The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

I went junking today...hit all the regular spots and one that I'd never been in before..The new one had two pristine Victor 10 in. albums full of early 20s records, virtually new...Columbias and Victors..and almost all religeous...The Benson Orch playing "Ma" was the snappiest of all...Another junk shop provided two more 10 in. albums...this was a curious collection..⅓ of this stash was childrens records, even one on the "Mickey Mouse Club" label , another ⅓ was green labeled Columbia ethnic Russian discs, the final ⅓ was 40s-50s jazz...Count Basie, OscarPeterson Trio , on Cleff; Erskine Hawkins on BlueBird ; Dave Brubeck Trio on Fantasy label ;Charley Parker on Mercury....; Maynard Ferguson on EmArcy....of course these were very well played...worn out might be closer to the truth....Why are the religeous discs always like new , and the hot dance worn out......I know why!!! , still , ...And how did these discs from such different back grounds end up together waiting to be rescued?...things that make you go HMMMMMMMM??????

Stuff like this is what keeps me prowling in junk shops. Sometimes you wander across some worthwhile things and curious collections that make you wonder what the back story could be.

Clay

I see odd assortments of discs cobbled together all the time. A Victor Batwing nestled next to a 1950's Frankie Laine record in an album and so on.

I figure the kids were messing with them back in the day. It's always the kids.