[78-L] Eurovision on 78

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

Steven,

You're right about the electricity factor, but Canada kept on making 
78s until 1962, at least, I could give you some Pathé references as 
evidence.

Kristjan,

France did not follow the Western Europe agenda regarding 78s. The main 
plant (EMI, two thirds of the French market) stopped making them in 
1956. Other (smaller) labels were a little slower. On the other hand, 
British EMI's reluctance to make microgrooves forced their American 
partners, RCA Victor and Columbia to look elsewhere, not only for 
Britain, but for France, as well, which was unfair.

BC
Le 3 mai 09, à 06:34, Steven C. Barr a écrit :

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kristjan Saag" <saag at telia.com>
>> I wrote:
>>>> Very few British labels had cancelled the 78 rpm format in 1959; 
>>>> some
>>>> recordings were >> still issued on 78 rpm only.
>>>> Philips, BTW, was the last company to offer the 45 rpm format in
>>>> Britain.
>>>> That happened as late as January 1958.
>> Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
>>> I think the war held back a lot of advancements in Europe.
>> No, this was pure British conservatism. The rest of Western Europe
>> followed
>> the North American agenda: Sweden issued its last 78's in 1958, 
>> Germany
>> about the same time, France as well...
>> The war, as always, was just as important for the development of new
>> technology (Decca's Full Frequency Range Recordings, for instance, the
>> development of plastics) as it was detrimental to it.
>>
> Canada continued to press 78rpm discs through 1959...but primarily
> (1) "Hit" records (usually rock'n'roll) or (2) c&w discs. These were
> probably intended for northern communities, where electricity was
> yet to become available...making "wind-up" (78 rpm) machines the
> ONLY way to hear music...?!
>
> ...stevenc
>
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