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I've been resurrecting a 1947 Sears Silvertone 7085 radio/phonograph/wire recorder. Several old wire spools were included, but I wasn't able to play them until recently.
Now that the machine is cranking ok, here's a sample, recorded a zillion years ago (late 1940s?). Tommy Dorsey's orchestra "Midnight on the Trail".
Wow.
The wire spool starts with a conversation (microphone) around a family dinner table, about the "new machine", the volume indicator light, "can't think of anything to say", etc. Then a man recounts a minute in a dive bomber, yelling "pull out! pull out!". Then more clatter at the table. Then the recording goes into the Dorsey, probably off a 78rpm record. More conversation, more Dorsey. One other is "Blue Skies", with Dorsey orchestra and Frank Sinatra.
Wire runs about an hour - haven't listened to the whole thing yet. Another wire starts with the Chesterfield Supper Club, hosted by Perry Como, on NBC radio in the late 1940s. Vocal group is Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers. (Chesterfield was knows as the cigarette that "satisfies".)
Very cool bit of ancient history - probably not listened to in many many years.
Now that the machine is cranking ok, here's a sample, recorded a zillion years ago (late 1940s?). Tommy Dorsey's orchestra "Midnight on the Trail".
Wow.
The wire spool starts with a conversation (microphone) around a family dinner table, about the "new machine", the volume indicator light, "can't think of anything to say", etc. Then a man recounts a minute in a dive bomber, yelling "pull out! pull out!". Then more clatter at the table. Then the recording goes into the Dorsey, probably off a 78rpm record. More conversation, more Dorsey. One other is "Blue Skies", with Dorsey orchestra and Frank Sinatra.
Wire runs about an hour - haven't listened to the whole thing yet. Another wire starts with the Chesterfield Supper Club, hosted by Perry Como, on NBC radio in the late 1940s. Vocal group is Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers. (Chesterfield was knows as the cigarette that "satisfies".)
Very cool bit of ancient history - probably not listened to in many many years.
