Very nice good luck with your restoration they machines by the Victor Talking machine always seem more attractive then what we have here in the U.K.😊😊😊
If there are chips on the edges where the paper stuff in the middle is exposed, would it be bad to get the records wet as the water could soak into the middle layer?
You mean like on a Columbia red label? I'm not sure of many others that use that method. No, I've cleaned hundreds of those and of the hundreds maybe 5 or 6 had a little "paper" exposed. I never had one damaged (any more) by that. Keep in mind that I've never cleaned any SEVERELY damaged Columbia reds, they just typically aren't worth it.
If you look through my videos here you'll see the one where I use an ultrasonic cleaner that I picked up on Amazon. If you're only cleaning a few then just use a plastic bristle brush in the sink using warm water and dish soap
My mom was in show biz and back in 1950, she would she Billie in the hotel.lobbies back east. Mom would go and sit with her and chat her up ! Nice B side 🎵
I like your presentation, and thanks for showing the 3rd track of that Spinners LP I found it for 25 cents nearby. Great Johnny Winter picks as well ! 🎵
Very nice, I've owned 3 Magnavox consoles from the mid 60's to early 70's that I bought new. Would love to find a nice one in my area now. One note on yours, the covers are installed in reverse. The right side should slide under the left side.
I love 10" record albums. I'm always looking for them. I have a VM changer, but it needs work. It's in an RCA console of great proportions, which also needs a lot of work, but they still function. Oh, and the dial cord broke. LOL.
It sounds like the Club Royal Orchestra used the newly invented (1920) Theremin as the lead melody instrument in this recording. I wonder if this is one of the first commercial recordings of the Theremin?
Is that a Theremin? Sounds almost like a bow and saw but too quick and reliably pitched. I did read somewhere that Clyde Doerr was one of the inventors of the Varichord in 1939 but not sure if it's the same guy. Also definitely not this instrument as that is closer to the lap steel...
@@agarso I can't prove that is what it is, but it certainly sounds like one to me given the recording quality available at the time and the fact that I've never heard one from that era. If you look up the history of the Theremin it says it was invented in 1920, so it is possible that it was used in that recording. Would love to know if that is really what it is, but I doubt if there are any written records that would verify it.
@@CovertCulvert I found this link, only lists traditional instruments used... weird! adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800000565/B-26645-Wholl_take_my_place_When_Im_gone
@@agarso Thank you for looking that up for me. It sure sounds like a Theremin, but I suppose it could be some kind of stringed instrument. Like you said, it sounds too precise for a bowed saw. The sound's envelope was what I noticed that really reminded me of the Theremin. It sounds like a Sine wave, not a saw wave like a violin/cello would. I listened again and the violin takes the second solo. Thanks again for the info!!
When I was a young boy I used to replace the old hardened, perished rubber gaskets or inserts around the mica disk with the old india rubber insulation around the electrical wiring cut into strips and it worked fine.
Yes, I actually mentioned that as an addendum in the notes above though I know not everybody checks out the notes for videos. Luckily they have the comments section to check for any changes or alternate suggestions. This was actually already discussed above.
They get two coats of clear coat, alcohol won't affect them. Plus the alcohol content usually isn't high enough to do anything more than turn the shellac gray if left untreated.
One possible problem with using shellac 78s as coasters is that shellac dissolves in alcohol. So if an alcoholic beverage spills on them, they could be easily ruined.
Clicked on this video to fully expect to hate it, but the moment I saw it was Bing Crosby, my fear and anger immediately turned into satisfaction since all he does is clutter the shelves here in NZ and I absolutely despise him for it.
I would NEVER do this to a rare record, only the common thrift store finds. I have plenty of broken rare records that remain on the shelves, at least until one comes along to take its place... that is not a common occurrence
