Hangin' Around Ersel Hickey

45 single rockabilly "B side" Ersel Hickey Hangin' Around on Epic
played on a vinitage Rek-O-Kut Rondine turntable with GE variable reluctance magnetic cartridge, arm and tube preamp / record compensator.

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Music

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• Ersel
• Hickey
• rockabilly
• 45
• single
• vintage
• turntable

[seatboi]

Just a lil tip 4 ya from a tech...the "strobe bar" on the Epic label is showing ur tt is a little FAST & has a little variance in speed as it rotates. The lines should appear to stand perfectly STILL for 45RPM's. Also, to the other guy...a MONO record played by a SAPPHIRE stylus in a MONO cartridge like this is FINE. IF u have wear, ur either using too much weight or a diamont vinyl grinder styli. ALWAYS use Sapphire. They are softer & wear the styli rather than the record.

[w7777777s]

@seatboi Yeah, you can hear a bit of wow in the music too. But the label is sloppily applied and not on center either, so it in itself is not a very accurate speed reference. Have heard a couple other versions of the song on YouTube and the record on other players and don't notice much of a pitch shift so it must be fairly close.

[w7777777s]

@seatboi As a further comment on the stylus issue, other than a vertically uncompliant mono cartridge on a stereo record, which the GE is, or just a very uncompliant poor or heavy tracking cartridge in general, or one with a badly worn stylus, the only other thing I have heard of that ruins records is to play a styrene 45 with a hypereliptical stylus like the last Shure V15 series even if it is otherwise fine. Something about the hypereliptical shape tears at the styrene.

[w7777777s]

Thanks, but if it is a mono record and the stylus is in good shape and you don't hear gross mistracking, it is better than a lot of other old cartridges from the 50s as far as not killing your records. I would rather play it on this than an RCA 45 changer with it's original cartridge for instance.

[seatboi]

@w7777777s Yeah...Ur RIGHT! I've had cheap ceramic stereo cartridges that turn the grooves WHITE on a styrene 45 ONLY if the needle is Diamond. I have swapped the needle out for a Synthetic Sapphire one & it didn't "dig in" on styrene atall, so I favor a sapphire over diamond just for that reason. You have a GORGEOUS Turntable, BTW! The record was AWESOME too! I moved down south now, so I'm HOPING to find some rockabilly 45's! I lived in Michigan for the last 16 years & got LOTS o' Motown now!

[seatboi]

CORRECTION...DIAMOND...sorry ( I spelled it diamonT)

[lrh1966]

Another great sounding record using the GE cartridge that I read about in old Audio, High Fidelity magazines that I archived from various estate sales, flea markets and a college library getting rid of old magazines, thank you for posting this great sounding piece of hi fi history!...Lloyd.

[teendude16]

This is great to watch, the thing is, this needle and cartridge, the GE, is abrasive to records, wearing them out faster, cause I know, I have damage to some records by using it , I was informed not to use it at all. Thanks for posting.

[KCVROCKS2008]

very cool love the visual.