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

[Rockined1]

or as my late grandfather  had said "45 RPMs are bought by teenagers who listen to that evil rock n roll crap!!"--45s are evil!!!!!!!!!!!  LOL


 music that was of main interest
 for populations in rural areas clung longer to the 78 rpm format than
 other genres.







-----Original Message-----
From: Don Cox <doncox at enterprise.net>
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Tue, Apr 5, 2011 7:29 am
Subject: Re: [78-L] Questions: 78 RPM production in the 1950's


On 05/04/2011, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> 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.
Many areas did not have electricity. LP players were all electric.
> Production of music cassettes is still big business in Africa.
 Kristjan
 
assettes can be kept in loose heaps without being scratched. 
 
 
 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.....
> 
Regards
- 
on Cox
oncox at enterprise.net
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