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son was tidying things downstairs and came across two 'boxed' sets of 78's i bought for £3.50 and put away about 8 years or so ago; not having a record player, i thought i'd keep them safe till i had one - then forgot about them.

they are His Master's Voice recordings, from the early 1930's:
Beethoven's OP.73 (the ''emperor'' concerto), Artur Shnabel and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent

and Chopin's OP.21, concerto No.2 in F Minor for pianoforte and orchestra - Alfred Cortot.

they are in beautiful condition and make me smile to think how well they look at their age :)


so, what have you got lurking in a cupboard someplace?
 
Old 78's, especially classical music make great interior decor, but have little collector value. Popular music has just a little more interest.

What 78 collectors really want is early blues tunes, Elvis Presley, and Hank Williams.

A few years ago, I ended up with about 50 pounds of 78's. They were all classical album(this means 10 records in a binder which looks like a photograph album). When someone came in looking for 78 records, they were expecting to pay 10 or 15 cents apiece. It wasn't worth the time. I sold the entire box to an artist chick who had some project in mind.
 
butters said:
son was tidying things downstairs and came across two 'boxed' sets of 78's i bought for £3.50 and put away about 8 years or so ago; not having a record player, i thought i'd keep them safe till i had one - then forgot about them.

they are His Master's Voice recordings, from the early 1930's:
Beethoven's OP.73 (the ''emperor'' concerto), Artur Shnabel and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent

and Chopin's OP.21, concerto No.2 in F Minor for pianoforte and orchestra - Alfred Cortot.

they are in beautiful condition and make me smile to think how well they look at their age :)


so, what have you got lurking in a cupboard someplace?
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I have over 1,000 78 rpm records, including some from before 1900.

Most of the early (pre-1914) ones are classical, particularly Operatic Arias. Artists include Chaliapin, Caruso, Dames Nellie Melba and Clara Butt, Terrazini etc.

But I have a collection of 1950s British Skiffle.

I play some of the common ones on a wind-up gramophone, changing the needle every two sides (new needles for wind-up gramophones are available on eBay).

BUT - any significant recordings, such as those you mention, are available as CD transcriptions and often are on YouTube.

One of my very early ones is The Farmyard Quartet - something like Old MacDonald's Farm but worse. It is good condition because it was rarely played.

It was recorded in 1899. This is a cylinder version of my 78 rpm disc. It's politically incorrect at about 1 min 30...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYiYmv0_71k

I'd really like a copy of this: (My Girl's Pussy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ODlhfA14Bs
 
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bronzeage said:
Old 78's, especially classical music make great interior decor, but have little collector value. Popular music has just a little more interest.

What 78 collectors really want is early blues tunes, Elvis Presley, and Hank Williams.

A few years ago, I ended up with about 50 pounds of 78's. They were all classical album(this means 10 records in a binder which looks like a photograph album). When someone came in looking for 78 records, they were expecting to pay 10 or 15 cents apiece. It wasn't worth the time. I sold the entire box to an artist chick who had some project in mind.
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oh, i know they're not valuable (money-wise) - the beethoven set is on ebay for £35 only. single discs of Cortet are on about £12.99 each. but they have a certain romantic charm to them and i only wish i had a record player to listen to them before passing them along to someone else who might enjoy them even more. i think Byron might have liked them :rose:

i wonder what she made with them!
 
butters said:
oh, i know they're not valuable (money-wise) - the beethoven set is on ebay for £35 only. single discs of Cortet are on about £12.99 each. but they have a certain romantic charm to them and i only wish i had a record player to listen to them before passing them along to someone else who might enjoy them even more. i think Byron might have liked them :rose:

i wonder what she made with them!
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You can buy modern record players that will play 78s, 33s and 45s.

You can even buy brand new "made in India" wind-up gramophones for 78s but they are more of a conversation piece than an effective player. They do work, but sound tinny.
 
Yeah, 78's ain't worth nuthin'.

But the kids are getting back into vinyl.

Lots of rap/hip-hop "artists" are releasing limited editions on vinyl.

And there are re-pressings of classic rock albums on heavyweight 180g vinyl...I had a new Mono Beatles white album in my hands at HMV the other day, $79.

