[78-L] Something you don't see every day!

[Milan P Milovanovic]

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From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
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Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Something you don't see every day!

>
> Actually there ARE Long Playing 78s (but not this one).  Obviously there
> are the Edison LPs (which ran at 80), then there are the Duriums and the
> Clarian/Columbia Longer Playing 78s from the early 30s although they are
> really only slightly longer playing.  But in 1953 when the Soviets did
> their first microgroove LPs, some of them ran at 33 and some ran at 78.
> I have several dozen of their 78 LPs, and they are significantly long
> playing.  The 8-inchers are about 10 minutes per side, and the
> 10-inchers can be about 15 minutes.  The ones at 33 are up to about 25
> minutes.
>

I have also one collection of Soviet classical music, all packed in original 
leather box, around 20 or 25 pieces.

 All 10", all labels are the same, and all of them are microgroove, except 
some of theme are 33 rpm (about 2/3) and the rest are 78 rpm.