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DaddyOhMy t1_j66zm9e wrote
Neil Young recorded his 2014 album, A Letter Home, entirely in Jack White's Voice-O-Graph.
HolidayFew8116 t1_j66zq57 wrote
jack White's store has a 1947 voice o graph. it also has a bar
giedosst t1_j670d6a wrote
I bet "The Penis" song was recorded a lot.
Legal_Refuse t1_j670r0m wrote
Holy shit a few quarters?! .75¢ In 1950 money that's like 10 bucks today.
themattboard t1_j672kix wrote
> There's a feller in there that'll pay you $10 if you sing into his can.
etherjack t1_j672uxp wrote
Cutting your own voice to vinyl in real time, no matter how short the recording, costs hundreds (thousands?) of dollars -- even using low-end equipment.
I think 75 cents was a bargain back then.
LooksAtClouds t1_j673t2j wrote
I have a record of my mom singing with some friends in the early 50's. One of whom later was a big star mezzo-soprano at the Metropolitan Opera for decades. So that's pretty neat.
Gemmabeta t1_j674hzq wrote
"Uh, okay sir. But Murt and Aloysius will have to sign Xs as only four of us can write."
Unkorked t1_j677djf wrote
Just like much music did.
ActualGiantPenguin t1_j679pup wrote
Martin Sheen's character uses one of these in the movie Badlands (1973).
That-Conversation252 t1_j67d518 wrote
I want to play with my ding a ling :))
https://www.billboard.com/pro/chuck-berry-my-ding-a-ling-rewinding-the-charts-1972/
dyalisisboy t1_j67rul2 wrote
The records were not vinyl. They were made of aluminum and sounded awful.
thermitethrowaway t1_j67xtac wrote
GoGaslightYerself t1_j686a5n wrote
Actually, you can do it yourself with nothing more than a sewing needle soldered to a tin can. You have to shout into it pretty loud, though.
itaniumonline t1_j687q4j wrote
That’ll be fine
MaelstromFL t1_j687yu8 wrote
Barry Manilow has a story about his grandfather recording him singing Happy Birthday in one. Still plays the recording in his shows.
KTurbo t1_j68om5s wrote
This is greatest and best song in the world... Tribute
WarrenMulaney t1_j68rje1 wrote
There's a sound booth at tele-mart that we could use.
No, that's for, like, two people. That's for birthday greetings.
UncleYimbo t1_j68tpme wrote
You need to put that on YouTube
zachzsg t1_j68z8g7 wrote
It’s so weird to me that vinyl has been around for decades and is old, even though the idea of it is futuristic as Fuck lol.
bloodbeardthepirate t1_j693873 wrote
Patty you're the Mayonnaise for me!
Raistline1 t1_j69k9jm wrote
Rockin Bird became a smash hit, recorded in this fashion by the one hit wonder Fred Flintstone.
halfcookies t1_j6asfv6 wrote
ascii42 t1_j6awn4g wrote
Here's one a soldier recorded as a message to his wife while deployed in 1949: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgoSVagbUMY
RedtheGamer100 t1_j6b1713 wrote
You’re lying
TheProfessor_18 t1_j6b5wm3 wrote
Seriously, no one in the thread has mentioned Tenacious D and their Tribute music video?
LooksAtClouds t1_j6biuij wrote
Why on earth would I make up a far-fetched story like that? I spend my creative writing time on my ledgers :)
RedtheGamer100 t1_j6bldpt wrote
Then upload it as proof.
LooksAtClouds t1_j6bn6ch wrote
Sorry, it's private. And since the mezzo is still alive, I'd need to run it past her, first. And I'm kinda shy about that.
So I guess we'll continue to have differing opinions as to my veracity!
Besides, my Mama couldn't really carry a tune in a bucket. RIP Mama, you know I love you, but it's true. Thank you for singing to me, though.
RedtheGamer100 t1_j6bo1fk wrote
Hitchens Razor thanks you for your lying
AlanMorlock t1_j6fwgr4 wrote
There's one at Jack White Third Man Records in Nashville. You can make a record for like 20 bucks. I went there last summer. Great fun.
RogerKnights t1_j6o4bug wrote
I’m puzzled by the statements that the record was aluminum and used 78 rpm. I have a 16 2/3 rpm plastic record of me at age five in 1948 at the Empire State building. I last played it maybe 35 years ago and I don’t know where it is now. Was there another company making these? IIRC my mom may have said it cost $1.
pxland t1_j66z9jf wrote
“IIIIII AMMM A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW….”