[78-L] "are young folks interested in the old 78's?

[Vaughn Bennison]

I am 35 as well, and have been collecting since I was about 19 or so. I know of a couple of people who are younger than I who are interested in 78s etc.  I think though that it is a lack of exposure.  I was brought up on vinyl and cassettes etc, so 78s are really just one further step.  Also as an audio engineer, I have always been interested in all forms of sound recording.

Vaughn.
On 10/05/2011, at 11:17 PM, Thatcher Graham wrote:

> I am not aware of any collectors younger than myself, and I'm 35.
> My interns are in their early 20s and have all fully moved on to digital 
> media. They even see CDs as archaic.
> They were baffled by 78s and cylinders when I showed them.
> 
> -- 
> Thatcher Graham
> Mediaguide
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> On 5/10/2011 12:14 AM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
>> I thought we (I'm 52 now) 78 RPM record collectors were a shrinking dying out
>> breed too. So there really are enough young folks interested in the old 78's to
>> keep our hobby going for awhile? I sure hope so!! Or am I only dreaming?
>> 
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>> ________________________________
>> From: Cary Ginell<soundthink at live.com>
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 10:52:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kurt Nauck's Auctions.
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, but you are assuming that no new, younger members are joining our little
>> group of collectors.
>> 
>> Older collectors dying out also brings the average age down, doesn't it?
>> You can't assume that the entire group is remaining static with no new members
>> and nobody dying.
>> 
>> 
>> Cary Ginell
>> 
>> 
>>> I no longer recall the exact details; however IIRC there was an
>>> informal survey of 78-L taken per the age of its listeners, and the
>>> result was near 60. Assume that was five years ago...and our
>>> average age would now be at or a bit past 60...!
>>> 
>>> Further, it would seem plausible that those who collect 78's probably
>>> grew up listening to them; the last 78's were pressed in the late 50's
>>> (a couple years later up here in Canada). If we assume this 78 listener
>>> was at least 12...he she it was born in the early 40's (as I was). That in
>>> turn suggests an age in the sixties...!
>>> 
>>> There was a brief "swing revival" a few years back; the result was
>>> 3-speed players, usually without the .003" needles needed to
>>> properly play 78's...! I am still buying 78's via a local record
>>> store...which accepts lots for resale and then contacts me...!
>>> I pay a few cents per record...and haul them home to be added
>>> to my "half-vast shellac archive." I also buy many from "NickJay."
>>> 
>>> Steven C. Barr
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