Precious Equipment from the Golden Years
My mother has a fairly extensive collection of 1940s to 1960s memorabilia. In fact, she has probably the oldest working gramophone with probably the widest collection of singles on vinyl records in a single location during this day and age. In view of this, the old 45 record cufflinks I chanced upon while browsing online were clearly the perfect mother’s day gift. I didn’t think I would find anything as unique as these cufflinks. They were just the right type of gift – displayable yet useful. It fit perfectly in her collection. I didn’t think music cufflinks included 45 rpm records. The seven inch 45 rpm records were produced by RCA Victor in the late 1940s and instantly became a hit because it could carry as much music as the twelve inch records in a more compact form. Kind of like the compact disc replacing the VHS for visual media. Reflecting about this, I realize that even then, minor innovations in technology set the scene for the future fast-paced technology replacements we experience today. In the UK, it took the 45 rpm records about a decade to overtake the old twelve inch 78 rpm vinyl records. Now, bigger storage capacities and system upgrades become available on a yearly, even monthly basis. I guess this is why my mom likes to keep old stuff around. The gramophone and vinyl records still play music. Considering that it’s been almost half a century since they were made, you have to admit that they really must be worth collecting.
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