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Home taping revisited: A mic in each hand, pointing at speakers

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Re: Oh my...

"When I were a lad the first record player had needles you had to sharpen on a stone..."

There were steel needles - but also ones made from thorns.

The turntable had a lever to get the speed right - possibly the early shellac record producers hadn't agreed on 78rpm as a reliable standard.

Visiting grandfather we used to lug out the large thick "binder" that contained the many records required for a complete Handel's "Messiah". We only ever played the Hallelujah Chorus - and had fun moving the speed control between Marvin slow - and Chipmunk fast. It used to infuriate our grandfather.

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