MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
you'd also need a stack of needles. As i understand it, it's one needle per play with that type of system.
How do we buy music these days?....
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Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
It's also quite loud and with no volume control that's a problem. They were playing it in the shop, with a book over the speaker to muffle the loud sound.🧐
I think the idea is to stick a sock in the horn; hence the expression, "put a sock in it."
I've often fancied a proper grama
I've often fancied something like that as it's a lovely piece of furniture but I probably wouldn't like any of the music you would find on a 78.
I've often fancied something like that as it's a lovely piece of furniture but I probably wouldn't like any of the music you would find on a 78.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
you can still get turntables that play 78's ... £50 off Amazon. Didn't they stop making those records in the 50's?
I actually have a reasonably modern one, it's stashed away in my parents'actic. It's a '70s music centre with fully automatic turntable which can be set for 10" records and 78RPM.
There is also a load of old 78s which belonged to my great aunt.
I have listened to them, using the aforementioned record player. Nothing much to my taste in must. Some are single-sided which would suggest to me they are really old (I could be wrong).
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
if there's any Elvis lurking in there they can be worth thousands.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Yes, the 78 rpm music is 'an acquired taste'. I bet it'd cost a bomb to have it repaired if say the crank/wind up thingy stopped working.
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Accy cyclist
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- The hills of Accrington
I didn't have time to flick through them as he was shutting the shop up when I got there. He had a Frank Sinatra 78 playing when I walked in. I wouldn't have thought Sinatra was recording in the days of 78's. 🤔
He's very clued up about prices/the value of items, so If there was a rare Elvis one, he'd have sussed its worth. Like Sinatra, I would've have Elvis Presley as a 78 rpm recorder. 🤔
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Accy cyclist
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- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I have a retro 1920's/30's record/CD/radio player I bought in a charity shop for £35 last year. It plays 78's and has volume control and a headphones socket. It's much more practical than that HMV oldie, but the oldie has that 'sense of history' feel about it. I could keep the HMV one in the boot of my car, then on nice days in the summer I could crank it up and gauge public reaction.
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No Elvis unfortunately.
The Crofted Crest
Veteran
Open Spotify, click Search, type in Spotify Kids and voila! Child's play.
I have Spotify connected to Alexa.
The grandchildren just say Alexa play (whatever they want) and it plays from Spotify.
I sometimes wish I hadn't shown them this
