[78-L] 1960s 78s

[Chris Zwarg]

At 14:27 22.10.2008, you wrote:
>A friend of mine is still pressing a few vinyl 78s every year from original 
>stampers, to be used for cd reissues.
>
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>From: "DAVID BURNHAM" <burnhamd at rogers.com>
>To: <78-L at 78online.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:15 AM
>Subject: [78-L] 1960s 78s
>
>
>What are the latest 78s sitting in the collections of this list's expert 
>members? Any bets on the last US 78, the last world 78? I've heard rumors of 
>a Beatles 78 from India, as late as 1968 -- anyone seen it?
>
>--
>Steve.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>We've been down this road before. The most recent 78, mass produced by a 
>major record label, (AFAIK), was the acoustic 78 produced by EMI of Roberto 
>Alagna in, (I think), 1997. I know this isn't what one is looking for when 
>they speak about the latest 78 rpm record but it does fit all of the 
>criteria, except that it was vinyl, not shellac, but most 78s from the 50s 
>weren't shellac either.
>
>db

A very young British rockabilly group called "Kitty, Daisy & Lewis" have released a limited edition of their 2008 album as a real ALBUM containing five 10-inch 78rpm records - vinyl and microgroove of course (or rather "universal-groove", they play just as well with my 0.7-mil Ortofon stereo cartridge as with a 2.3-mil Expert elliptical truncated stylus fitted to the good olf Shure M-44), the tracks are mono and were recorded on 1950's studio equipment. Pressings seem to be from the same source as late-1980's "Rough Trade" UK independent-rock LPs, rather heavy and stiff vinyl for modern pressings, in fact more "authentic" looking and feeling than some of the paper-thin Historic Masters 78s made 10 or 15 years ago apparently on Dynaflex-type pressing equipment.

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Chris Zwarg



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