I took a photo of this gorgeous 1948 Christmas-card-with-record (78 rpm, of course), and then I dismantled it. Had to--it was the only way to actually hear the record, since getting it to track as-is was an impossible task. After removing the lean, clear-plastic disc, I attached it to an expandable 45 to flatten it-- see photo.
No, wait--I meant, an expendable 45, not expandable.
Now I had a playable disc.
And a fun disc it is, too: Jingle Bells (1948)--A Sommerfield Musical Card.
Hated to cut up the card, but I did save the face (minus the disc), which is the main part. No one said that preserving history didn't require sacrifices.
Operation: Save Jingle Bells was a resounding success. In closing, I would like to thank the following people (blah, blah, blah)....
Lee
4 comments:
wow- i've had to de-staple comic books before to scan them, but this took(jingle)balls on your part, and i humbly thank you...
Love this one... And all the selections you dig up for the holiday season. The antidote to the lame 24 hour FM radio Christmas programs out there now :)
What if I wanted to hear the Robin Hood track? Eh, Lee, did you ever think of that? What about us Robin Hood fans? He stole from the rich and gave to the poor! And then when the previously poor became the nuevo riche, he reversed the process! How's that for fast thinking!
WV: seger. Like Bob Seger. So Sock It To Me, Santa!
I love this version! It's like the quintessential arrangement: pure and simple. I, too, have often destroyed things to preserve them. Once I had this awesome huge photo of a football team from 1905. The cardboard it was mounted on was warped and ruined, so I thought it would be best to soak the photo off it. It was violent, but in the end I won - not the photo.
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