pmsummer
02-15-2008, 07:32 PM
Stopped by a used books and records store at lunch today and found this 10", stereo, 78 rpm single blast from the past. Too cool!
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BUENO / TUFF ENUFF
Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns
Stiff Records Made in England
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Score, baby!!!
(Yeah, I'm post-whoring on this, but I'm EXCITED!)
Oh, wow! I LOVE "Buena"! Cool score!
yohan77
02-15-2008, 09:02 PM
HOLY CRAP I USED TO HAVE THAT RECORD!
Seriously, I used to have it and have since lost it.
NoTransistors
02-16-2008, 12:45 AM
I thought I knew all there is to know about records and record technology.
Never, ever have heard of a stereo 78.
Is it shellac, plastic, or vinyl?
Must sound spectacular on a dual-horn wind-up Victrola.
Seth
Forever Analog and Covered In Parrot Poop
cactuscowboy
02-16-2008, 01:09 AM
I am drooling with envy.
I've got about 6,000 78s and all are in MONO! Never seen one in stereo!
pmsummer
02-16-2008, 08:23 AM
I thought I knew all there is to know about records and record technology.
Never, ever have heard of a stereo 78.
Is it shellac, plastic, or vinyl?
It's vinyl.
Radio station copy 78's were pressed on vinyl during the last decade or so of their being made. And there were a few strong selling singles released on 78 vinyl during the sixties, such as The Beatles. Then later on "Mr. Bojangles" by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, seen here along with a Dave Edmunds 78. For some cool about these and others, go to: http://www.cool78s.com/index.html
Fred Longworth
02-16-2008, 12:30 PM
Electronically recorded . . . that's amazing.
I can't tell you how tedious it used to be cutting those little groove modulations with a scratch awl and a magnifying glass.
Fred
pmsummer
02-16-2008, 01:47 PM
I am drooling with envy.
I've got about 6,000 78s and all are in MONO! Never seen one in stereo!
There's actually one on Ebay right now with a low BIN.
totallysilly
02-16-2008, 07:10 PM
That's so neat! :)
How does it sound compared to 33/45 vinyl? Does the sonic quality scale up with the RPMs?
shrinkboy
02-16-2008, 07:15 PM
nice find, pm; did you locate it at the one on NW Hiway?
pmsummer
02-16-2008, 07:16 PM
nice find, pm; did you locate it at the one on NW Hiway?
Cedar Hill.