How old is the oldest phonograph record that you have and what is the song & who is the artist?

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   ♪Jackie Blue♪
   January 29th, 2010 3:23 pm

   The title of the album is "Sing Along With Mitch Miller & The Gang" Release date was 1958. The cover opened up with all the lyrics inside the cover to the songs on the vinyl. I remember when my aunt came over and we listened to it. She and I sang songs together. Simple fun in much simpler days, or so it seemed.

   I have an Edison Lighthouse Album, "The Best of Edison Lighthouse," who sang, "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes," in the early 1970s, but then I doubt seriously if that is the ‘Edison,’ you are talking about, Gladys. lol
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   Farm bred, grain fed, all natural
   January 29th, 2010 3:38 pm

   I have this one, recorded in 1928

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxc4gvTHx0A&feature=related
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   The Wiz
   January 29th, 2010 4:26 pm

   I have a lot of LP’s dating back to the late 50’s. Unfortunately, I gave all my 78’s & 45’s away long ago. But I have a wonderful Mitsubishi fully automatic linear turntable that u can’t find anywhere anymore.
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   Tapestry6
   January 29th, 2010 4:51 pm

   Yes I have a bunch of old 78s that belong to my Mom.
   They aren’t worth much I will most likely sell them to a collector.
   I have RCA Victor, Edison, Varsity along with MGM, Columbia
   I have one of John Phllip Sousa too
   You can buy turntables again I bought a new one a couple of years ago for $99.99 it not only plays records but cassetts and has an am/fm radio.
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   corgigirl
   January 29th, 2010 5:15 pm

   The oldest I have is a recording my father made in 1935. It’s a 78. Still sounds good.
   I also have some 78’s from my childhood. One is the "Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saens with Ogden Nash and Noel Coward, another is some Christmas Carols, and Edith Piaf singing "La Vie en Rose". My parents played these when I was a kid in the 1950s. I have a 4-speed turntable to play them on.Good question.
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   Kel
   January 29th, 2010 6:03 pm

   I have a few 78 rpm records….but I just cannot think of what they are right now.
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   old fart
   January 29th, 2010 6:38 pm

   I found a 45 RPM in the closet from 1978 called You cried Wolf by Todd Rungren flip side Onomatopoeia. It must of belonged to my son.
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   cricketlady
   January 29th, 2010 7:12 pm

   I’m not sure—I’ve got Nat King Cole w/ Rammblin Rose—-my momma’s nickname/handle. I also have a couple of the Chuckwagon Gang’s records. I buy these old records ever once in a while and I enjoy listening to them. At a school auction last yr the teacher gave me an old record player that works just like NEW. I can find the old records in perfect condition at a store for 10 cents each.
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   Barbara B
   January 29th, 2010 7:27 pm

   Try the Edison museum someplace in Florida.
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    wasacon
    January 29th, 2010 8:10 pm

    I have some ’45s from the ’50s. I have Rock Around the Clock/Bill Haley and the Comets; King Of the Road/Roger Miller, and a couple of others. They are all originals. I have a couple of albums that are Mono; before stereo albums. I have the Beatles White Album still in it’s original wrapper, never opened.

    My family had some Edisons, along with a wind up victrola but it’s all gone now.
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    Sweet Cupcake
    January 29th, 2010 8:55 pm

    Probably the 78s I have. I don’t know what they are because I have nothing to play them on.
    Probably the oldest one I know is Roy Rogers and Dale Evans singing Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sunshine In. It’s on one of those little yellow colored 45s.
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    jd
    January 29th, 2010 9:17 pm

    I don’t have any four track tapes either.
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    Ret. Sgt.
    January 29th, 2010 9:31 pm

    Probably " Love Letters In The Sand" by Pat Boone. Think my wife brought it into our marriage but I think it was her older brothers record since that LP was probably recorded before my wife was in 3rd grade.

