Great music to restore by!!!!

guyvapeur · #1 17-01-12, 00:33

If you had told me two years ago that I would be playing 30s and 40 s records I would have told you ***It's not going to happen.***

Well it did. I purchased a 1912 phonograph at auction and then went on to have the innards reworked and the cabinet refinished.

I now posess approx. 1000 records from the 1920s and on to about 1955. They are all 78 rpm.

I have spent quite a bit of time at the Perley Rideau Veteran's Hospital in Ottawa, and playing the old records to the vets is probably one of the most rewarding things I have ever done.

Some of the old guys can't give you their wive's names..... but they will name every song I play and sing along with it....

There are some great songs and music out there.

Rob Fast · #2 17-01-12, 01:31

I can't imagine how much those seniors are appreciating you and those great classics. I am not a 78 collector but I have a couple. One of my favorites is a bit of a rarity, the RAF fundraiser recording of BBC Charles Gardner doing a live broadcast of a dogfight over the channel/Dover.

A question for you Dutch guys here. Who was that young attractive Dutch girl who sung your native songs over the BBC during the war? Post a U-Tube link here if she is on there.

Yes Phil, it gets you in the mood.

Cheers Rob

Bruce MacMillan · #3 17-01-12, 05:39

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Originally Posted by Rob Fast

One of my favorites is a bit of a rarity, the RAF fundraiser recording of BBC Charles Gardner doing a live broadcast of a dogfight over the channel/Dover.

Cheers Rob

Items like this are as important to save as vehicles, uniforms, etc. They are a real slice of history.

I've managed to find two records myself. First is a 78 by the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada recorded in Vancouver in the 1950s and the second is an album called the "Last Post" by the Royal Canadian Artillery Band recorded in 1968. The band thought they were going to be disbanded (no pun) and produced a limited edition LP. There is even a hand written note inside by a CWO J. Davies.

First thing I did was to digitize them in case of an oops.

Ganmain Tony · #4 17-01-12, 08:21

What a great thread. Many many thanks Rob for posting that link.

Love the 40's music and I agree.... magnificent to swing a spanner to..