Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "records"

Young Man Posing with an Edison Cylinder Phonograph (Detail)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:04:04 +0000

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Young Man Posing with an Edison Cylinder Phonograph (Cropped)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:04:06 +0000

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Young Man Posing with an Edison Cylinder Phonograph

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:04:08 +0000

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An outdated technology (typewriters, record players, etc.) photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A young man wearing a suit and hat stands next to a Edison cylinder phonograph sometime in the 1900s or 1910s.

See also a cropped version and a close-up of the Edison phonograph in this real photo postcard:

"Goodbye T.M.I.," by Gary and the Outriders

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:22:17 +0000

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Although "TMI" simply means "too much information" to most of us, residents of central Pennsylvania also use it to refer to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant situated on an island in the Susquehanna River that's three miles downriver from the borough of Middletown and twelve miles from the city of Harrisburg, the state capital.

Thirty-five years ago--on March 28, 1979--one of TMI's two nuclear reactors experienced a partial nuclear meltdown, which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission still calls the "most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history." The partial meltdown resulted in a release of radioactive materials, and pregnant women and young children living within a 20-mile radius of the plant were advised to evacuate the area. It took several days until plant operators were certain that the situation was under control.

Gary and the Outriders, a local music group, recorded an original song, "Goodbye T.M.I. (The Ballad of Three Mile Island)," and released it as a 45 rpm record. Its catchy melody contrasts with its dire refrain: "Goodbye, goodbye to your life, T.M.I." To hear the song, check it out on YouTube: Gary & The Outriders - Goodbye T.M.I. (1979).

For another musical reaction to the TMI accident, see the cover of the record album, Potter County Was Made by the Hand of God But the Devil Made Three Mile Island, on Flickr.

Zon-O-Phone Records Catalog, February 1907

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:54:53 +0000

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Perhaps this is where the idea for installing car stereo systems came from.

"Zon-O-Phone Records, February 1907, 10 inch, 50¢. The Universal Talking Machine Mfg. Co., Newark, N.J."

Christmas Carols as Sung by Your L&M T.V. Quartet

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:46:50 +0000

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"Recording of your favorite Christmas carols as sung by your L&M T.V. Quartet. 33½. rpm, 200 plays."

A cardboard picture disc. Whoever cut it out didn't follow the circle precisely. Even though the disc is a bit misshapen, it looks like it might still play. I'm not sure what television show the L&M T.V. Quartet appeared on, but they look like an enthusiastic group of fellows.