The Official 78 RPM Cheap Thrills Thread For Moldy Figs

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oh jeeze i am really tempted to bid on some of those country & quebecois 78s.

huh, christie's didn't know nat shilkret in 1979.

The only 78s I own are um, SCG 'Rookoo Bay" and John Fahey, whatever those things were on Perfect.

oh, and also, original copy of Moby Grape's 'Wow' for that Foxtrot song, which I've *still* never heard at correct spead.

I dunno, just never ever got into this scene at all. Seemed laughable when I could get everything on Document and Wolf LPs and CDs. and then spend the money I saved on rare free jazz and psych stuff. that didn't (at that time) have any other availability. 78s just seemed so beyond the pale, so Robert Crumb wannabe

but just like any reissue campaign you can't really get "everything" on newer formats, which I think is one reason why people still collect 78's even when lots of stuff gets reissued on LP/CD.

also, they sound good, like 45s on steroids. and if you find one of those library A/V players with the switchable needles, they have tube amps! very nice in the living room.

I don't seriously collect them, but I will pick them up if they are interesting and cheap, mostly cuz I have the player. Plus, a lot of the "make your own record" things, which I try to collect, are 78 rpm.

granted, even the weirder and more obscure 78s are being reissued now as in Secret Museum, Black Mirror, Victrola Favorites, Mississippi recs, etc, but this is a relatively new development.

oh, and also, original copy of Moby Grape's 'Wow' for that Foxtrot song, which I've *still* never heard at correct spead.

Ha, I taped this from my normal deck, but I hauled out my supercool 'portable' wooden 'fold-down deck' and tried to record that track from there. It came out a bit scratchy, but was OK.

Later, got the CD, and found it was exactly like that!

related: 78 Collectors: Why are they so weird?

that joe bussard doc is somewhere deep in my netflix queue.

i was lookin through old issues of wax poetics the other day & there was a big bussard feature. pretty neat stuff. btw, listened to a 78 today by the "Lone Star Cowboys" on bluebird! it was great! fiddle, mandolin, uke & jug iirc.

got a handful of 78s in knoxville and some more in the mail--

kelly harrell - my horses ain't hungry / hand me down my walking cane (victor)
york brothers - naggin' young woman / got ramblin' and gamblin' on my mind (decca)
cecil campbell's tn rambliners - steel guitar hop (rules!!) / she's got the cutest eyes (rca victor)
zeke manners - when my blue moon turns to gold again / the fightin' sun of a gun (bluebird)
bailes brothers - searching for a soldier's grave / as long as i live (columbia)
callahan brothers - greenback dollar / just one year (columbia)
tack foster - song for mother / i lost my love in the ohio flood (montgomery ward)
frank martin - in the jailhouse now / blue yodel #2 (brunswick)
kessinger brothers - goodnight waltz / wednesday night waltz (brunswick)
darby & tarlton - i can't tell why i love you / after the ball (columbia)
girls of the golden west - i want to be a real cowboy girl / take me back to my boots and saddle (montgomery ward)

decided i'm gonna make an hour-long cd of my favorite 78s that i own. will make enough copies for any interested parties.

press an LP!!

darby & tarlton = the fucking shit. envious.

(secret question for ian - so that thing i sent you (f4h3y) - any thoughts?)

john, i loved it! do you still have a copy? i heard about your hard drive crash..

oh shit i havent had a chance to check yet!

i still have the reel tho, so should not be a catastrophy or anything.

gald you dug it dude. i prob have more fun stuff for you, but ill save that for emails or another thread or something.

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yeeeeeeeeee haw

that kiss me quick by the georgia yellow hammer is one of my favorite old time songs, no lie.

Grading 78s makes me so neurotic!

like.. V, V+?!?! what kind of metric do ppl use to determine this shit? like, percentage of grooves worn? too much work.

