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From: srchtec!johnb@gatech.edu (John Baldwin)
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Subject: Re: Arcanity to excess
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Date: 28 Nov 90 14:40:33 GMT
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In article <7897@uwm.edu> jdhill@BBN.COM (Jack D. Hill) writes:

>London "Blueback" refers to the light blue that filled the entire back cover 
>of all the London releases from the late '50s to early '60s.
   [lots of stuff about FFSS and FFRR excerpted]

Are these the "old" stereo (orthographic, I think)?  Do these recordings
require a split stylus?  If so, are people really collecting this stuff?

I have a reason for asking: recently my wife and I were at my mother's
house, and I started shuffling through the contents of her old stereo
cabinets.  She's a pack rat, and never gets rid of anything.  :-}
Unlike me.  :-)  :-)  ;-)  :-)

She has a Magnavox "hi-fi" (don't remember a model number. sorry.),
circa 1960-1963; it is comprised of two cabinets approx. 3' x 3' x 4'
each, made of solid cherry.  No tuner or other sources, just the turntable
and amp in one cabinet, room for LP's in the other, and drivers in both.
The turntable is an idler-wheel design, and needs a little repair.  I have
enough electronic and mechanical background to do it.  Is it worth anything?

Mom also has a lot of old London, Decca, and "real" RCA red label LPs.
Most have a warning to the effect that they MUST be played on appropriate
stereophonic equipment... which reminded me of the "split stylus" stuff.

I'm not old enough to remember that in detail (I'm 28)... am I remembering
it correctly?  More importantly, do these LPs fall into the collector's
category?  Can I play them on conventional equipment without damaging
either the LP or my cartridge or stylus?  [Grado ZF3E, if you're asking.]
I need to decide whether to keep them or try to sell them.  My mother the
pack rat is moving soon, and is actually thinking of getting rid of stuff!


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