[78-L] Questions: 78 RPM production in the 1950's

[Kristjan Saag]

David and Steven already mentioned it: music that was of main interest 
for populations in rural areas clung longer to the 78 rpm format than 
other genres. The main reason being: poverty, many consumers in these 
areas couldn't easily afford a new record player. The same goes for 
certain urban areas: Latino music in the US was released on 78 's years 
after main record companies had stopped producing them.
78's in India, China, South America, the Philippines, South Africa, 
Russia etc. were all produced longer than in North America and Western 
Europe. Technology, although advanced in certain areas (Russian space 
technology, for instance) still lingered behind for large parts of the 
population.
Production of music cassettes is still big business in Africa.
Kristjan



rt M. Bratcher Jr. wrote 2011-04-05 06:12:
> I wonder why they still kept making 78's of popular, rock&  country music beyond
> the early 50's after the 45 came out around 1949 or so? 78 sales must have
> dropped to fairly low levels  after the 45 caught on with teenagers&  the folks
> in their 20's&  30's. Reason I'm asking these questions is most popular, rock&
> country 78's I find from the 50's are often in much better shape than their 45
> rpm counterparts. For example I've got 45's in fair to good condition where the
> same records on 78's are in very good to near mint condition. So with 78's not
> selling as well then why did they keep making them in the US until about 1957 or
> 1958 instead of stopping production of them in 1953 or perhaps 1954? Yes there
> was somewhat of a dwindling market for them over time but it seemed to take
> several years for that to happen. Or was it because the older folks took better
> care of the 78's they bough&  the teenagers played their 45's to death?
>
> I was born in 1959 so I really don't have any experience in this area beyond
> what I've picked up over the years as a used record collector.....
>
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