I have a 78 that came with a radio phonograph combination and the records tells how to tune the set in and even gives examples of what the radio sounded like. It did not have the starting groove. My favorite radio record:
9555 51360-R 1924.06.08 Billy Jones Tune in on L-O-V-E (Whitcup) > As someone who collects both radios and phonographs, I love those old 78s> > with songs about radio. My favorite is Billy Jones' recording of "Love Her> > By Radio," which I have on a 1923 Edison DD. I'd love to find a copy on a> > regular old 78, but I've never even heard of one. Does such a thing even> > exist?> > Then again, I love old songs about all kinds of technology. A > longtime> favorite is my 1919 Victor recording of Billy Murray singing "Take > Your> Girlie to the Movies if You Can't Make Love at Home." What a hoot!> > > (Oh, and I'm old enough to have used both CompuServe and Prodigy. And they> > were very exciting at the time, as hopelessly crude as they seem today.)> >
