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Intro to 1940’s Blues, Jazz, Country, Gospel, R&B, etc.
Selections: Andrews Sisters – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – ‘41 Chet Atkins – Dizzy Strings – ‘48 Big Maceo – Kid Man Blues – ‘45 Buchanan Brothers – Atomic Power – ‘46 Jerry Byrd – Steelin’ the Chimes – ‘49 King Cole Trio – FST – ‘45 Arthur Crudup – That’s All Right – ‘47…
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Intro to 1930’s Blues, Jazz and Country Musicians
Selections: Louis Armstrong – Lazy River Kokomo Arnold – Milk Cow Blues Mildred Bailey – St. Louis Blues Cab Calloway – Reefer Man Leroy Carr – New How Long, How Long Blues Carter Family – Keep On The Sunny Side Casa Loma Orchestra – White Jazz Robert Cooper – West Dallas Drag No. 2 Delmore…
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Early 1900’s Opera & Classical Music 78s & LPs
A few weeks ago a gent contacted us from Waco and asked if we would be willing to accept a large collection of opera & classical 78s from the early 1900s as well as some LPs. He didn’t want to take them to the thrift store as they meant so much to his family member.…
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Flattening Old 78s
The other day a friend of mine tipped me off on some very warped, dirty 78s he saw at a thrift store. He sent me some pics. They were in an old worn out gramophone and even though it looked unpromising, I stopped by. When I arrived they were indeed beat up (warped, extremely dirty,…
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1938 RCA Model 70-B
By far the workhorse of the broadcast transcription turntables I picked up is this 1938 RCA Model 70-B. There were four iterations of RCA broadcast turntables (Model 70-A through 70-D). The RCA 70-A was introduced in the mid 1930’s. By 1938 RCA had rolled out the 70-B. Somewhere down the line in the 1950s a…