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Topic: WW2 and post war gov V disks |
c c johnson
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killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Oct 2004 2:57 am |
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| In Korea in 1954-54 Dick Curless, the Rice Paddy Ranger was a DJ on AFRS in Taegu. Dick had a lot of these gov supplied disks with all types of music, radio shows etc which were supplied to the troops for entertainment. They were supplied with a windup phoograph and the disks looked like then metal. They were larger than an LP but ran at 78 rpm. Dick gave me some of these disks and thru the yrs I have tried to transfer them to 8 trax cassettes, cds etc but to no avail I put a mic next to the spkr and could get a little sound but no good. I have had local repairman in Leavenworth, Monterey, Frisco, Austin etc to tell me these can not be duplicated. I have a friend who would like to hear these disks so if any of you have ideas, sound off. CC |
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Scott Appleton
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Ashland, Oregon
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 7:42 am
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This Phonograph was Mechanical with no battery or amplifier i assume? If it had a battery powered speaker it is possible to take the lead off the needle's output or the pre amp output and go to a pre amp
buffer then to a recorder other wise .. a recording engineer with knowlege of old phonographs could
possibly use a turntable that may work with that disk.
I wouldcheck with one of the major record producers like RCA or Columbia to see if they have a "vintage"
collection of these devices. |
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c c johnson
From:
killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 9:23 am
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| Scott, the phonograph is mechcanical and people that know anything about windups are few and far between, One problem is the size of the disks. They are 18.5" across. They really sound good on the V phono. The "speaker" is in the tone arm holding the needle and is directly above the needle and measures 4.5" across. No hi-fi buts sounds good. I just haven't discovered yet hoe to transfer to cassts, etc. CC |
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Howard Tate
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Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 10:58 am
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| I wonder if you could attach a pickup from an electronic phonograph the the arm of the windup? If the disks are metal it may not work as the electronc pickups are magnetic. It might depend on the type of metal. |
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c c johnson
From:
killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 1:05 pm
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| Ive tried and and no sound to the recorder. Thanks anyway. CC |
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Scott Appleton
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Ashland, Oregon
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 6:41 pm
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I am a recording engineer and thier are turntables that can take up to 20" discs. The web site I mentioned has a service which can copy these discs to CD. They use special software to remove clicks and pops as well.
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c c johnson
From:
killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Nov 2004 3:10 am
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| great info on that site. I will contact and hope for the best. Thanks. CC |
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Smiley Roberts
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Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 1 Nov 2004 3:12 pm
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I have about 100 "V" discs,that are ALL made of flexible vinyl. Some go back to 1948,& up to the mid '50's. They are,all,16" across. I have even seen some,that had a glass base,w/ an acetate coating on top. VERY fragile. I'm in the process of transferring them to CD.
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c c johnson
From:
killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Nov 2004 3:54 pm
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| Mine appear to be metal all the way through. some have told me they were originally made this way due to rough handling in combat zones. At the first of the war in korea we had the metal ones and about the time of the Inchon landing we were getting the glass based which would break on sight. CC |
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Thomas Bancroft
From:
Matawan, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2004 4:37 pm
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| Collector's Choice music has reissued many of the V discs on CD. Check them out! |
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Smiley Roberts
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Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 2 Nov 2004 11:32 am
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Thomas,
Do you have a link to "Collecter's Choice"?
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Thomas Bancroft
From:
Matawan, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 5:57 am
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| www.ccmusic.com [This message was edited by Thomas Bancroft on 03 November 2004 at 05:58 AM.] |
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