Here at covertcabin we like to keep abreast of modern technologies and so when the opportunity arose to purchase a “portable, lightweight music player with no need of batteries or charger, in its own faux leather carrying case” naturally we jumped at the chance and snapped one up on-line. Admittedly, the parcel that duly arrived was slightly larger than we’d anticipated but we now find ourselves the proud owners of a state-of-the-art Decca 66…
Not entirely by coincidence we had recently acquired a collection of old 78’s, which was lucky for us, as our device did not seem to have a docking station for our pods or any slots for sticks or cards.
We spent a rainy afternoon washing the dusty old discs and marvelling at the wondrous titles: “While I Was Holding My Coconut”, “He Played His Ukelele As The Ship Went Down”, and the sexist classic ” Why Did I Marry My Wife?” and whilst we did so Bob, whose depths of obscure knowledge are unfathomable, explained all about 78’s, 45’s, rpm’s and why the modern day single is invariably a maximum of 3 minutes long.
My mind wandered a little as he continued on about groove widths, rotational speeds and fidelity, those of a techy/nerdy disposition can read more about that stuff here Not now though, later…..lest you become forever lost in Linkland.
Next day was the first truly hot day of Summer and even though I have been slightly moany about the sun’s poor show so far, by mid afternoon I was, contrarily, too hot and slunk off to the shade. Under the trees with a couple of cool beers we wound up the Decca 66 and listened to some strains from old refrains – a very pleasant interlude indeed…
Fancy spinning some discs yourself? The Decca 66 and a wide selection of 78’s are recently installed down at Woodsman’s cabin.
