General Chat

Hi, My record is the first Led Zeppelin lp, before it was withdrawn and altered slightly. The original copy, from 1969, had turqouise lettering, and only 500 copies were made, but within weeks it was withdrawn and given orange lettering. A slight difference, but it's highly sought after amongst collectors.

yes, my husband was a DJ in the 70's and we have hundreds of singles, EP's and LP's. I also have 2 wind up gramaphone record players that my FIL left me, Along with loads of 78's and a tin of spare gramaphone needles!

Hi Margaret, I would just love to have a juke box, maybe one day!! Thanks Kirsten, guess you were lucky to come across one of the copies. Do you play it?? Or would you be afraid it would get damaged? Dee -))

Still have a record player? Yep and she does the washing,ironing,cooking etc, but never cleans my golf clubs,shucks.!!!!!!!

Yes we still have our record player and lots of old 45's from the 1950's. Sadly gave all the 78's away. Sighs and drops shoulders - they were the days - o Mary Hopkins 1960's. LOL Dorothy

You are lucky to have the spare needles Teresa, if the prices Harry quoted are correct ;-))

Hi Dee, No I don't! I got it for a present some years back, and I bought a cheaper copy to play instead. If it's damaged and I want to sell it in years to come it'll go down in price. Them record collectors have eagle eyes!

Barry, I hope she is not reading these threads!! Kirsten, don't blame you really, just wondered. ;-))

Dee, It's ok she can't see the computor from the kitchen where sh'es preparing my supper like a dutiful wife! OUCH! Spoke too soon!!! lol That's it then, Tongue pie and Cold shoulder for supper again tonight!!!

Barry She sounds as though she deserves a medal for living with you :-)))) Dee

Dee, Many a true word is spoken in jest! We've been together through good and bad for 36 years, married for 32 of those so it can't be all bad. I'm not one of those chauvnistic porkers, I'm just blessed with a wife who knows her place! As she once said to me ' you're not perfect but bits of you are excellent!' Seriously, she's a diamond and I 'm a lucky bloke to have her and I love her to bits.

Same here Barry, me and my Other Half have been married 36 years. It's him that deserves the medal in this house though!! ;-))

Hi Dee, yes I bought my Sony (top of the range at the time lol) stacking system in the late 1980's - it has a turntable on top, then tuner, then 2 cassette thingys, then it used to have a CD at the bottom. CD broke and I have had a portable one plugged into it for years now. I keep thinking about buying one of those teeny mini systems (or whatever they are called lol) but I wouldn't be without my turntable. Although I don't play my records very often, I have all my 7 inch singles (including some of those floppy ones you used to get free with magazines lol) in 3 singles cases and I spent some birthday money on a lovely silver case for my 12 inchers and LP's. Mum has a case full of 78's at her house and also has my 'teenage' record player - bright orange turntable and speakers - which can play them. I wouldn't part with any of the discs for anything! I remember when I was at school and college in the early 80's I used to buy loads of records, some from a catalogue that came without the 'middles'. I also acquired some a while ago when someone wanted to get rid of a load of cassettes and records that a tenant had left behind and dumped the whole lot on my mum! Most of mine are fairly mainstream, but I have the odd one that has a bit of value. Try looking at http://www(.)vtmusic(.)co(.)uk/ if you want to check values! Maz. XX

Still have one on the new stereo system we bought about five or so years ago, when they were still selling them together. Question is: Do I still use it? Not at all! Lyn x

In a box in my garage is my music centre - it was still working well when I packed it to move, 20 years ago, and never unpacked it. Have boxes of old LPs (and singles from jukeboxes with the middles out) Memories are made of this.....

Maz -- are you sure you don't want to change the date you bought it? 1908??? We have three -- hubbies, mine and I also have one in one of those large consoles...record player, radio and television. All three of them still work.

hubby is a gadget freak and will not part with anything so yes still have a record player and tons of records.

Dee, I have Little White Bull on a 45rpm ! Got two 'decks' and still use them. Hubby has a huge vinyl collection of LP's and I've got 45's and 78's plus LP's(and some EP's) Viv

Yes and still play it from time time. I have seen new ones for sale in some of the mail order catalogues so they are not that hard to come by here - Michelle

Hi Maz I remember discs without middles, didn't they come from juke boxes? I will bear that website in mind Viv I have a Cliff Richard 78 as well as the Tommy Steele one. It seems the 78 had a different B side than the 45 (the Cliff one) Dee xx