. At about that time I took to going to our local auction rooms, and guess what? They regularly sold boxes of 78s for a couple of quid. So I bought some. I have to tell you now that there has been some dire music recorded this century, and Bing Crosby can take the blame for a lot of it. You might think Boyzone are awful, but they are the current end product of a long and faintly revolting evolutionary trail that predates Jess Conrad by several decades (Actually if you look closely at Jess Conrad, and I'm afraid I have, you will see that he predates his face considerably, if you know what I mean). With the above said, amongst the oceans of flotsam there have been a few absolute gems to make it all worthwhile. Louis Jordan brightened mylife, and several others have been too good to pass on. I particularly like 'Boogly Woogly Piggy' by the Ambrose Orchestra with Anne Shelton on throat, and any Phil Harris (Balloo) song is excellent. If you watched 'Hello Girls' on BBC1 the original version of the theme song is by Rose Murphy and I found it and kept it on 78. Very few 78s are worth any money at all, those that are date from the late fifties, when 78s had to be specially ordered (The vinyl LP took about eight years to obliterate the 78) and are of the easily obtainable rock'n'roll stuff. But do stay awake because there is such a large and ready market for rock'n'roll 78s for juke boxes that the prices quoted for mint (means unplayed and doesn't happen) are astronomic, however the majority of old equipment for playing shellac chewed them up pretty badly and the consequent price reflects that. Yes you could get `250 for an Elvis 78, but not if you've played it. Probably nearer a fiver in that case, still outlandish compared to most 78s and vinyl. By a twist of cosmic logic some of the very good earlier stuff that has never been released elsewhere has no buyers in quantity. But interest is growing. I was forced to give up my relatively cheap hobby of buying a box of old 78s and even older spiders because others started bidding against me and a two quid knock down became a ten quid top bid. And they are not worth that. Also worth considering is that 78s sound appalling over a modern stereo without a mono switch. Why? Because you get different scratch and surface noise in each speaker and whatever remains of the recording is drowned out in the middle. A good graphic equaliser (12+ bands a channel) can pay dividends, but if like me you loathe and despise graphic equalisers pick one up at a boot sale. It's worthwhile. If you can get hold of the technology to play them without causing undue damage, and that's tricky because it is almost all secondhand unless you want to spend hundreds going on thouands, and you can get your 78's in decent nick they are an absolute joy. If you like fifties rock'n'roll you'll love it on 78 because it sounds fabulous, far better than vinyl or, pah, CD - it's easy to see why the prices are so high. You can get lucky at boot sales and auctions - so try it hep cats. Chris Chadwick
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CDs are rath| 00000070 65 72 20 64 69 73 74 61 6e 74 20 61 6e 64 20 72 |er distant and r| 00000080 65 6d 6f 74 65 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 6a 75 73 74 20 |emote, you just | 00000090 70 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 0d 69 6e 20 |put the disc.in | 000000a0 74 68 65 20 74 72 61 79 2c 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 |the tray, press | 000000b0 74 68 65 20 67 6f 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 61 6e |the go button an| 000000c0 64 20 64 6f 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 20 65 |d do something e| 000000d0 6c 73 65 2e 20 20 54 68 65 79 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 |lse. 