Great find, it's like he's right here in the room and he's way more candid than you get from the 40's Hollywood version. This kid wants to live! I hope he did.
I looked up 4870 Hanover Ave. - St. Louis, MO on Google Maps and found his house! When I tried to link it here though, I get an error message. Maybe we can't post links? Anyway, it's a small white house. If you look it up yourself, move up and down the street a bit and zoom in on the addresses to find it. Typing the address in Search took me to a house across the street, kitty-corner from 4870.
Actually, it is not some kind of a plastic, it is nitrate - celluloid/lacquer (rarely acetate celluloid) as cover for aluminum core on these instantaneous discs. This lacquer surface was place where grooves were to be engraved.
@mmilovan You sound like someone who can direct me to where I can finally see a picture of one of these 'recorders' , I found a Audiodisc of a bluegrass/country group from way back. I'm in Ohio so it's not far off from where this was recorded. Many of the coal miners of Kentucky and WV came up here when the mines were closing, a great majority of the West Side Columbus is populated with children and grandchildren of these folks. This record could have been made up here...just posted it.
Great find, it's like he's right here in the room and he's way more candid than you get from the 40's Hollywood version. This kid wants to live! I hope he did.
paulj0557 4 months ago
inside out
MichaelHansenFUN 1 year ago
The interviewer has a cool voice, how come no one talks like this anymore :(
areallystupidguy 1 year ago
Goodwill indeed has some interesting finds.
Those records are actually aluminum disks coated in lacquer. It's what's used to make vinyl record copies with. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Interests2009 1 year ago
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Interests2009 1 year ago
I looked up 4870 Hanover Ave. - St. Louis, MO on Google Maps and found his house! When I tried to link it here though, I get an error message. Maybe we can't post links? Anyway, it's a small white house. If you look it up yourself, move up and down the street a bit and zoom in on the addresses to find it. Typing the address in Search took me to a house across the street, kitty-corner from 4870.
ObediahFults 1 year ago
I love this type of stuff.
Many thanks to you for posting this video.
Travis in KY
tb40ford 1 year ago
Actually, it is not some kind of a plastic, it is nitrate - celluloid/lacquer (rarely acetate celluloid) as cover for aluminum core on these instantaneous discs. This lacquer surface was place where grooves were to be engraved.
mmilovan 2 years ago
@mmilovan You sound like someone who can direct me to where I can finally see a picture of one of these 'recorders' , I found a Audiodisc of a bluegrass/country group from way back. I'm in Ohio so it's not far off from where this was recorded. Many of the coal miners of Kentucky and WV came up here when the mines were closing, a great majority of the West Side Columbus is populated with children and grandchildren of these folks. This record could have been made up here...just posted it.
paulj0557 4 months ago
He was in the 3rd marine division. Bouganville, guam and then iwo jima. My father was in the 3rd. Where in the world did you find that album?
barmtrail 2 years ago
How do you make it play backwards?
Why would they record it backwards (inner to outer) that way?
jaworskij 2 years ago
This is a really cool record.
I collect these myself but seldom find one with so much info on it!
Vintagetvs 3 years ago
that's a really cool record!
extremehockeyfan 3 years ago
Great find and video... Congratulations and thx for sharing both! It's curious that the disc plays in an inverted direction. :)
trixilim 3 years ago
Wonderful find! Thanks for posting this rare disc. If you have more I'd love to hear them.
Greetings from W.Germany
dabsy1 3 years ago
You're welcome! Merry Christmas!
databits 3 years ago
I posted a few more!
databits 3 years ago
4870 Hannover Lane appears to now be Hannover Ave just off of Gravois just a bit past the River Des Peres (63123). That is a rather nice find BTW.
dgolfer2 3 years ago
That's an error on my part, I later discovered it says Hannover Ave. on the label also (it was hard to read). Thanks for your comment!
databits 3 years ago