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

[Sean Miller]

I'm 38, been collecting 78s since about age 10.

Sean

On May 10, 2011, at 4:59 PM, Vaughn Bennison wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ________________________________
>>> 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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