Just to take a pause here, you all just have to link to this fantastic site. A fellow named TED STAUNTON's got a RECORD LABEL COLLECTION (These are 78 RPM) that really illustrates the originality and beauty of functional art! (Now we know that Ted collected the records beneath these labels and we wonder what a record collection he has!)
Here's a little technology talk. These days there are still people who play music on hi-fi's, on 8 track cassettes, on reel to reel tape... Maybe nobody you know but we know them!
These people are using the equipment that plays the recordings the way they bought them or recorded them live because that sound quality is vintage - maybe the artists haven't given over to converting the recordings. These vintage music enthusiasts love the crackle and the pops - the vintage sound of the old recordings. They love being able to change the bass or the treble. They can remember being off stage when a band performed and like the screaming in the background.
Christine and I are often trying to figure out which Youtube or other video we want to post because we love original performances and think our readers should see what the artists looked like when they sang those songs - history! (OK, no more cracks about how I'm History!)
People were buying 78 RPM versions of records that were also released on 45 RPM's for some time. I bought my first GUY MITCHELL record on 78 RPM in the mid 1950's and I believe that my first United Artists release was also put on a 78 RPM version.
Wes
(I'll blog about my on label, BLUE STAR someday!)
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