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lol Florence........ try ebay :-D

David Cassidy... How Can I Be Sure

Even though at the time we didn't have a working record player, but I lived in hope :-D :-D

Blinky 'eck!
Just realised that player cost summat like 13 1/2 guineas when I was 16 my uncle had to be guarantor on the never never..........
and I still have it!!!
that's 61 years ago...........
pity I don't have the original 78's that I bought at the time!!

wonder if it still works............???

I still have my old record player in the loft its a mono one lol :-D :-D

I can remember buying my first LPs.

They were 78s that I bought in a jumble sale when I must have been about 10. I loved them. I used to play them on our Radiogram.

I think one of them was called "HOT POT STEW" or something like that. It was a comical one. Obviously with a title like that :-D :-D :-D

With respect Jem, 78's weren't Lp's

LP's ran at 33 1/3 Rpm

But I know what you mean!!
Bob

I did wonder what to call them Bob! :-D :-D

I wasn't quite sure that I'd picked the right speed either, but I looked that one up! :-D

I've been wondering whatever happened to them! :-S :-S

I think the first LP I did buy was a Slade one.

Can't remember what it was called now! Possibly called "Born To Be Wild"
Which at the time I thought was Born To Be Loved!:-D :-D :-D

It had "Darling Be Home Soon" on it!:-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxFFBIKAi1A

did you know that there used to be a pricing policy related to the colour of the labels
(talking 78's here,) think it was Decca's 12 inch and 10 inch records

how many of you had a transcription deck?

that one ran at 16 rpm, no good for music, really

talking of which.........do you remember the "wobbly" soundtrack on some films

especially piano music.......

LP Elvis Golden Records 1958
EP Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and his Comets
45 (Single) Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan

Never bought a 78, I always ordered a 45 version.

The first LP i bought was My Generation, by the Who. Not sure what year that was.

The single by the Move,mentioned by "Ann", Flowers in the Rain, i bought, and towards the end there is a whistling part, and my dog always used to howl at that.!! :-D

Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brothers - 78 rpm, played on a wind up gramophone, Liz.

Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brothers - 78 rpm, played on a wind up gramophone, Liz.

For most of the era of 35mm movies the sound was analogue on a stripe next to the pictures. If the projection equipment was not well maintained then the film could slide or skip and the result was sound wobbles. Not something you would encounter at Leicester Square but quite possible with your local Roxy.

There are only a handful of cinemas now able to project 35/70mm movies. As a huge part of movie heritage has not been moved to digital that is a massive loss of cultural heritage.

Maria Elana by Gene Pitney. 1968/9. My boyfriend, who is now my hubby, bought it for me when I got my first record player.

I love Maria Elena, Barbara! :-)
I loved Gene Pitney and have quite a few of his LPs / Cassettes.

Dear Joyous

Hello

As I remember, it was an ABBA LP, which cost £4.

Very expensive back then!


Take gentle care
With best wishes
Elizabeth,
xx

Hi JemimaFawr
I loved all Gene Pitney records and have lots of them. Went to see him live a number of times when he came to the UK and got a birthday kiss once!!!

Pat Boone singing "April Love".
I also had a 78 of Laurie London singing "He´s got the whole world in his hands"
Must have been the late 50s.

I had two record token for the same birthday and bought Then I Kissed Her by the Beach Boys and The Turtles Happy Together.

M.