    Thanks for reminding me of this. I gotta get rid of those and hopefully make a couple bucks. Got a fair amount of 50’s, 60’s 45’s and LPs. I still have a turntable but I don’t think it works. I did get rid of the Eight track player though went cassettes came into use.
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    Autumn Leaves
    January 29th, 2010 9:49 pm

    Gambling Polka Dot Blues by Jimmie Rodgers. 1931
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    muffinisis
    January 29th, 2010 9:55 pm

    i think that would be gracie fields singing Im 99 today, i have a lot of the old 78 records, and a couple of record players that play them, i might have an older one but without checking that is the first that comes to mind
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    Tired Old Man
    January 29th, 2010 10:06 pm

    I sold all my old records about 9 years ago when i had an aucton,after my late wife died. I do have a small record recorded from a booth at the top of the Empire State Bldg.,while on my Senior class trip in 1959. A bunch of us guys made it. I don’t know if it will still play as i don’t have a record player. But it is 50 years old.
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    Just me
    January 29th, 2010 10:38 pm

    I have over 100 Edison cylinder records from the very early 1900’s and one of Sousa’s marches is my favorite.
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    Who's who on Yahoo?
    January 29th, 2010 10:58 pm

    The oldest one I have is "Winter Wonderland" by Perry Como.
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    Blossomo2
    January 29th, 2010 11:43 pm

    A single of Sammy Davis, Jr. singing "Candyman," circa 1972.
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    Riverrat
    January 30th, 2010 12:04 am

    An album of various Glen Miller Tunes.
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    daisy
    January 30th, 2010 12:36 am

    Gladys, are you a collector?
    I sold a big box of all my LPs in masse at a yard sale years ago. The guy was almost ecstatic when he grabbed them.
    But even then, I did not have any ones that were that old.
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    Jack Rabbit
    January 30th, 2010 1:09 am

    When I was a teen, my folks bought an old Wurlitzer Juke Box — http://www.partydelights.co.uk/images/cutouts/CUTO012.JPG

    It contained a whole collection of old 78’s.
    There were probably several records that were older than these,
    but these were two of my favorites. I played them SO many times!
    (Not really THAT old … great music!)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Aae9ReI5Q
    Beep Beep – The Playmates

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anRqh02N8UM
    Honeycomb – Jimmie Rodgers
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    jennifer
    January 30th, 2010 1:40 am

    I have an Edison record about 1/4 inch thick with a likeness of Edison on black. It does play even though scratchy. I have a WWI record called "Somewhere In France Is a Lily", a vocal. I have a brown paper record with a vocal group called The Harlem Hot Choclates singing St. James Infirmary and a very small picture record called "Strawberry Roan". I am thrilled to talk about old records and I go to the web sites for collectors once in a while. I also have some V-discs with many different orchestras and that plays at 16 2/3 rpm.
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    Windy
    January 30th, 2010 1:52 am

    All my LP’s are gone, but I still have a box of 45’s from the 50’s and 60’s, don’t know which is the oldest. There are a lot of Elvis Presley ones in there.
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    ConansOwner
    January 30th, 2010 2:26 am

    No Edisons. My oldies are 45s – a few Elvis, Sam Cooke,etc – in a small record box cube I thought we threw on but its in the garage.
    We still have a huge collection of 33 1/3 LPs and 2 turntabless – I still like the quality of the sound.
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    dora
    January 30th, 2010 2:33 am

    first 45 record by Fats Domino, Blueberry Hill
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    THEAmericanPatriot
    January 30th, 2010 3:16 am

    I have some 45’s…and I think "A THOUSAND STARS IN THE SKY" (Kathy Young) is the oldest:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvaTZXrGX…

    There was this one girl in 8th grade(1960), Nancy, who would only dance with ME to this song at the Kiwanis teen dances on Friday nights in Milford, Delaware.
    We never did date. I heard she died of breast cancer several years ago…2001 or 2002? (smiling at her memory now)
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    Artoro Arosli
    January 30th, 2010 3:43 am

    I have a stack of old records 40 years ago and the Secret Love by Doris Day was my favourite. I have a secret love, is very real.
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