https://www.preservationsound.com information and ideas about audio history Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:05:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.preservationsound.com/my-girl-is-cool-she-digs-the-old-records/ https://www.preservationsound.com/my-girl-is-cool-she-digs-the-old-records/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:05:32 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=4510 A mere 10 years after Bridgeport-based Columbia Records introduced the LP record, we see evidence that record collecting was already a well-entrenched hobby/sport/folly.  At left is the cover of “Record Research” Vol . 2, No, 6, Issue 18, dated July 1958.  Of course, those folks (and maybe some of you are still kickin…) were more probably more interested in collecting 78s and Wax Cylinders such as our comely friend above is holding.  Stay tuned for an upcoming piece on Columbia’s history in Bridgeport… and for now, check out these bits of Columbia-collecting circa 1958.

 

 

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