#phonograph records

[retropopcult]

A factory line worker lifts a copy of Leon Rusk's "Air Mail Special on the Fly" from a stamper at the King Record Company pressing plant in Cincinnati, 1946.

[thriftstoresisyphus]

Dr. Michael Fox "Dogtalk"

[mahgnib]

78-RPM record sleeve for the first recording of “The Hokey Pokey”, recorded in 1948, but issued in 1950, by the Sun Valley Trio.

[jumy-m]

Jumy-M Old coffee shop in a small town / 店主の蘊蓄

[vinylespassion]

Bernard Charoy

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

[detroitlib]

From our stacks: "People who have the time to listen often pick out records to play on the library's phonographs. Earphones make it possible for everyone to enjoy his favorite sounds without disturbing his neighbors." From What Happens at the Library by Arthur Shay. Chicago: Reilly & Lee Books, 1971.

[gameraboy2]

1964 Beatles phonograph

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Mint Green ~

[yz]

Record Swap, established 1979, Lincoln Mall, Urbana, IL. August 2024.

Fujifilm X-T50 with 18-55 f/2.8-4 lens.

[retropopcult]

A promotional photograph from RCA Victor, c. 1950

From Wikipedia: "The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable and higher-fidelity replacement for the 78 rpm shellac discs. The first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc."

"As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s. Columbia Records, which had released the ​33 1⁄3 rpm 12-inch vinyl LP in June 1948, also released ​33 1⁄3 rpm 7-inch vinyl singles in March 1949, but they were soon eclipsed by the RCA Victor 45."

[thriftstoresisyphus]

Tammy Faye Bakker "Don't Give Up"

[mahgnib]

45-RPM picture sleeves. RIP.

[czolgosz]

we need a phonograph emoji

[disneyprint]

Bongo

1947 phonograph set

[interlockingpatches]

If I could turn back time…

Nostalgia Radio, 9 new interlocking crochet/double filet patterns, is out is now. 67 pages composed and composited by me, a doddering human intelligence from the 1900s. $10-15 sliding scale, or it's already in the Vault for subscribers.

This collection includes the largest and most complex patterns I've written so far (see the ludicrous Reel-to-Reel), but also beginner-friendly motifs like the MP3 Player and Boombox, which require only a bit beyond granny-square-level crochet skill.

So yes. Buy these patterns, print them out (do it at work, quit), throw all your Internet-connected devices in a lake, and spend the next however-many years crocheting gramophones.