78rpm

…78rpm…IMG_1804…78rpm…IMG_1805

….78rpm.

 

…(mid winter task of clearing all the accumulated non-selling formats out the back room….mmmm…78rpm).

Stereogram-a-lam-a-ding-dong

…ooooo….IMG_1520

 

….aaaaa….

 

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…oooo….

 

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….aaaaa….

 

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….coupla nice little late 60s – early seventies musical appreciation devices…

…one already sold & the other is being wall mounted in the shop for listening to all those 78rpm platters I never seem to find time to sort thru…..

 

….(I’m keeping the orange fronted one).

Special

…been waiting along time to see one of these…IMG_1050

 

…and wasn’t sure I ever would….

 

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…now I can retire, my life is complete…

…thanguverymudgeyouvebeenawunnerfulawedyunce…

…Too Tone has left the building.

(back same time tomorrow…bills to pay!)

8 inches of Shellac

…another day, another format that you’ve only read about…..

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…ladies and gentlemen… the “new” eight inch record…

 

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….not only are they “electrically”recorded but they offer you a playing duration equal to a 10” record!!…

..they contain the dulcet tones of Jack Lumsdaine and /or the soothing timbre of The “Broadcast” Salon Orchestra of Australia….while they are not scratched they are very well loved…still playable but not free of surface noise as promised on the sleeve…

 

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…. and this one has a lovely border of swastikas….

….so I’m hoping it’s pre-1938 or so …

…but considering the attitudes of some of our antipodean brethren that may not be the case.