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  1. Gene-r
    They were obviously factory rejects, though at the same time I'd hate to think what future rarities would have been amongst that lot!
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    Visually, it was near perfect (bar a little tarnishing to the chrome arm), so that didn't need seeing to. The technical maintenance was carried out by London Sound in Raynes Park, West London. https://www.londonsound.org/ Never had a Technics turntable, though that would be my next weapon of choice! What I love about the 4HF is that it has 4 speeds, which means it also plays 78s (ideal for my Vera Lynn collection! ).
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    Karl, you can still get a decent Garrard 4HF on Ebay occasionally. I got mine from there 8 years ago for £55 (they're quite a bit more now), but had to pay over £300 to recondition it, as some of the rubber flex was disintegrating, and it needed a greasing and general service. I mounted it on an old Goldring GL75 plinth, and to this day it's still my main turntable at home (pic below). As far as I know, Jah Shaka still uses one when he plays out.
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    Countries like India were still producing portable gramophones well into the 1960s, like the one in the pic below. I believe Thorens made the springs. In fact, all the reproduction gramophones that sell over here on places like Ebay are still made in India today!
  5. Gene-r
    Those were the days, Karl! Glad you've got back in touch after nearly 30 years as well!
  6. Gene-r
    Karl, I post 78s and 45s on 45cat, and its sister site 78worlds, and whilst I was browsing the forum one day, I turned this up. I couldn't believe what I was seeing!
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    Apparently, the reason 78s were still being pressed in India in the mid-60s was to serve people in parts of the country which were poorly served by electricity, and had to still rely on portable wind-up gramophones. I wonder if this was the same in other far Eastern and African countries?
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    Apparently, Sharmo, 78s were still being pressed in the Phillipines, Brazil and India as late as 1966 (maybe later, who knows?). I don't know if this is of help. Some of this video shows Prince Philip visiting Decca's pressing plant in 1957, and how 78s are pressed (I think). PS - there's no sound with the film. https://www.britishpathe.com/video/prince-philip-visits-decca-factories/query/joy
  9. Gene-r
    Exactly. Who'd have thought 78s were still pressed as late as 1967, let alone by someone like Desmond Dekker?
  10. Gene-r
    Yes - it's true! https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/ye6298
  11. Gene-r
    Perhaps that's why the early punks were into Wizzard, thinking it stood for "Anarchy"!
  12. Gene-r
    Yep - now you mention it Pete, I do remember her on UFO!
  13. Gene-r
    Wasn't Ayesha Brough having a fling with Roy Wood at one time?
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    Cajun Hart

    Gene-r replied to Tezza's topic in Record Wants

    It's more as if it was dubbed from a US 45, and the master jumped or was knocked during the instrumental break (rather than a fault causing the demo to jump itself). What do you think?
  15. Gene-r
    Rod - I've just seen this on Popsike. Was this the one you bought in the early '70s? (note what's been said about the label stuck over a Swan one): https://www.popsike.com/php/detaildatar.php?itemnr=380365843788
  16. Gene-r
    You mean a one of these?
  17. Gene-r
    Does Keith still have Daddy Kool records going? Walked through Soho a few weeks ago (don't ask why), and couldn't see any trace of it.
  18. Gene-r
    Both, I think.
  19. Gene-r
    I could swear that the R&B sticker on the Hortense Ellis sleeve looks photocopied?
  20. Gene-r
    That would be its B-side, "Hey Uncle Sam".
  21. Gene-r
    The Combenashuns is nothing like the Combinations I'm afraid, Jaco! The proverbial "chalk and cheese" in fact! It's a garage track with a lead vocalist who sounds like Eric Burdon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tAhjjTugXk
  22. Gene-r
    How's this? A Pensylvania garage 45 worth about £20 sharing the group name and title with a four-figure holy grail 45! I wonder how many record dealers in the States have been sent on a wild goose chase, having been asked to look for "What'Cha Gonna Do" by the "Combinations", and then finding this and thinking 'job done'?.
  23. Gene-r
    I personally find it sickening that a 52 year old grown man still feels the need to write endless vomit-inducing gibberish and, as previously said in a post, with a Walter Mitty streak.
  24. Gene-r
    No problem Peter. Let us know how you get on.
  25. Gene-r
    Opinions are like assholes. Not just that everyone has one, but some are more full of sh*t than others.


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