"The Thing"- PHIL HARRIS

HMV no.EA3949

Category:

Music

Tags:

• gramophone
• phonograph
• Phil
• Harris

[stephanienyc1]

Yeah....the newer 78s weren't meant to be played on those acoustic machines. They chew the daylights out of them :-/

[gramophoneshane]

@stephanienyc1 well, yes and no. This is an Australian pressing and we were pretty slow making the jump to electric players, so a lot of our records were made to last when played on an acoustic machine with steel needles. An American or UK pressing would be worn out after a few plays.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

do you have the microphone next to the speaker???

[gramophoneshane]

No, I just use a cheap handheld Kodak camera with built-in mic.

The machine itself is an HMV 202 Re-entrant, which were the best sounding internal horn acoustic machine ever made, so the sound quality is very good.

It sounds much better in person than recorded to video.

[brandnizzle7468]

whats that record worth?

[gramophoneshane]

Like 90% of 78's, it's worth about $1 in perfect condition!Maybe $2 on a good day :-) There were hundreds of thousands of this pressed, so they're pretty easy to find today. I've got 2 or 3 copies of this one myself.

A lot of people get really disappointed when they find out their copy of Bing Crosby's White Xmas is vertually worthless.Normally only early disc's like Berliner's, or some of the rarer one sided disc's are worth money.

[iloveme1210]

I luvv this song!

[orangie84]

my father said when this song was new..

so many people called in to the radio stations and wrote letters that the radio station actually ran a contest as to try and guess what was in the box..

they did it to see who had the most creative ideas..

my father said some of the responses people gave were hysterical..

[Lassannn]

Ooooh! I discovered an Andy Dick right before my eyes!

[brettyboy678]

i love this song i just learned it at my school for music

[kkleparek01]

I used to listen to this on my dads old 78 records almost 20 years ago. Dad died several years ago. The sound is almost exactly the same as I remember it. Thanks for the memories.

[1963rjl]

from the bottom of my heart i thank you you have made an old mans send off complete my father loved this i can hear him laughing

[dragongourd]

I loved this song when I was little. I was always frustrated that I didn't know WHAT was in the box!

[VinylToVideo]

Kind of odd to hear a song recorded in 1950 being played on a machine like that.

[soundof90s]

This video is posted on Facebook page called "Golden Tunes - Sound of Oldies", so if you have fb account and some time, check it, i guess you will like it :) Page is for everyone who like like warm cozy sound of evergreen music.