Re: [ARSCLIST] Youngest collector?!--was: Folkways Reissues

[Tyrone Settlemier <talk78s.settlemier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The first thing I crawled to was the phonograph.  My folks gave me a close 
n' play when I was one and a half years old, and I sat for four hours 
without moving, listening to one record after another. It's been all 
downhill since then.  Although I couldn't read, by 3 I knew exactly which 
songs were on which records (and on which side), even if the labels were 
identical except for the printing.  I got my first non-kiddie 78s when I was 
6.  I've been collecting 78s seriously since I was 10.  My musical tastes 
have changed somewhat, as I grew up on easy-listening music, and now my 
tastes tend toward classical, jazz of most types, doo-wop, and bluegrass. 
However, I still enjoy a good pop arrangement played by a competent 
orchestra.

Niether of my kids are record-collectors per-se, but they both love 
old-time-radio shows (stay away from the glass-based transcriptions, 
children!), and comedy or story records, and they each have a record player 
they use.

Tyrone
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