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Monday, December 30, 2013

The Phonograph Repeater

Watch a video of this thing here.

From the early 1900s, these were the very first automatic repeat gadgets for records. The needle would reach the end of a record (give or take a few seconds), then the needle would catch on the repeater and rotate it to the beginning of the record (again, give or take a few seconds)


The Geer Repeater

 More here.



Friday, December 27, 2013

Yvonne DeCarlo Sings (Masterseal, 1957)

Between her early acting/dancing roles and before she made TV history as Lily Munster, Yvonne DeCarlo was an aspiring singer.






(If you'll look closer at the record cover and that on the video, you'll see a discrepancy in the conductor name. "John Towner" is actually John Williams. The same guy who brought us the legendary Star Wars soundtracks and future conductor of the Boston Pops....)




"Meiecundimees üks Korsakov läks eile Lätti" Winny Puhh (2013)


Now that's what the fox said......