Tone In Grooves is a video outlet for sharing my passion for music and physical music-media. I'm into many genres, especially jazz, classical, funk, soul, and classic rock. Vinyl and antique shellac 78rpm records are my main formats, along with CDs and a handful of cassettes. You'll see many of the standard "Vinyl Finds" videos here; while a unique feature at Tone In Grooves is my Shellac Stack Listening Session series. In these videos I'm your DJ playing full sides of records from my collection of 78s; usually early Jazz and Big Band music. Lots of fun! I hope you'll watch and enjoy.
Want to connect and share in a mutual appreciation of music and records? Reach out! toneingrooves@gmail.com
Many years ago i was demoe'd a nice sounding 78. It was a cool jazz combo; a nicely recorded late 40's early 50's record. The 78 was clean and it was played on a post WW11 PHILCO console. Fantastic! It was a perfect marriage; a late 40's 78 played on a late 40's console. It was a beautiful pairing. The way to go.
I am cleaning some old records and one has paint on it. Like someone painted and splattered on it. It's a Lightning Hopkins 78 rpm so I want to clean it. How can I get the paint off?
Great video! It's fantastic to see someone appreciating and preserving the sound of vintage 78 rpm records. I noticed you're using a modern Audio Technica turntable and a 78 rpm stylus, which is awesome. I was wondering how you handle the equalization since the old 78s were recorded with various EQ curves that differ from the RIAA standard used in modern equipment. Do you use a specific preamp with adjustable EQ settings or any other method to address this? I'd love to know more about your setup. Thanks for sharing!
Been fascinated with acoustical recordings ever since I started collecting 78s. Really neat hearing the Harmony records - it’s like an alternate reality where they kept perfecting the acoustical recording process instead of going electrical. Thanks so much for sharing!
I myself would never buy furniture for vinyl. I build my own out of real wood and never stack them to high. But for my CDs (over 2000) I love real wood bookcases. Worth the money. My vinyl collection is over 3500. That's all (from 976-CREOLEMAN)!
Actually, there are a small number of dealers online that do a very good job at shipping and do have very good product. What I recommend to the community is that they do their own research and look at the feedback. I purchase from at least three or four dealers on eBay and always receive terrific product and the shipping is impeccable. Not everyone could drive to Texas to buy Records from Nauks in Texas (and Nauks ships, too)
Found an antique shop that had a crate full of them for a buck each. These 78s were still in their original papers, not too many scratches and barely any that were chipped. I got them all nice and cleaned up, took me about 3 hours to clean them all; I also bought some new holders for them. Did it cost me all in total $120? Yes. But still a really good find, especially with how EBay treats the pricing of records. I struck gold.
If I ever pay any visit to the 41st Ave. Capitola CA public shopping mall Target, you know very well that I still see these black vinyls in their cardboard record jacket albums. They never went out of style. I also wish to start seeing tape cassettes again in this store. 🛍 😅 😍 🙄 😆 😬 🛍
Used to always be looking through the 45s and 78s in Salvation Army stores in 1980s and 90s where I could get them as little as a dime. I was always looking for records by Fats Waller and Benny Goodman Sextet. I grew up with 78 records in our house and still have some old family records. I have a severely worn Django Reinhardt and Hot Club of France - Nuages and Loves Melody - my dad said my aunts played it to death during the war. My favorite 78 and one of my favorite records of all I have is Benny Goodman Sextet with Charley Christianson - Rose Room Also have an old Moran & Mack comedy record.
You do seem to be an expert on this. For someone like me with around 20 shellac discs, would you suggest the Ortofon 2M 78 cartridge? I am planning to get my hands on one of those.
I started collecting about 35 years ago. I had a portable Victrola and would bring it to art deco society picnics, etc. I’ve collected on and off over the years. I see you forget to mention the OKEH label where you’d find a lot of black artists. I primarily collected novelty records, and also old 20s jazz when I could find it. I play ukulele and guitar so these old records were a source of ideas for cover tunes. I also have a full size Victrola in my house and enjoy it.
I shopped at an antique store, where the records were stacked out of their sleeves. I found the cardboard sleeve to a 1953 extended-play 45rpm record without the disc. I rummaged through the stacks and found the record that went with the sleeve. The sleeve was intact but a little faded from age. The record however was very grimy. For just a buck, I bought it and cleaned it up using your method. There were no bad scratches, just filthy. Now it plays like it's in near mint condition.
This is a very unwise method of cleaning 78's. Shellac and filler, of which 78's are made, are extremely porous and hygroscopic material and water immediately penetrates the record deep under the surface. Trying to dry the record with a cloth or leaving it in a dry warm place is not going to do it. But the fatal effect of water on a 78 is not immediately visible; you'll think the record is dry but the destruction will only show over time. Water, trapped inside the record, will eventually cause the shellac/filler to expand; that is the reason why so few records from the 1920's are still really shiny; because they have not been kept in a dry environment. When new, all records, even the worst pressings, were perfetctly smooth and shiny and without surface noise. It's getting wet and/or being kept in a damp environment that has deteriorated the surface over time, ranging from slight dulling to heavy gritting. Cleaning a record with water and not vacuum drying it will severely add to that deterioration. The only safe way to clean a 78 is to use special 78 cleaning fluid and a vacuum record cleaner/dryer like this one which I highly recommend; expensive, yes, but it is the very best way to clean, dry and preserve a 78, many of which (at least in my collection) are worth more than what I had to pay for this machine! www.nittygrittyinc.com/product/record-master-2
Important is how NOT to play them; - on an antique Victrola it is the same as to "demolish" them. If you do that, you show not to be interested in the music itself and not to have respect for historic recordings.
Hi, I’ve watched this vid a few times and it’s really great! However I have a question; if alcohol dissolves shellac, do you need to make sure your detergent is non alcohol based?
I just purchased an antique Ernst Grossman crank “Talking Machine” with records. I so appreciate this video and feel confident cleaning them now. Can’t wait to use it.
excellent way to clean 78's. I do this also since ages. To play them NEVER forget to use OR a "mono-cartridge" OR to use the "mono-switch" on your (vintage) amp. And of course, you need a diamond-stylus suited for the job, otherwise your "point" will drop too low into the groove.
How about cleaning old Berliner or Victor Monarch 1 sided records from 1899 to 1900 lampblack records 10inch. Heres the link for an example of an example of these records www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-5458/ 3:13