Grading
M- Just this side of mint. Few things in this world are perfect,
so we don't use M. In fact, we very seldom use ME+
A choice copy with no wear whatsoever.
E Excellent. Virtually no trace of groove wear with only
minimal traces of use and handling.
E- An above average record with a slight degree of groove wear,
but not enough to seriously detract from its audio quality.
V+ Obviously well played, but still enjoyable. Noticeable
graying in the grooves.
V Very well worn, but listenable. Expect the surface
noise to be significant. There may be some stressed grooves.
V- Wiped out. Played with the right equipment, however, you may still
derive a certain degree of pleasure from a record in this condition.
P Possibly unplayable.
Note that grading is visual! Double pluses and minuses are used when needed to more accurately describe a record's condition (i.e., E-- falls between E- and V++).
If the two sides differ, the lower grade is used. If they differ markedly, a combination grade such as V+/E-- may be employed. Please note that visible graininess will
always be described on any record grading E or better, even if the record in question might be expected to exhibit such surfaces (Victor Scrolls, HMVs and Deccas,
for instance). Graininess will also be described on lower grade records when the condition is more pronounced. Brown wax cylinders are graded audibly (unlike any
other records in this catalog). Each cylinder is assigned a numerical value between 1 and 9, with 1 being totally inaudible and 9 being as new.
* Any lot number in this catalog preceded by an asterisk may be seen in the Auction Highlights section on our website, www.78rpm.com
Abbreviation Key
acc accordion
ann announced (by)
Arg Argentine
Aus Australian
bbl bubble
beg beginning
bjo banjo
bl blue
blk black
blstr blister
br brown
Brz Brazilian
bw blue wax
Can Canadian
cbi cardboard imprints
cc corner crease
Ch Chilean
Chi Chinese
cla clarinet
cnd conducted (by)
cnr corner
cnt cornet
cond condition
cr crack
cs center start
cvr cover
Cz Czech
Dan Danish
def defaced
dep depression
dir directed (by)
dj disc jockey/dust jacket
ds dull surface
dsclr discolored
dmg damage
DO dance orchestra
dwrp dish warp
eb edge bump
ec edge chip
ef edge flake
esep edge separation
ewrp edge warp
emb embossed
el etched label
Eng English
enl enlarged
es edge split
fs from (album) set
fdd faded
fmg foreign matter in gvs
Fr French
Ger German
gld gold
gr grainy
grn green
gtr guitar
gv groove
hb hardback book
hc hairline crack
hdmg heat damage
hm half moon
hmks heat marks
hv heavy
In Indian
ill illustrated
int internal
isd inherent
stamper defect
islv inner sleeve
Ir Irish
It Italian
jbr jukebox lbl ring
Jp Japanese
lam lamination crack
lbl label
lc lamination crack
lg large
lat lateral
ll lacquered label
lss label states
lt light
maj major
mar maroon
MB minimum bid
mbw moulded brown wax
MC master of ceremonies
Mex Mexican
min minor
med medium
mk mark
mld mold
mnt may not track
mol marker on label
msg missing
mvt movement
mx matrix
NA no album
nap not affecting play
nat natural
nd needle drop
NG no guest
nr needle run
ntg not to grooves
ntpg not to playing gv
OA original album
OB original box
OBA original box album
OBL orig box and lid
ocp off-center pressing
ocr orig cast recording
ODS orig dealer sleeve
OGA orig gatefold album
OMS orig mailing sleeve
oop out of print
OPS orig picture sleeve
org orange, organ
ORS orig record slip
OS orig sleeve
ostr orig soundtrack rec
o/w otherwise
pat patent
pnt paint
pb picture on back/
paperback book
pc plaster chip
pg playing grooves
pic piccolo
pno piano
pl picture on label
pom pressed from orig mx
pot potential
ppr paper
pt pit
pur purple
pr pressure
pmks pressure mks
PW post WW-II
ras rough area swishes
re rounded edge
recs records
rep repair
rev reverse
rpt repeat
rs rough start
rst rusty staples
Rus Russian
SA South African
sax saxophone
Sca Scandinavian
scf scuff
scr scratch
sd side
sdp solvent drop
sel selection
sep separated/separation
sev severe
sf spindle flake
sh spindle hole
shd ½" Standard hole
drilled
sil silver
siw signed in the wax
skp skip
slt slight
sm small
sn serial number
sol sticker on label
Sp Spanish
spon sponsor(ed)
spt spot
ss single-sided
sscr spiral scratch
ssh small spindle hole
st stain
str stressed
Swe Swedish
Swi Swiss
sws swishes
tb trombone
ttl title
tok tracks ok
tol tape on label
tpt trumpet
tr tear
uke ukelele
Ur Uruguayan
v very
vcl vocal
vert vertical
vfw very few
vla viola
vlc 'cello
vln violin
vnl vinyl/plastic
whi whistling
wt white
woc writing on cover
wol writing on label
wrp warp
wdmg water damage
wmks water marks
wnt will not track
wpg wax pencil in gvs
wss wax states
wx wax
yel yellow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuVaAaAf7WU

got a reasonbly clean copy of this :)

i have spent the last hour and a half digitizing 78s for a mix cd!

i wanna copy of this!

