We had an old Reel-to-Reel tape with some songs recorded from the radio. There were several songs that we loved but could not identify, because they hadn't been big hits. If I remember correctly the identification process was hampered by the fact that the tape had been recorded on a cheap portable recorder that did not use a capstan so the tape was not recorded at a precise speed and therefore did not playback at the correct speed and pitch.
Many years later in an effort to find out what this song was I copied it from the reel tape to a cassette and took it into Randy's Records and they were able to identify it as Rick Nelson.
And they had the 45 which I still have. And I just checked and it is the same Decca 45 that is in the third video below. The 45 shown in the second video below is a Brunswick which I haven't seen before.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNIxh7GJg5o
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWLNq7DOzFY
YouTube (45 RPM): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztKI3my4ArI
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