The Best Records Always Arrive Broken

[epigramophone]

Could have been Durium "Hit of the Week" or something similar.

[Wolfe]

Thought they looked too big for Hit of the Weeks, but yeah perhaps. Lady doesn't look Depression era to me either. But I'm no expert in ladies hairstyles.

[edisonplayer]

The ad looks like it's for Vulcan Records from 1923 or thereabouts.I have a Little red Riding Hood Children's Operetta Set from them.Vulcans were advertised as unbreakable.edisonplayer

[emerson]

Well, It happened again, nice packing job----but out of the 7 records, the only one broken was the one that was wanted---the rest were triples and quadruples.

[pictureroll]

Emerson, what was the record that was broken?

[emerson]

7" Emerson record number 7490, broken into 3 pieces

[Curt A]

Ever since you posted this thread, I have been somewhat nervous. I bought two rare puzzle records from a record guy in England and since he seemed knowledgeable, I forgot to ask him how he was going to send them. Then I re-read the listing and somewhere down the line he mentioned sending them in a pizza type box. Since they had already shipped, I figured there was no point in confirming this... just wait and see. I received them both yesterday in excellent condition and he had sandwiched them between cardboard and packed it in an oversized box full of peanuts... what a relief.

[GrafonolaG50]

Another one lost to history today. I had ordered a pristine copy of Glenn Miller's American Patrol. The seller put it in between 2 pieces of bubblewrap and then put it loosely into a box. As you can guess, one of my favorite wartime recordings arrived looking as if it had been dropped from a B-17.

[emerson]

Sorry to hear that---What hurts, like you said is not the money but the loss of a piece of recorded history and it's listening enjoyment. Yes, most records can be replaced---but if it had been given more respect for the true value of recorded sound, maybe packing would of been a higher priority.