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I asked my f| 00000270 61 74 68 65 72 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 69 73 |ather about this| 00000280 2c 20 77 68 6f 2c 20 77 6f 6e 64 65 72 20 6f 66 |, who, wonder of| 00000290 0d 77 6f 6e 64 65 72 73 20 61 6e 64 20 66 72 6f |.wonders and fro| 000002a0 6d 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 68 69 73 20 6d 61 6e |m one of his man| 000002b0 79 20 72 6f 6f 6d 73 2c 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 |y rooms, produce| 000002c0 64 20 61 20 37 38 20 6f 66 20 73 61 69 64 20 76 |d a 78 of said v| 000002d0 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 2e 0d 0d 54 68 65 20 74 68 69 |ersion...The thi| 000002e0 6e 67 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 4c 65 73 20 50 61 75 |ng about Les Pau| 000002f0 6c 2c 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 65 20 65 66 |l, is that he ef| 00000300 66 65 63 74 69 76 65 6c 79 20 69 6e 76 65 6e 74 |fectively invent| 00000310 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 65 6c 65 63 74 72 69 63 0d |ed the electric.| 00000320 67 75 69 74 61 72 20 28 74 68 65 20 6c 65 67 65 |guitar (the lege| 00000330 6e 64 61 72 79 20 48 75 6d 62 75 63 6b 65 72 20 |ndary Humbucker | 00000340 70 69 63 6b 75 70 29 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 6e |pickup) and then| 00000350 20 77 65 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 74 65 72 72 6f 72 69 | went to terrori| 00000360 73 65 20 74 68 65 0d 41 6d 65 72 69 63 61 6e 20 |se the.American | 00000370 72 65 63 6f 72 64 20 69 6e 64 75 73 74 72 79 20 |record industry | 00000380 77 69 74 68 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 20 74 72 61 63 6b |with multi track| 00000390 20 72 65 63 6f 72 64 69 6e 67 2e 20 20 57 68 69 | recording. 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Well| 000004a0 2c 20 4d 72 20 50 61 75 6c 20 75 73 65 64 20 72 |, Mr Paul used r| 000004b0 65 63 6f 72 64 69 6e 67 0d 74 65 63 68 6e 6f 6c |ecording.technol| 000004c0 6f 67 79 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 61 73 20 61 64 76 |ogy about as adv| 000004d0 61 6e 63 65 64 20 61 73 20 79 6f 75 72 20 63 61 |anced as your ca| 000004e0 73 73 65 74 74 65 20 72 65 63 6f 72 64 65 72 20 |ssette recorder | 000004f0 74 6f 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 20 74 68 65 0d 66 |to produce the.f| 00000500 69 72 73 74 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 73 20 6f 66 |irst examples of| 00000510 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 20 74 72 61 63 6b 65 64 20 6d | multi tracked m| 00000520 75 6c 74 69 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 72 65 63 6f 72 |ulti speed recor| 00000530 64 69 6e 67 2c 20 74 75 72 6e 69 6e 67 20 61 20 |ding, turning a | 00000540 67 6f 6f 64 20 6f 6c 64 0d 74 75 62 20 74 68 75 |good old.tub thu| 00000550 6d 70 65 72 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 27 48 6f 77 20 48 |mper like 'How H| 00000560 69 67 68 2e 2e 2e 27 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 61 6e 20 |igh...' into an | 00000570 61 75 72 61 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 67 68 74 2e 20 54 |aural delight. T| 00000580 68 65 6e 20 68 65 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 67 6f |hen he really go| 00000590 74 0d 63 72 61 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |t.cracking on th| 000005a0 65 20 42 20 73 69 64 65 2c 20 74 75 72 6e 69 6e |e B side, turnin| 000005b0 67 20 6f 75 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 74 72 |g out all the tr| 000005c0 69 63 6b 73 20 6f 6e 20 27 57 68 61 74 20 49 73 |icks on 'What Is| 000005d0 20 54 68 69 73 20 54 68 69 6e 67 0d 43 61 6c 6c | This Thing.Call| 000005e0 65 64 20 4c 6f 76 65 3f 27 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 6b |ed Love?' to mak| 000005f0 65 20 61 20 64 65 63 69 64 65 64 6c 79 20 6a 61 |e a decidedly ja| 00000600 7a 7a 20 64 72 69 76 65 6e 20 73 79 6e 74 68 65 |zz driven synthe| 00000610 73 69 7a 65 72 20 73 6f 75 6e 64 69 6e 67 20 6a |sizer sounding j| 00000620 6f 79 2e 0d 54 68 61 74 20 70 61 72 74 69 63 75 |oy..That particu| 00000630 6c 61 72 20 64 69 73 63 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 |lar disc really | 