<< there used to be booths in stores that people could go in and record themselves for a small amount of money. The booth would have a recording device that would generate a one-off disc for them to take away and these were typically 78RPM. Perhaps the most famous use of this service was this guy in Memphis who sang and recorded a couple of songs and sent them into Sun records and the rest is history... >> I don't think this is correct, Mike. Didn't Elvis go IN to Sun (technically, the Memphis Recording Service) to cut two paid-for acetates, ostensibly as a gift for his mother (but really coz he was just itchin' to get disc-overed) ?? which reminds me...... http://fufkin.com/columns/gold/gold_08_03.htm