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Don't See One Of These Very Day
Topic Started: Jul 3 2014, 01:03 PM (348 Views)
socorro
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I saw this on ebay. I am sorely tempted. If I could be sure it was a 78 and not a 45, I would be even more tempted. I've gotta believe that a steel needle and super heavy head, as was the norm for 78 phonographs, would tear a coated cardboard flexi apart within a few plays. That's why 78s are on shellac. It is brittle but has a harder surface than vinyl

Hence my skepticism that this is a 78. Still, the graphics and back story are pretty irresistible.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MEGA-RARE-PICTURE-...6#ht_546wt_1153
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jimboo
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socorro,Jul 3 2014
01:03 PM
I saw this on ebay. I am sorely tempted. If I could be sure it was a 78 and not a 45, I would be even more tempted. I've gotta believe that a steel needle and super heavy head, as was the norm for 78 phonographs, would tear a coated cardboard flexi apart within a few plays. That's why 78s are on shellac. It is brittle but has a harder surface than vinyl

Hence my skepticism that this is a 78. Still, the graphics and back story are pretty irresistible.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MEGA-RARE-PICTURE-...6#ht_546wt_1153

These 78's are usually flexidiscs, as boots they are of various quality. Still making them until a late date. Read about a Blondie collection once.
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jimboo
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Looks like it could be one of those that was made in a booth designed for soldiers and armed forces members to send home messages. The pictures side says Happy Soviet Army.
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socorro
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jimboo,Jul 3 2014
11:26 PM
Looks like it could be one of those that was made in a booth designed for soldiers and armed forces members to send home messages. The pictures side says Happy Soviet Army.

I bet you're right. Between that message and the fighter/bomber planes, that would certainly make sense. Also, the pre-printed blank looks much more official than the Polish flexi postcards with similar coated cardboard construction.

Like I said, I'm tempted.
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the57thbeatle
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That is a flexi. I have a similar one, which has a picture of the Beatles on the front, but plays Suzi Quatro's 48 Crash (...).
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socorro
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Well it's gone now, and not to me.

Ed: does yours play at 45 or 78 (or 33)?
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It plays at 33 1/3 rpm.

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I've read somewhere that Suzi Quattro LIKED the Beatles, so...
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