Y’ever noticed how the same old faces crop up on those charity shop record sleeves? Over here its performers like Val Doonican, James Last & His Orchestra, Liberace, Bing Crosby, etc. – all artistes that used to be in my grandma’s record collection, bless her.
Yep, down here in the desert, it’s Herb Alpert & His Tijuana Brass, Sing Along With Mitch Miller and untouched boxed sets of the Gold Plate Edition of The Book of Mormon (usually pressed on yellow vinyl). Fortunately, there’s also a lot of Exotica like Martin Denny, Les Baxter and Arthur Lyman everywhere, as this was a popular retirement destination for returned Pacific War veterans. The pickings aren’t as good as they were a decade ago, but there’s still a healthy variety of vinyl in good condition out there..
I think all the midsized, basket-shifted Royal portables from the ’40s to the ’70s are essentially the same, even though the exterior evolved to keep pace with the styles of the times.
Y’ever noticed how the same old faces crop up on those charity shop record sleeves? Over here its performers like Val Doonican, James Last & His Orchestra, Liberace, Bing Crosby, etc. – all artistes that used to be in my grandma’s record collection, bless her.
Yep, down here in the desert, it’s Herb Alpert & His Tijuana Brass, Sing Along With Mitch Miller and untouched boxed sets of the Gold Plate Edition of The Book of Mormon (usually pressed on yellow vinyl). Fortunately, there’s also a lot of Exotica like Martin Denny, Les Baxter and Arthur Lyman everywhere, as this was a popular retirement destination for returned Pacific War veterans. The pickings aren’t as good as they were a decade ago, but there’s still a healthy variety of vinyl in good condition out there..
I like Futuras too.
I think all the midsized, basket-shifted Royal portables from the ’40s to the ’70s are essentially the same, even though the exterior evolved to keep pace with the styles of the times.