The Number on the front was 9 million and something....
 
oggbashan said:
I have over 1,000 78 rpm records, including some from before 1900.

Most of the early (pre-1914) ones are classical, particularly Operatic Arias. Artists include Chaliapin, Caruso, Dames Nellie Melba and Clara Butt, Terrazini etc.

But I have a collection of 1950s British Skiffle.

I play some of the common ones on a wind-up gramophone, changing the needle every two sides (new needles for wind-up gramophones are available on eBay).

BUT - any significant recordings, such as those you mention, are available as CD transcriptions and often are on YouTube.

One of my very early ones is The Farmyard Quartet - something like Old MacDonald's Farm but worse. It is good condition because it was rarely played.

It was recorded in 1899. This is a cylinder version of my 78 rpm disc. It's politically incorrect at about 1 min 30...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYiYmv0_71k

I'd really like a copy of this: (My Girl's Pussy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ODlhfA14Bs
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over 1000? what with those and all your books you must live in a big house or have lots of outside storage :D and it is rather wonderful to have such old recordings, isn't it? history in your hands.

my mother used to have beautiful 78's of maria callas (i think) - her voice fascinated me but the actual records themselves were something irresistible to a 7 year old... their smooth weight, that jet black shine, the grooves.... :rolleyes:

wow, that's great you can still get the needles! i would have thought them very hard to come by.
there's nothing quite like that sound of the needle finding the groove, the sleek hiss, before the musicians strike up - and the sound of the recording is so unique as if you're right there in the room with them - hard to replicate on the remastered cds.

i'll go listen to your links in a while if it doesn't make my laptop freeze :D
 
chillywilly2 said:
I'm thinking, skeeet shooting targets
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what is skeet?
and he did say 'some project' so i was hoping it were something more attractive

oggbashan said:
You can buy modern record players that will play 78s, 33s and 45s.

You can even buy brand new "made in India" wind-up gramophones for 78s but they are more of a conversation piece than an effective player. They do work, but sound tinny.
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i could have bought a record player numerous times, to be fair, just never got around to it and now it's a matter of rehoming a lot of stuff before leaving for america. :cool:
 
We took a fair few upriver when we recreated Three Men in a Boat - a wind up gramophone bought from a second hand shop in Eton, and plenty of spare needles from Radio Days by Waterloo, which sells masses of 78s. Ours were mostly Al Bowlly and Henry Hall, I think. Great to listen to as sun sets over Henley Bridge, and you moor up to watch the kingfishers diving.
 
butters said:
what is skeet?
and he did say 'some project' so i was hoping it were something more attractive


i could have bought a record player numerous times, to be fair, just never got around to it and now it's a matter of rehoming a lot of stuff before leaving for america. :cool:
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skeet shooting, tossing a clay disc into the air and blasting with a 12 ga shotgun...not really a project but a sport, best enjoyed with a few brewskies

come to the good part of north America and I'll show you, but bring the 78's for targets
 
DesEsseintes said:
We took a fair few upriver when we recreated Three Men in a Boat - a wind up gramophone bought from a second hand shop in Eton, and plenty of spare needles from Radio Days by Waterloo, which sells masses of 78s. Ours were mostly Al Bowlly and Henry Hall, I think. Great to listen to as sun sets over Henley Bridge, and you moor up to watch the kingfishers diving.
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:cool: never heard of al bowlly though the name henry hall rings a faint bell.

chillywilly2 said:
skeet shooting, tossing a clay disc into the air and blasting with a 12 ga shotgun...not really a project but a sport, best enjoyed with a few brewskies

come to the good part of north America and I'll show you, but bring the 78's for targets
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never! these are things of beauty and not up for being blasted into smithereens like some folorn blackbirds on the wrong end of a blunderbuss. :mad:

DesEsseintes said:
How is that different from clay pigeon shooting?
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the quality of the orchestral content?
 
Brightlife UK sell record players that play 78s (and 33s and 45s) for £40.
 
butters said:
so, what have you got lurking in a cupboard someplace?
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Um.... Three guesses and the first two don't count:

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+cassettes and CDs
 
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