[78-L] WESTERN 10" Extended Play Records-3 Songs per Side

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

I'd suggest trying an LP needle based on my experience with playing extended play 2 song & 3 song per side 78's. A 78 size stylus may be too big for the grooves.
 
How did you know they were 78's & did you try playing them? If so were the artists any good?


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>From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
>To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com 
>Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 11:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [78-L] WESTERN 10" Extended Play Records-3 Songs per Side
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>From the song titles, I can tell you that the discs probably were pressed in 1956. No clue who the artists are, but the songs are hits from that period by people like Hank Snow, Eddy Arnold, Johnnie & Jack, Jim Reeves, etc. Could be horrible cover versions or dubs of commercial recordings - that would be my guess. Have you played them? I'd be interested in hearing who they might be.
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>Cary Ginell
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>> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:19:10 -0800
>> From: 78records at cdbpdx.com
>> To: 78-l at 78online.com
>> Subject: [78-L] WESTERN 10" Extended Play Records-3 Songs per Side
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>> More questions.  I've been looking through a record collection I bought about 4 years ago and am just now getting to.  Found 3 10" records with 3 songs on each side in the LP pile, but they are actually extended play 78 rpm records.  The label is 'WESTERN' and it lists the 3 songs on each side, but that's about all.  No artists, nothing telling who made them, and the only numbers in the dead wax match the numbers on the labels.  Seems very odd to me.  Are these generic radio transcriptions? Something else?
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>> You can look at the labels here:
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>> http://pdx78s.cdbpdx.com/WEPR/
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>> Thanks for any info!  CDB
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