1950's Record players.

[Ontarian1981]

On 24/04/2019 at 03:24, Rollypolly said:

I don't remember whether my Dansette had 16 rpm but I do remember my nan had a record player the size of a fridge. It had 78 &16 rpm. She had some really old records that played at 78 rpm but nothing for 16rpm. My sister and I used to like playing the records at 16 rpm and laugh at how it made the voices really deep and low. We also liked playing them at 78 rpm because it made them sound like pinky and perky. When we were really bored we used to put the old 33 records into boiling water and mold then into vases or ashtrays. You can't do that with a cd.

I recall Paul Carrack in a documentary about him, saying that he learned to play the Hammond by listening to Jimmy Smith LPs at 16 rpm .He did this to pick up his chords better as they were slowed right down to make it easier to follow the progressions.

 I had a portable Argosy for playing my own stuff in my bedroom but there was a monster size radiogram downstairs, complete with China and cocktail cabinets.