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Dragged the cat back!

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Posted on March 4, 1999 at 10:52:09
SFDude


 
Well..more like I dragged a stash of vinyl someone left out in the streets of the Sunset district in San Francisco. Found it on the corner near my aunt's place. Some interesting stuff in there. A LOT of Russian operas which I have yet to go through, Roger Williams stuff (waaaay before my time but I'm sure he is an original "crooner") and some great classical stuff. Even got a Berlitz record on Beginner Spanish!

About 30-40 LPs in total. Now I've got to clean them all and listen to them.

The interesting thing are the 10" (12" is a standard LP size, right?)records. They sure are thick (I'm sure I can serve up dinner on them even). Was this format popular back then as I haven't seen any LP like this during the 70's or 80's? And why did they stop producing them? The quality on these 10" records are a LOT better (at least they're a little more solid and not flimsy).

Anyway, gotta go clean some LP's tonite and see what Polka music sounds like. HA!

 

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Re: Dragged the cat back!, posted on March 4, 1999 at 17:00:09
Rod M


 
Hmmmm, they must be from the 50s. My folks used to have a lot like that but they were 78 rpm records with 1 song per side. An album came in a very cool book type thing with 6 or more records per set. To bad they didn't take very good care of them and most ended up broken and got tossed out.

Anyway, sounds like very early 33 rpm records. Be careful. While they are thick, they are are quite brittle and will snap in pieces fairly easily.

 

that's no cat!, posted on March 9, 1999 at 18:49:04
dy/dx


 
it seems the gramaphone records had this abrasive in there to keep the steel needle sharp so it would track ok. better be careful where you put your stylus. Didn't your parents talk to you about this?

 

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