A varied collection of recordings from 78rpm shellac records, including Elvis, Paul Robeson, waltzes, Wurlitzer organ and Disney songs. Most is from my great uncle's collection, but other discs have been bought in charity shops around the place whenever I find them. I hope some of it is interesting to someone.

I love that the technology for playing these records is so much better now than it ever was at the time. How weird to listen to them in better quality now, 50, 60, or even more years after they were pressed, than anyone has ever heard them before.

Monday 4 May 2015

Eddie Calvert - Oh Mein Papa / Mystery St.


So soon after the last post? I know, it should be at least six weeks, but this is AMAZING.

From a little pile of 78s I found in a charity shop in Frome, where as you may know (if you've ever visited shotsoffreedom.blogspot.co.uk) I get about half my records.

This is a single which apparently got to number 1 in the UK in 1953. The single itself ('Oh Mein Papa') is pretty good, but nothing terribly special. Sounds like it might have got to number 1 in the UK in 1953, that kind of thing.

The b-side is astonishing! It's some kind of Mexican ghost tango. Which incidentally has become my new genre of choice. Give it a whirl, it's great.


Hope you like it. Here.
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