tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post8734169907853903699..comments2024-03-18T13:16:05.691+00:00Comments on <center>BĂ©nch </center>: Mother, yon lion's et Albert.............tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-67202487839862880062018-08-29T17:55:16.500+01:002018-08-29T17:55:16.500+01:00Martin , you have a letter from Stanley Holloway! ...Martin , you have a letter from Stanley Holloway! That even trumps my signed photo from Cilla I got in Blackpool in 1966 ! Listening to his stuff now, I'm surprised how good he still sounds ( he hasnt dated in the same way as ,say, Monty Python.)Yet he is way off the <i> Cultural Radar</i> these days... .Tis a shame.......<a href="https://archive.org/details/0130OldSamsParty" rel="nofollow"><tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-67555324608852323572018-08-29T17:34:06.138+01:002018-08-29T17:34:06.138+01:00Excellent post, Tony. I've got a lovely letter...Excellent post, Tony. I've got a lovely letter from Stanley Holloway, tucked away somewhere. The address, strangely is East Preston, West Sussex!Martinhttps://martinthodges.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-54785726834081374872018-08-26T23:32:13.893+01:002018-08-26T23:32:13.893+01:00Fine Music nightingail !Fine Music <b> nightingail</b> !tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-44667551818861774062018-08-26T19:28:42.800+01:002018-08-26T19:28:42.800+01:00So glad you included the story of The Lion & A...So glad you included the story of The Lion & Albert. How funny. We had a couple of 78 records to go with the old windup Victrola. One of them was "Songs by Tom Lehrer". What a hoot! Most of our LPs range from the Doodletown Pipers to Dave Brubeck and everything in between including The Smothers Brothers and other comic recordings. My very first LP, purchased with babysitting La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-42274320361962504602018-08-26T18:26:15.326+01:002018-08-26T18:26:15.326+01:00Cheers, Mike.Thats interesting info about the Mand...Cheers, Mike.Thats interesting info about the Mandolin ( there was no information written on the back of the photograph )<br />Thanks.<br />You know how Old Book Shops have a particular smell ? Well I remember an old record shop in my childhood (Haley Hill, Boothtown Halifax: "<i>Evans</i>'s " by name) that was stacked high with dusty old 78's <br />I swear I remember them tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-51505132789389088652018-08-26T17:23:13.851+01:002018-08-26T17:23:13.851+01:00A swell post, Tony. Those days of hi-fi and record...A swell post, Tony. Those days of hi-fi and record shops are sadly long gone now and I think "da youth" today are missing out on the physical musical talismans that old 78s, 45s, LPs represent. The streaming services hardly identify songs much less albums, band members, or info on the music. And covers are reduced to small thumb nail images. I've still got my record collection, Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-20319985683949752132018-08-25T18:19:59.324+01:002018-08-25T18:19:59.324+01:00Susan I remember breaking a few records, back in t...<b> Susan</b> I remember breaking a few records, back in the day...!tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-47917484972351009382018-08-25T17:37:04.373+01:002018-08-25T17:37:04.373+01:00Great post. I remember Elvis Costello, punk and th...Great post. I remember Elvis Costello, punk and the old 78s. I wish I'd kept some of mine. smkelly8https://www.blogger.com/profile/17518117558253969023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-40117488991613944842018-08-25T13:01:48.053+01:002018-08-25T13:01:48.053+01:00Kurt seeing J.L.H. must have been amazing....what ...<b> Kurt</b> seeing J.L.H. must have been amazing....what a voice!<br /><b>Molly</b> Yea, <i>78's</i> ruled the world ,at one time.....+ 'sounds like you <i> 'went electric'</i> even before Dylan!tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-33624039354039304182018-08-24T16:05:02.175+01:002018-08-24T16:05:02.175+01:00A wonderful post. I well remember my first portabl...A wonderful post. I well remember my first portable record player, a carry-along affair with a click-shut case and white plastic handle. I also remember getting an shock when I played it on the basement floor, an inadvertent introduction to the hazards of electricity! Weren't those 78s great? I would play them over and over -- a gift from my grandparents and an early introduction to big bandsMolly of Molly's Canopyhttp://mollyscanopy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-39326025760207699732018-08-24T14:25:38.167+01:002018-08-24T14:25:38.167+01:00I was fortunate to see John Lee Hooker around 1987...I was fortunate to see John Lee Hooker around 1987 at The Palms Playhouse in Davis, which held about 100 or so people.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076973960956565537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-37860063856038803902018-08-24T02:28:52.909+01:002018-08-24T02:28:52.909+01:00Kristin I must write about record labels & cov...<b> Kristin</b> I must write about record labels & covers sometime.....<br />You know that <i>old saw</i> about "what were you doing when you heard that President Kennedy had been shot?".<br /> Well , I remember exactly. I was sat in my Mum&Dad's Living Room in Halifax, West Yorkshire.<br />. Granada TV broke news from Dallas<br /> I was looking at a new Rolling Stones tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054788.post-47392199849523141132018-08-24T02:07:10.365+01:002018-08-24T02:07:10.365+01:00I thought the family looked pretty cheery. Except ...I thought the family looked pretty cheery. Except maybe that one woman on the right whose knees hurt. There are definitely some stories in that picture.<br /><br />We got a little record player (not wind up) when we were about 4 and 3. That would have been about 1950. One record was Burl Ives singing "The Moon Is the North Winds Cookie, it eats it day by day" that scared my 3 year old Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.com