00000640 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6d 65 20 65 78 61 |is the prime exa| 00000650 6d 70 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 68 69 73 20 6d 75 6c 74 |mple of his mult| 00000660 69 20 74 72 61 63 6b 20 73 6b 69 6c 6c 0d 62 75 |i track skill.bu| 00000670 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 70 6c 65 6e |t there are plen| 00000680 74 79 20 6f 66 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 67 6f 6f 64 |ty of other good| 00000690 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 66 6f | pieces to be fo| 000006a0 75 6e 64 2e 0d 0d 4f 4b 2c 20 73 6f 20 77 68 61 |und...OK, so wha| 000006b0 74 27 73 20 74 68 69 73 20 67 6f 74 20 74 6f 20 |t's this got to | 000006c0 64 6f 20 77 69 74 68 20 37 38 73 2e 20 20 53 69 |do with 78s. Si| 000006d0 6d 70 6c 65 2e 20 20 48 61 76 69 6e 67 20 6c 69 |mple. Having li| 000006e0 62 65 72 61 74 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 4c 65 73 |berated that Les| 000006f0 0d 50 61 75 6c 20 72 65 63 6f 72 64 20 49 20 6c |.Paul record I l| 00000700 6f 76 65 64 20 69 74 20 66 6f 72 20 74 65 6e 20 |oved it for ten | 00000710 79 65 61 72 73 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 49 20 62 72 |years until I br| 00000720 6f 6b 65 20 69 74 20 77 68 65 6e 20 6d 6f 76 69 |oke it when movi| 00000730 6e 67 2e 20 53 68 6f 72 74 6c 79 0d 61 66 74 65 |ng. Shortly.afte| 00000740 72 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 70 75 74 20 6d 79 20 |r that I put my | 00000750 74 72 75 73 74 79 20 47 61 72 72 61 72 64 20 34 |trusty Garrard 4| 00000760 30 31 20 72 65 63 6f 72 64 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 |01 record player| 00000770 20 69 6e 20 6d 79 20 66 61 74 68 65 72 73 20 61 | in my fathers a| 00000780 74 74 69 63 0d 61 6e 64 20 66 6f 72 67 6f 74 20 |ttic.and forgot | 00000790 61 62 6f 75 74 20 37 38 73 20 61 6c 74 6f 67 65 |about 78s altoge| 000007a0 74 68 65 72 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 49 20 6d 65 74 |ther until I met| 000007b0 20 61 20 6d 61 6e 20 69 6e 20 4c 61 6d 62 6f 75 | a man in Lambou| 000007c0 72 6e 20 77 68 6f 0d 72 65 6e 6f 76 61 74 65 64 |rn who.renovated| 000007d0 20 47 61 72 72 61 72 64 73 2e 20 41 6e 64 20 64 | Garrards. And d| 000007e0 6f 65 73 6e 27 74 20 68 65 20 6a 75 73 74 2e 20 |oesn't he just. | 000007f0 20 42 61 63 6b 20 63 61 6d 65 20 74 68 65 20 47 | Back came the G| 00000800 61 72 72 61 72 64 2c 0d 72 65 66 75 72 62 69 73 |arrard,.refurbis| 00000810 68 65 64 20 61 20 74 72 65 61 74 20 61 6e 64 20 |hed a treat and | 00000820 72 65 61 64 79 20 74 6f 20 73 74 72 75 74 20 69 |ready to strut i| 00000830 74 27 73 20 73 74 75 66 66 20 6f 6e 20 37 38 2c |t's stuff on 78,| 00000840 20 34 35 20 61 6e 64 20 33 33 2e 20 28 42 79 0d | 45 and 33. (By.| 00000850 74 68 65 20 62 79 2c 20 64 69 64 20 79 6f 75 20 |the by, did you | 00000860 72 65 61 6c 69 73 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 6e 20 |realise that in | 00000870 31 39 37 38 20 65 76 65 72 79 6f 6e 65 20 77 68 |1978 everyone wh| 00000880 6f 20 77 61 73 20 62 6f 72 6e 20 69 6e 20 27 33 |o was born in '3| 00000890 33 20 77 61 73 20 34 35 3f 29 0d 0d 42 75 74 20 |3 was 45?)..But | 000008a0 4f 68 21 20 20 57 68 65 72 65 20 77 65 72 65 20 |Oh! Where were | 000008b0 74 68 65 20 37 38 73 20 74 6f 20 70 6c 61 79 3f |the 78s to play?| 000008c0 20 20 49 20 68 61 64 20 61 20 63 6f 75 70 6c 65 | I had a couple| 000008d0 20 6f 66 20 72 75 62 62 69 73 68 79 20 6f 6c 64 | of rubbishy old| 000008e0 20 6f 6e 65 73 2c 0d 62 75 74 20 6e 6f 74 68 69 | ones,.but nothi| 000008f0 6e 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 63 |ng that really c| 00000900 6f 6f 6b 65 64 2e 20 20 41 74 20 61 62 6f 75 74 |ooked. At about| 00000910 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 69 6d 65 20 49 20 74 6f 6f | that time I too| 00000920 6b 20 74 6f 20 67 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 6f 75 |k to going to ou| 00000930 72 0d 6c 6f 63 61 6c 20 61 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 |r.local auction | 00000940 72 6f 6f 6d 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 67 75 65 73 73 |rooms, and guess| 00000950 20 77 68 61 74 3f 20 20 54 68 65 79 20 72 65 67 | what? They reg| 00000960 75 6c 61 72 6c 79 20 73 6f 6c 64 20 62 6f 78 65 |ularly sold boxe| 00000970 73 20 6f 66 20 37 38 73 20 66 6f 72 0d 61 20 63 |s of 78s for.a c| 00000980 6f 75 70 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 71 75 69 64 2e 20 20 |ouple of quid. | 00000990 53 6f 20 49 20 62 6f 75 67 68 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 |So I bought some| 000009a0 2e 20 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 74 65 6c |. I have to tel| 000009b0 6c 20 79 6f 75 20 6e 6f 77 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 |l you now that t| 000009c0 68 65 72 65 0d 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 73 6f |here.has been so| 000009d0 6d 65 20 64 69 72 65 20 6d 75 73 69 63 20 72 65 |me dire music re| 000009e0 63 6f 72 64 65 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 65 6e 74 |corded this cent| 000009f0 75 72 79 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 42 69 6e 67 20 43 72 |ury, and Bing Cr| 00000a00 6f 73 62 79 20 63 61 6e 20 74 61 6b 65 0d 74 68 |osby can take.th| 00000a10 65 20 62 6c 61 6d 65 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 6c 6f |e blame for a lo| 00000a20 74 20 6f 66 20 69 74 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 20 6d 69 |t of it. You mi| 00000a30 67 68 74 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 42 6f 79 7a 6f 6e |ght think Boyzon| 00000a40 65 20 61 72 65 20 61 77 66 75 6c 2c 20 62 75 74 |e are awful, but| 00000a50 20 74 68 65 79 0d 61 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 | they.are the cu| 00000a60 72 72 65 6e 74 20 65 6e 64 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 |rrent end produc| 00000a70 74 20 6f 66 20 61 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 |t of a long and | 00000a80 66 61 69 6e 74 6c 79 20 72 65 76 6f 6c 74 69 6e |faintly revoltin| 00000a90 67 20 65 76 6f 6c 75 74 69 6f 6e 61 72 79 0d 74 |g evolutionary.t| 00000aa0 72 61 69 6c 20 74 68 61 74 20 70 72 65 64 61 74 |rail that predat| 00000ab0 65 73 20 4a 65 73 73 20 43 6f 6e 72 61 64 20 62 |es Jess Conrad b| 00000ac0 79 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c 20 64 65 63 61 64 65 |y several decade| 00000ad0 73 20 28 41 63 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 69 66 20 79 |s (Actually if y| 00000ae0 6f 75 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 0d 63 6c 6f 73 65 6c 79 20 |ou look.closely | 00000af0 61 74 20 4a 65 73 73 20 43 6f 6e 72 61 64 2c 20 |at Jess Conrad, | 00000b00 61 6e 64 20 49 27 6d 20 61 66 72 61 69 64 20 49 |and I'm afraid I| 00000b10 20 68 61 76 65 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 | have, you will | 00000b20 73 65 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 65 0d 70 72 65 64 |see that he.pred| 00000b30 61 74 65 73 20 68 69 73 20 66 61 63 65 20 63 6f |ates his face co| 00000b40 6e 73 69 64 65 72 61 62 6c 79 2c 20 69 66 20 79 |nsiderably, if y| 00000b50 6f 75 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 77 68 61 74 20 49 20 6d |ou know what I m| 00000b60 65 61 6e 29 2e 0d 0d 57 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 |ean)...With the | 00000b70 61 62 6f 76 65 20 73 61 69 64 2c 20 61 6d 6f 6e |above said, amon| 00000b80 67 73 74 20 74 68 65 20 6f 63 65 61 6e 73 20 6f |gst the oceans o| 00000b90 66 20 66 6c 6f 74 73 61 6d 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 |f flotsam there | 00000ba0 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 61 20 66 65 77 0d |have been a few.| 00000bb0 61 62 73 6f 6c 75 74 65 20 67 65 6d 73 20 74 6f |absolute gems to| 00000bc0 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 69 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 77 6f 72 | make it all wor| 00000bd0 74 68 77 68 69 6c 65 2e 20 20 4c 6f 75 69 73 20 |thwhile. 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