Genie, it's a fine artform to recreate that 78 rpm sound. I've devoted a couple years towards that end myself. I've employed creaking ceiling fans, tv newscasts, a window unit air conditioner on high, and my dog in the quest for perfectly awful sound reproduction. Good on you Amos. Lomax is smiling down from wherever he may now reside;~)

Yerz,
Tweed
The Badly Recorded Blues