[78-L] Longest 78

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Wed Feb 11 18:39:11 PST 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "agp" <agp2176 at verizon.net>
>I am curious - does anyone know what the longest 10-inch 78 is? A few 
> years ago I saw (and lost out on the bidding on) a South African 78 
> of the Marty Robbins hit El Paso on CBS from December 1959 (although 
> no doubt early 1960 in South Africa). I was unsure if they split over 
> two sides or not because the track weighs in at 5 minutes or so.
> Anyone know of the longest 10-inch 78
> 
Counting...or NOT counting...the finer-grooved 78's of the early thirties,
which usually ran five or six minutes...?!

...stevenc



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