[78-L] Historic Masters.

[Damian R]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Historic Masters.


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Spats" <spats47 at ntlworld.com>
>> 
>> 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


And Irish songwriter and performer Duke Special (http://www.dukespecial.com/), as well as incorporating a gramophone playing 78s into his live performances, has issued some of his 10" single with one side recorded at 78rpm - that was within the last 4 years or so.

Damian R