The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

here is a working link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9zkmANRZss

When they were kids, my wife used to torment her younger brother at bedtime with Quentin's Theme ...

Brad wrote:I watched an episode of either Twilight Zone or Outer Limits that was about a man who found an old radio in his basement and a neighbor kid helped him set up. When he turned on the radio, all it received was old broadcasts. I don't remember what exactly happened but I remember that I was kind of freaked out...

Your story just begs me to tell mine. I also collect the earliest broadcast radio sets going back to 1921. In 1988 I was living in a garage apartment in Houston and had strung an antenna wire from a 2nd story window because I liked fishing for distant stations on my antiquated radios. That first night, I was twirling the three dials on a 1923 FADA 4-tube Neutrodyne radio and suddenly heard among the static the faint, but familiar strains of "Barney Google" sung by Jones & Hare on Edison. WHOA! A Twilight Zone moment for sure! Several more old tunes played before a station break. I was going crazy. Sanity returned when I found out that station KOA in Denver was having "Twenties Music Night". I should have called in to tell them that I was listening a thousand miles away on a 1923 radio set, but I figured they would never believe me.

Try this link:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9zkmANRZss[/youtube]

VintageTechnologies wrote:

Brad wrote:I watched an episode of either Twilight Zone or Outer Limits that was about a man who found an old radio in his basement and a neighbor kid helped him set up. When he turned on the radio, all it received was old broadcasts. I don't remember what exactly happened but I remember that I was kind of freaked out...

Your story just begs me to tell mine. I also collect the earliest broadcast radio sets going back to 1921. In 1988 I was living in a garage apartment in Houston and had strung an antenna wire from a 2nd story window because I liked fishing for distant stations on my antiquated radios. That first night, I was twirling the three dials on a 1923 FADA 4-tube Neutrodyne radio and suddenly heard among the static the faint, but familiar strains of "Barney Google" sung by Jones & Hare on Edison. WHOA! A Twilight Zone moment for sure! Several more old tunes played before a station break. I was going crazy. Sanity returned when I found out that station KOA in Denver was having "Twenties Music Night". I should have called in to tell them that I was listening a thousand miles away on a 1923 radio set, but I figured they would never believe me.

Great story. I too have spent many a sleepless night trying to "pull in" those distant stations. It was always a treat to capture a foreign DX station and score a QSL card. I have purposefully stayed away from collecting old radio's because I know I would quickly fall off the deep end

Interesting that people who like old phonographs like Dark Shadows and Firesign Theater!

I posted this once before-I hope it is not inappropriate to post it again (took about 46 years to be able do it, then only with the assistance of TheVictrolaGuy):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_3Npgm1 ... 3A&index=2

RAK402 wrote:Bill,


It appears that you are a Firesign Theatre person, based on your location, sir.

Got it in one!

Incidentally, I've often wondered whether Dave Ossman is in any way related to Vess Ossman: I remember the "Graphophone Entertainment Group" reference in the album "How Time Flies"….

You know this reminds me very little of the time Gabby the sacred cowboy ambled up to me and challenged me to a game of ten card tarot binnacles wild!
good fun Dark Shadows and Fire Sign Theater sort of like death and taxes? what an odd pairing as Joe Black would say
Dewey

I think we're all bozos on this bus...

RAK402 wrote:I think we're all bozos on this bus...

Maybe, but at least we're all headed in the same direction...