A rare record leads to fun research about Hawthorne records and a custom recording by RCA from 1950.

[@CPorter]

Please upload the full audio. You will have no copyright issues.

[@MiaTheFailure]

agreed

[@spacemissing]

Discovering the unfamiliar is the primary incentive I have for buying records.

[@jeb419]

I buy records that are cheap and look like they might be interesting like you’re saying. I’m now going through the 100’s of records I’ve taken home while skipping over 1000’s and funnily enough most of them aren’t so great at all. I’ll look them up and see how they sound. Most of the time they are not that rare and not worth much. The worst is that of all the records I have, many are music I don’t even enjoy. Or they have poor sound quality. But, finding something that is rare and music I like (can be blues, jazz, big band, early rock, country etc etc) makes it all worth it. Found a blind boy fuller recently and it sounds hauntingly good. Finding those gems is what this is all about. When I show guests my sound system and records that I’ve spent so much time obsessing and nerding out over, they seem to be most impressed when I play an interesting old 78. Not the audiophile stuff. I’ve gotten more and more into old 78’s and old audio equipment too. One of my favorite things, and also one of the things guests to my home are most impressed by is my little wind up HMV102. It’s a further step back in time. Sorry for the rant, love your channel! Keep finding and saving those 78’s!

[@alco1252]

To me, he sounds like Ray Eberle

[@tedlawrence4189]

You sure are right about there being many post WW2 record companies. Many are scarce to very rare. Unless it's rock or R&B, doo wop or maybe country most of those will not be worth very much $. There are not many collectors interested in post war pop discs even if it is on an unusual label. This is not true on pre-war discs.

[@DaveTexas]

Mr. Stephan had a great voice! I love hearing obscurities like this. I wonder how the economics of this worked. Was it cheaper in 1950 to cut a recording to a 78rpm master than to record on tape and cut a 45rpm master? I know 1950 was right at the start of the transition to tape and high-fidelity records, but I’d assume RCA had tape equipment by 1950. I just don’t know anything about the costs involved with either way of recording at the time.

[@alternateunreleasedshellac505]

Wish somebody would find anything on Jannie Viljoen.

[@jonathandemiguel1458]

About 90% of my collection consists of rare but not actually valuable records, mostly the ones sampled by the Caretaker: -Piano Medley of Layton and Johnstone Successes (Columbia 9701). Not too valuable but rare as hell for some reason. -Vocalion 15699 (Was it a Dream? - Dick Powell). The only copy I've ever found anywhere on the internet

[@MarkAtnip]

Dick Powell on Vocalion is a tough find! The Layton and Johnstone are as well, but I really like the Powell sides on Vocalion, and they just don't show up very often (and tend to sell for more than I prefer to pay)

[@codex3048]

"Hundreds" of labels after WWII? More like thousands...

[@panneerd1961]

I like your videos Sir. Please intimate the music name and using the font name Sir.

[@gordonteats298]

Praise JESUS