Don Kent, legendary 78 collector & reissuer, is in the hospital after being badly burned when his house caught fire. His records are okay.
If anyone in NC wants to help move the records this week, get in touch with Jesse T Stewart of Green River Records.

Is he OK?

He's got some burns but he'll live and I don't think there will be any lasting damage, aside from cosmetically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2-IBVMVpM

scored this over the weekend. anybody got a asch 78 discography for the caribbean stuff? all i can find is leadbelly and guthrie jamz on the web.

http://www.78discography.com/Asch.htm

that's all i got for ya. and no calypso stuff seems to be listed -- sorry boo

these are the 78s i got today from my buddy john!

augusta trio - down yonder / whistling rufus (champion)
narmour & smith - gallop to georgia breakdown / kiss me waltz (okeh, from the collection of r. crumb)
red headed fiddlers - texas quickstep / never alone waltz
da costa woltz's southern broadcasters - take me back to the unny south / are you washed in the blood of the lame (acetate dub from herwin)
john hammond - little birdie / pretty bolly (acetate dub from challenge)
len & joe higgins - the old white mule / slippery elm tree (columbia)

just peeked in the discography -- the augusta trio is a pseudonym for shores southern trio, feat. bill shores. they did one of my favorite fiddle records "goin' crazy" (it's not on youtube or i was gonna post it. it's on the 'hell broke loose in georgia' comp on county.)

got a weird acetate dupe of this record today, cheap -- such a killer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZs-P_MNLLE

the provenance of the acetate is disputed. the john hammond i got today is from the same set of records. years ago someone had a box of them they sold on ebay -- hand-typed labels, lots of acetate copies of some incredibly rare records. and in good shape. jeeze. at the time i got only one though i bid on many. charlie bowman's "forky deer" / "moonshiner and his money." my friend john got 7-8 of them at the time.

not disputed -- unknown, i guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIB4Pio0Y4U

^^ incredible imo

i traded for some more 78s today.
traded two buddy moss records and the bill johnson's louisiana jug band for these --

skillet lickers - hawkings rag / skillet licker breakdown (buff bluebird, both sides with killer ted hawkins mandolin)
skillet lickers - devilish mary / soldier will you marry me (columbia)
luther b. clarke & the blue ridge highballers - wish to the lord i'd never been born / going down to lynchburg town (columbia)
elmer bird - little mamie / my mother's grave (supertone)
al hopkins buckle busters - bristol, tennessee blues / buck-eyed rabbits (brunswick)
al hopkins buckle busters - whoa mule / johnson boys (brunswick)
kessinger brothers - sixteen days in georgia / the girl i left behind me (brunswick)
kessinger brothers - done gone / chinky pin (brunswick)
flanagan brothers - the night paddy murphy died / irish delight (bluebird. 'the night paddy murphy died' is comedic and awesome.)
polish record by dukli wiejska on fiddle. (victor, from Crumb.)

you guys, i love 78s.

man, i got pretty bent last night and broke out my junky 78 player. i know most '50s honky tonk came out on 45 as well, which is certainly a more convenient format, but goddamn it if a 78 isn't the only real way to hear this shit. the steel guitar will fucking cut you at 78 rpm. posting a youtube is almost offensively lacking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDpC0xOjN78

this prolific east bay gospel group is pretty great.

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^^ maybe my fave uncle dave macon side

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNR2OArXajM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReoKKsWtXvU
raising strawberries made a man out of me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0arXT-IHl2I

Wondering if the country/blues fans on here ache to get out of the city when they listen to this stuff. I know I do, and it isn't hard for me to make the trip but I have to make the music digital first. These records deserve wooded, rolling hills in view as a supplement.

With at least a railroad track cutting through too, preferably.

