Humphrey Lyttleton - Bad Penny Blues - 78RPM

just a liitle video showing my Gramophone

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[Poopingbotham]

I once had a machine similar to that. Its stylus weighed a ton and knacked every 78 rpm record I ever played on it

[af4k]

Speed is wrong too - rather fast. Great fun to see this though....

[af4k]

But that is how bad it used to sound on a wind up gramophone, especially when it needed a new needle. At our house, the gramophone got a new one every week or so! That is how much it got used!

[iwasagasman]

My god !! the quality is awful cannot listen any more  Click .............

[PadreVideo7709]

@peterNW1 In fact, the Beatles have explicitly said this recording partly inspired and influenced "Lady Madonna." Lyttelton is quoted as knowing about the influence and saying, "I was very complimented. Although none of the Beatles cared for traditional jazz, they all knew and liked 'Bad Penny Blues' . . ." See pp. 146-7 of a great book: "A Hard Day's Write: The Stories behind Every Beatles Song," by Steve Turner

[sturdle]

I still have this 78 rpm......

[brmod77]

wow.....78 rpm.....it's been a long time!

[SetantaCovenant]

Wikipedia:

"Bad Penny Blues" by Humphrey Lyttelton and recorded with his band in London on April 20, 1956.

It was the first British jazz record to get into the Top Twenty. Its success was very much due to the very catchy piano riff, played by Johnny Parker and brought to the front by producer Joe Meek.

The official producer of the record was Denis Preston, who employed Meek as engineer. George Martin was head A&R man of Parlophone at that time, but was not involved in the actual recording.

[peterNW1]

It wasn't produced by Joe Meek; it was produced by George Martin in 1956.

Hence the similarlity to Lady Madonna. George Martin no doubt played the record to Paul McCartney.

[jdukulele]

Joe Meek produced this and that's what made it a hit.