[78-L] Historic Masters.

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Spats" <spats47 at ntlworld.com>
> I just bought the newest issue of Historic Masters.
> They're STILL pressing re-issues of old operatic 78s on vinyl from 
> original metal parts.
> 
> I wonder if anyone else is still pressing up 78s...what, 50 years 
> before 78s went out of industrial production...
> 
The difference is that "modern" 78's are vinyl...pressed as though they
were 10" vinyl LP's! There have been a number of "78's" pressed this
way since the sixties demise of shellac-based records. The most recent
commercial 78rpm records I have seen are in the UK series used for
radio production and the like; I have seen these with dates as late as
1966 (and don't know when their issue on 78rpm ceased?!)

Steven C. Barr