Been collecting old 45rpm records for a while and ripping them via the modern black magick of the usb turntable. Here's an old soul/rockabilly/blues number for starters:
Betty James - I'm A Little Mixed Up (Cee-Jay Records)
Betty was a night club singer (and song writer, as she wrote this one) from Baltimore, MD; her husband also played guitar in the group. She was discovered by budding record entrepreneurs (who later founded the great NYC based Carnival record label) Joe Evans and Bobby Johnson. The single was released by their New York label Cee Jay and the song became a local hit, where it popped up on the radar of Chess records who licensed it for national release. Betty released two more singles for Chess then disappeared.
Git it!
if you like it buy it. there's some brilliant repros kicking about cheap.
ReplyDeleteSweet man! where are you buying your old 45's? ever been to the record fair down the SECC? you have to pay to get in but once you do it's a pure sploogefest of magnificence. The only place I've seen loads of good old 45s, although I had fuck all money to buy them. My grandpa's got hunners of old swing Jazz 78 rpm records, always fancied getting a USB deck for the purpose of ripping them . . .
ReplyDeletekeep these coming!
usually online for the more choice selections. some people on ebay are real honest about it and Sundazed is always a pleasure
ReplyDeleteI have never been... ashamed to say. I will be checking that out, cheers.
The USB decks are actually pretty good these days. Go for a cheap ION model if you decide to get one.
Doubt a usb will go to 78 rpm.
ReplyDeleteNo need for extra hardware. Just plug it a 78 player's phono output (if its got one, if not some electrical jiggery pokery might work) into a decent soundcard.
I'd need a 78 rpm record player for that though aye? Don't have one. I could record it at 45 rpm then speed up the recording though I suppose . . .
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