Crankin' It Up

"Fidgety Feet" is on the flip side of "Lazy Daddy," which we played last week. I have noticed that many of our records show more wear at the beginning of a song than they do a bit farther in. I think that in The Good Old Days, people would economize by not changing the phonograph needle after every play. A new steel needle conforms to the groove of a record, and if it is played on a different record it will not play well. In addition to not sounding right, the mismatched needle is peeling away shellac. I have been guilty of doing this in my younger days, but since I figured out that they aren't making these records anymore, I change the needle every time.