Tony L
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Yes, I’ve just checked a couple at random and it clamps pretty much at the edge of the playing surface, sometimes just over, sometimes just past. Potentially useable:
Second hand vinyl finds
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Yes, I’ve just checked a couple at random and it clamps pretty much at the edge of the playing surface, sometimes just over, sometimes just past. Potentially useable:
Tony L
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Not sure. It isn’t my area to be honest, I’ve never traded in them as they are so breakable. They certainly seem to have different label materials, e.g. the Brunswick I picture looks like some kind of water-slide decal or printing, whereas HMV etc have more familiar paper labels. I suspect that Brunswick wouldn’t mind getting wet.
gavreid
Pretty Words...
Yes they varied, especially the earlier you get and even within the same brand. The RIAA specfied a Minimum Inside Diameter, or somesuch. I don't know when and you'd need lo look that up for the spec (I'm too tired at the moment, sorry)
I have it, it’s pretty good, from memory it doesn’t have Johnny Hodges on it though? Ellington is always good value, just not that collectible due to the size of the catalogue.Of course he did, it's an audiophile record!
Analogue Productions reissued it a few years ago with a different cover in red. It's a great album. Mine has the cover above, an original 6 eye. These old Ellington records are so underappreciated and it's still possible to pick them up at great prices.
paulfromcamden
Baffled
I missed this excellent article in the Graun from last April in which their intrepid writer uses RSD to go hunting for second hand treasure in Brighton.
www.theguardian.com
‘After eight hours, my feet and fingers throb’: my epic treasure hunt for vinyl gold
This Saturday, Record Store Day will see an avalanche of pricey rarities and flashy reissues. Instead, our writer scours the secondhand bins of indie stores and charity shops – and bags a dozen crackers
Isobarik
pfm Member
One of my best finds was a Boxed set of Roxy Music '8LP's' never been played for £8 in a charity shop in Lincs.
And another good find was when a second hand Record Shop opened in my local town, what a find! Bought perhaps 50 albums from him,all in perfect condition,some still sealed. The shop closed shortly after.
Then another great find in a charity shop in Birmingham, mostly classical, bought the majority of them for about £20 must have been around 40 plus albums.
And another good find was when a second hand Record Shop opened in my local town, what a find! Bought perhaps 50 albums from him,all in perfect condition,some still sealed. The shop closed shortly after.
Then another great find in a charity shop in Birmingham, mostly classical, bought the majority of them for about £20 must have been around 40 plus albums.
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
Beware, shellac has a finite lifespan when played on such a machine, which reduces as your needle loudness rating increases.
I have a pile of junk 78s for the HMV wind up, the rest only get played on the Lenco.
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
There are 10" 78s which are supposed to have similar playing time to 12" 78s. They do this by having a postage stamp sized label.
paulfromcamden
Baffled
Nerdy fact. The 'deep groove' beloved of jazz record collectors is a throwback to the small label size of 78s and the pressing machines adapted for the new fangled microgroove records.
Tony L
Administrator
My 78s are only stuff I’ve been given. To be honest I have no idea how to grade a 78, no idea where the grading lines lie as I’ve never wanted to buy and sell them. None are in a condition I’d touch if they were vinyl, yet they seem to sound ok on the HMV wind-up. It goes years without use though so they aren’t getting worn out!
I haven’t even bothered cataloguing the 78s into my Discogs collection. I don’t think I’ve got anything valuable; a few Louis Armstrong, Basie, Waller, Sinatra, Ammons etc, but I suspect they are all UK reissues, not US originals. Certainly no Blue Notes or rare blues!