My granddad would buy one or two records a month. I practically lived with him when I was a kid during the decade of the 60s. I spent many hours listening to his extensive collection. This was one of my favorites along with “Does Your Bubble Gum Lose It’s Flavor On The Bed Post Overnight”.
Isn't it amazing how well a clean 78 RPM record will play? Credit to your turntable and OM-30 cart, and wired to mono.. everything done right!!! What a wonderful tune! Thanks for posting this!
Hello ChiefJusticeBadger, Record was played on a Dual CS-5000 turntable with an Ortofon OM-30 cartridge and 78 stylus. Signal is fed into a cheap phono preamp then into an old BSR graphic equalizer and on to the little Fisher Stereo receiver. I have the two channels on the cartridge bridged to produce a mono sound output. I recorded the music on a Philips CD recorder and ripped the CD into Windows Media Player 11 on a Toshiba laptop running Windows XP SP3.
Yes, I remember seeing the "4-speed" record changers from the late 1950's and 1960's. I have seen a few 16 2/3 speed disks. These were recordings of books that were designed for people with poor vision or who were blind. Kind of like early "books on tapes" and CD's that we have today.
Great to hear of a 45rpm copy of this record. I have never seen a regular 45 or 78rpm copy. As you can see, my 78rpm copy is a promotional "disc jockey" copy.
My record player, which I bought in Canada in 1977, does not even have a 78 speed. Do you remember some record players in the '60's had a 16 speed, yet I never saw a 16 record.
Hey KA7E11, please see if you can find their version of "Tennessee Border". It's another great one. ...She was too fat, he couldn't court her, now she wears a girdle around her Tennessee Border....
