Re: GONE: 150+ 78pm records 1910s to 1950s
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:50 am
I also prefer the earlier Bing Crosby Victor scroll records, a couple of which were in this batch. I also pondered whether to include the Bing Crosby/Andrews Sisters Christmas records in this giveaway but decided I should keep them out of a sense of duty. I listened to them on an LP during my childhood but haven't really listened to them since.
As for Sinatra, this batch had two records--early Sinatra on a 1940s British Columbia pressing and a later Columbia pressing. I much preferred the earlier pressing.
My favorite records are jazz from the late 20s--Louis Armstrong Okeh records, Jelly Roll Morton, Miff Mole, electrically-recorded Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington on Victor scroll, etc. I'll never let those out of my grip. I also like older international records from the 20s--Yiddish, Polish, Irish, Ukrainian, Argentine, etc.
I started collecting some 2-minute cylinders when I was 11 or 12, because I had bought an Edison Home Phonograph with lawn-mowing earnings. That had been the beginning and end of my collecting until I reached my late 20s and bought a beat-up VV-80 floor model from a friend for $25. The cylinders were fun for demonstration purposes. For me, the 78s were the true discovery, and good ones were plentiful in the '90s.
As for Sinatra, this batch had two records--early Sinatra on a 1940s British Columbia pressing and a later Columbia pressing. I much preferred the earlier pressing.
My favorite records are jazz from the late 20s--Louis Armstrong Okeh records, Jelly Roll Morton, Miff Mole, electrically-recorded Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington on Victor scroll, etc. I'll never let those out of my grip. I also like older international records from the 20s--Yiddish, Polish, Irish, Ukrainian, Argentine, etc.
I started collecting some 2-minute cylinders when I was 11 or 12, because I had bought an Edison Home Phonograph with lawn-mowing earnings. That had been the beginning and end of my collecting until I reached my late 20s and bought a beat-up VV-80 floor model from a friend for $25. The cylinders were fun for demonstration purposes. For me, the 78s were the true discovery, and good ones were plentiful in the '90s.