A while back a friend of mine gave me some records and stuff they had cleaned out of their mother's house. Their mother was moving in with them, and was getting rid of a bunch of stuff. Anyway, these records were my friend's when she was a kid and since she had no way to play them any more, I offered to hang onto them. There were a couple of boxes of albums, but there were also three plastic cases like this:
I didn't think much of them at the time, since I knew they held 45 rpm records, and I found the 33 1/3 albums more interesting. Today I realized that I never even opened them to see what was inside, so I figured I would check it out.
Wow! Two of the cases were filled to the top and the third was 3/4 full! (or 1/4 empty?) But before I show you some of the random records I snapped pics of, let me explain these cases.
These are all Disk-Go-Cases made by Charter Industries of New York in the '60s and early '70s. They held 50-60 45rpm records each. Honestly, I thought they might be Tupperware, since that's the type of semi-flexible plastic they're made out of. My friend was an only child and apparently got any record she wanted! There were 58 records in the gold case, 59 in the blue case, and 51 in th green case, for a total of 168 records (or 335 songs- you'll see why that's an odd number in a moment)
So, totally (mostly) at random, here are some of the records!
And there are a whole lot more! Now, I don't normally mess with playing 45s, so I'm probably not going to mess with these much. In fact, the coolest thing I can think to do with them is buy an old jukebox! Will I? Maybe some day, who knows? Until then, I'll just keep them in their Disk-Go-Cases and keep them safe!
Until next time, keep searching for treasure!
Hey! I have Harry Nilsson's "The Point" album! (With "Me and my Arrow".)
ReplyDelete"Spiders and Snakes" by Jim Stafford: Wow, there's a song and song writer I hadn't thought of for decades!
Some real oldies here too: Monster Mash, Downtown, Maybelline...
How do you get the records out of the cases? If the record you want is near the bottom of the stack, do you have to lift off all the records above it? Annoying!
You better get that jukebox!
Thanks, Stu.
You have to just pick the whole pile of records up off of the spindal and then sort through them to find what you want. Not a great system!
DeleteI saw Jim Stafford at his theater in Branson about twentyfive years ago. I remember that during "Spiders and Snakes" the theater was dark and blacklight snakes danced on stage while spiders lowered from the ceiling over the crowd! Now that's entertainment!
Stu, I had one of those cases, but mine was a "deep pink" color. It's cool to see the other colors. I gave mine away to a friend, years ago, with most of the records, too. I kept my favorites. I'll have to try to locate those records to see what I kept. I'm positive that Little Willy was also one of the records I kept. I'll be right back...am going to do some searching...
ReplyDeleteI found them! I kept the following records:
ReplyDeleteDisco Duck (am serious!)
How Do You Do? (now that's an oldie!)
I Write the Songs (by Barry Manilow)
I'm on Fire (by Dwight Twilley Band)
Lady (by the Commodores)
Life is a Rock...But the Radio Rolled Me
Little Willy
Rockin' Robin (Michael Jackson)
Stuck in the Middle with You
Will it Go Round in Circles?
^ There's my youthful 'taste in music.'
Note: There were 2 other records in the bunch, but I have absolutely zero recollection of owning those records....
Neil Diamond - Guitar Heaven / Yesterday's Song (???)
Carpenters - Touch Me When We're Dancing / Because We are in Love (???). (I'm not even a Carpenters' fan.)
I don't even recognize those songs....so I'm clueless as to why they're in my collection....I guess that's going to remain a mystery. Unless you can figure it out.
Thanks, Stu, for the fun trip down memory lane!
Yep, our taste in music back then was pretty close (and close tp Tonya's!)
DeleteI don't know those Neil Diamond or Carpenter's tunes either! Maybe you have one of a kind records!
Ok, probably not...