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Old 27th Apr 2019, 6:00 pm   #4
TonyDuell
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Default Re: Mrs Spittal's jumping records

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Originally Posted by Heatercathodeshort View Post
I had many hilarious incidents with my customers that only a house call would solve.
I once had an elderly lady book a service call on her record player and when I collected it she insisted that I promised not to play any 'Rolling Stones' records on it as they would damage her 'Stylo.'

The older generation had a hatred of groups such as The Who and the Rolling Stones that even in this case extended to them 'damaging' their record playing equipment!
John
I am now thinking of 'Music to break phonographs by' from Godel, Escher and Bach...
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