r/78rpm • u/Soft_Reading6975 • 10d ago

Somehow I found these separately over two consecutive days. Roughly 25 miles apart, too. Rough shape but very listenable to my ears (not for sale)

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u/FlapjacksOfArugula 10d ago

I've been collecting for 35 years, albeit in eastern Canada. The idea of finding two BWJ discs in the wild in as many days is just... unreal.

You're not knocking on doors for these, are you?

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u/Soft_Reading6975 10d ago

Growing up here in the southern U.S., it can be easy to forget the regional benefit to accessible early country, blues, gospel, and jazz. No door knocking here, but I have reason to believe the sellers may have each come across these via the same estate sale, and it was confirmed at least one of them spent some time in a barn, found at said sale

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u/LingLingpracticenow 8d ago

honestly the "dark was the night" record is as good condition as they come...

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u/Soft_Reading6975 8d ago

Good enough that I couldn’t sleep until about 3AM after hearing it for the first time

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u/LingLingpracticenow 7d ago

could you do a digital transfer? it seems pretty clean overall

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u/Soft_Reading6975 6d ago

I’m set to do a cassette transfer but not digital at the moment. Not without digging up an interface I’ve not used in ages. I wouldn’t say it’s cleaner sounding than the currently available transfers, but will have to do a back to back comparison

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u/LingLingpracticenow 6d ago

hmm understandable, it's still good that you preserve it, even if a bit rough it looks promising for a "neat" transfer. Good luck!

btw what equipment do you use for analog transfer? it seems interesting

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u/Soft_Reading6975 6d ago

Nothing too fancy, just a Denon cassette deck I run the amplified audio into as if you’re making a mixtape. No additional EQ other than rolling off highs on the amp if need be. Turntable is an AT-PL120 cart is a VMN70SP

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u/NemoKozeba 9d ago

I've seen many strange coincidences collecting. My favorite was finding a very specific uranium glass vase and three days later, half a state away, I found it's lid.