Yes?

i dunno! i guess so, sure? i just like sitting with my morning coffee by the big windows in my front room and jamming 78s. it's a good time. i thought i mentioned it somewhere, but next week I am going to the house of Richard Nevins, who currently runs Yazoo, and has one of the best 78 collections in the world.. epic day of listening.

Oh is he out in Jersey? I think the current address is right by my hometown. If so expect the same kind of sights as in the movie "The Station Agent", which literally was filmed in my hometown.

i have not seen the station agent, would i like it?
and yes, jersey! apparently we get there at noon, eat lunch, listen to records for a bunch of hours, he takes us out to dinner, then we listen to more records til 9 or 10.

Wow, sounds lovely. Are you friends?

Station Agent is a great little flick. Stars Peter Dinklage. Beautiful Northern Jersey scenery featured.

I don't really know him at all -- but my buddy John is part of his 78rpm posse. A bunch of dudes get together every few months to listen to records at Richard's house, and this month a few regulars couldn't make it so I got to sneak in and snag a spot.

Very cool. Good to know those kind of gatherings happen.

dudes. celina and the kids are at my in-laws. i am sitting at our dining room table eating frozen food, drinking bud tall boys, and jamming today's 78 acquisitions. i miss my family and everything but temporary bachelorhood is the shit. also, hank motherfuckin' williams sounds so sick on 78.

found a different one by this dude today. i've decided i need to become an oakland 78 completest. anybody got some big town or cava-tone titles they wanna sell me?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuM91rsrVwM

this one is killing me right now. if the band were any more laid back they'd be passed out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtHp0cseaLA

hank & lefty, kings of the jukebox!

i have no SF area 78s but if for some reason i see some out here, they're yours! just keep me posted when you find dope fiddle records.

dudes. celina and the kids are at my in-laws. i am sitting at our dining room table eating frozen food, drinking bud tall boys, and jamming today's 78 acquisitions. i miss my family and everything but temporary bachelorhood is the shit. also, hank motherfuckin' williams sounds so sick on 78.

― moe handy, Wednesday, May 29, 2013 5:59 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i thought they came back yesterday! damn dude, you coulda been slammin beers w us :*(

i mean sometimes a man must be alone

haha. i had a kalx meeting until like 10. on my way home i thought about texting you but restraint and good judgement got the better of me. i'm not built to party anymore (or, at least, not 3 nights in a row).

i have no SF area 78s but if for some reason i see some out here, they're yours! just keep me posted when you find dope fiddle records.

― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7:13 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sunday mornin, listening to the red headed fiddlers and drinkin iced coffee.. mmmm, fiddlicious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r03kPNCfgh4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_t5DoXbEPo

got a handful of rad ones at rasputin last night. mint wlp of 4 or 5 june carter titles, a carl smith (hank wannabe),lefty, and wynonie harris. nothing mindblowing or $$$$ but shit is clean and i just love the way this stuff sounds on 78. the logo for columbia radio station promos are AMAZING, too. i wanna make shirts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcBIL4DKcpE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWikQ3fXNOI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFA9w_GhiIs

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On the recently sold Tommy Johnson record:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Rare-Tommy-Johnson-1930-Blues-78-Rpm-Record-Goes-for-37100-on-Ebay-20130930

JO LaMadeleine
Starr 15891 Quatrieme centenaire reel/les Cinq Jumellls reel
Starr 16492 reel pic pic/Reel Des Aviateurs
Starr 16110 Soiree reel/Reel Louette

Henrie Houde
Starr 16822 Quadrille DE Villageosie/Reel de Jolie Brunettee

Isidore Soucy
starr 16119 Reel A Manda/Gigu Ti-zoune V+
Buff Bluebird 4926 reel des marins/les trois corbeaux V++

JO LaMadeleine
Starr 15891 Quatrieme centenaire reel/les Cinq Jumellls reel
Starr 16492 reel pic pic/Reel Des Aviateurs
Starr 16110 Soiree reel/Reel Louette

oops

Joseph Allard:
Buff Bluebird 4902 reel du pat sullivan/reel du casse tete V++
Bluebird 1279 Reel Macdonald/Reel Du Sous marin V++

Isidore Soucy
Buff Bluebird 4926 reel des marins/les trois corbeaux V++