Bo Diddly&nbsp;
Bo Diddly/I&amp;#8217;m a man&nbsp;
Shelac/Clay 78 RPM single. Circa 1955.&nbsp;
This is one of my favorite pieces from my personal collection. Pressed into a remarkably brittle clay, this is the&nbsp;quintessential&nbsp;song of early rock and R&amp;amp;B.&nbsp;
I&amp;#8217;ve been sitting on this one for a while. I picked it up a few years ago at an estate sale, because it was too awesome to pass up, but I&amp;#8217;ve never owned a record player that was designed for playing 78s.&nbsp;I&amp;#8217;ve still got it. I&amp;#8217;ve only listened to it twice, the first time shortly after I purchased it, the second time last night as I recorded audio samples using a friends turntable. To be frank, it was amazing. 78s sound&amp;#8230; just different. What they lack in fidelity they make up for in character, in force. They transform familiar songs into something&nbsp;wholly&nbsp;other. 
On the table we used it played through without skipping. It was a bit noisy, but that is the way of these things. As I said, I&amp;#8217;ve recorded some audio samples, and I will post them soon.&nbsp;
I honestly don&amp;#8217;t want to get rid of it. I&amp;#8217;m even less inclined to upon hearing it again, but I can&amp;#8217;t justify keeping it without the ability to listen to it.I&amp;#8217;m planning on selling it, but I&amp;#8217;d like to avoid eBay and the like.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&amp;#8217;s a really cool, and rather obscure find, and I thought I&amp;#8217;d give the folks here at tumblr the first crack at it.&nbsp;
I&amp;#8217;m asking $50 for the record, plus shipping. We can handle payment through paypal or google checkout.&nbsp;
More photos (and an audio sample)&nbsp;available&nbsp;upon request.&nbsp;
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