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Transferring Old 78rpm Records
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Poster: Jesse Tinsley Email: jessehj@imbris.com Subject: Transferring old 78rpm records |
Posted on 6/4/03 at 6:58pm |
| I have a bunch of old 78rpm records from 49th State Records that I would like to listen to, but I don't own a player for them. 1. Does anyone know a service that would transfer them to a format I can use? 2. Does anyone have an opinion on the copyright legalities of this? I don't want to disseminate them, just listen to them myself. (Some people condemn taping records as piracy, but court cases over the years have determined that just putting a record onto a cassette for personal use isn't violating the original copyright.) Most of these records are not available in any other form, although the new Johnny Almeida anthology might have some of them. 3. Does anyone have a recommendation on a readily-available record player that I might purchase to enjoy these old records by Johnny Almeida, Joe Keawe, etc? Mahalo for any kokua you can give...Jesse Tinsley |
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Poster: Marjorie Scott Subject: |
Posted on 6/17/03 at 7:48am |
| Jesse, 49th State and other "old time" record companies are now owned by Cord International Hana Oli Records in Calif. I believe Cord has a website. A search will tell you. A catalog of their CDs which are audio enhanced and digitized copies of the original 78s is available for the asking. Most or all of the names you mention are available. Harry Soria, Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame archivist writes the liner notes, which are as complete about the history of song/ artist as you could want. I recommend this way of going to get he full music range of a song as 78s deteriorate. |
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Poster: Bettie Joy White Email: joy.white@comcast.net Subject: record player for 78s |
Posted on 8/22/03 at 6:44pm |
| If you have access to the internet just type in recorder player for 78s. I did and was surprised to see how many there were. I have also seen them in catalogs. I wanted to put my Hawaiian records on tape to preserve them and I had a heck of a time finding a player that waould do 78s. I lucked out cause s friend of my sons had one and GAVE it to me. Good luck, Joy |
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Poster: Lindy-Jane Email: minportz@bigpond.com.au Subject: 78's |
Posted on 8/26/03 at 1:58am |
| I would start advertising for an old record player, at least then you can listen to them. If you can get one from the 60's you may be able to connect your cassete player to it, so you can tape them. Though I think nothing sounds better than a record and it feels great actually playing them. We had to get companies to check through their old stock just to get a record player to play our 45's and 33's. The kids are amazed, big CD's. You'd probably have more chance in less advanced countries. Good luck. Lindy Papa`ia Porter (Australia |
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Poster: Jesse Tinsley Email: jessehj@imbris.com Subject: Playing old 78rpm records |
Posted on 9/6/03 at 10:10pm |
| I did some research after starting this thread, and found a player called a Vestax Handytrax. It's a modern 33/45/78rpm player with a line out for recording. It also has a pitch control, which is supposed to be important since some of the old records were recorded a little fast or slow. Now all I have to do is come up with the $200 or so that they cost. Jesse Tinsley |
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