[78-L] What Year is End of 78 Days?

[Kristjan Saag]

Fifteen years ago I made a list of last 78's, according to reports by 78 
l-members, literature etc.
Here it is, with a few additions:

1958 last 78 rpm on major Swedish labels (Swedish National Sound 
Archive) Children's records a few years more.
1958 last German 78 rpm (check Rainer Lotz on this one!)
1959 last 78 rpm in Australia (Ross Laird 78-L April 6 2001)
1960 last EMI 78 in the UK: Russ Conway: "Royal Event"/ "Rule Britannia
(Columbia DB 4418)
1960 (Nov) last 78 rpm in the UK on major record labels: Rikki Henderson:
"Save The Last Dance For Me"/ "It's Now Or Never" (Embassy WB 419)
1961 The Film-Karusell Co in Sweden issues a few 21 cm children's 
records on
coloured vinyl
1961 (Feb) Merbach Record Service in Houston, Texas, still issues 
children's
records on 78 rpm (Andrew Brown 78-L Jan 5 2003)
1962 last Japanese 78 rpm (78-L)
1963 last known Turkish 78 rpm (Benno Haeupl 78-L Aug 30 2005)
1964 last 78 rpm in "Little Gem"-series from Disneyland (could be 1965,
according to Robert Angus 78-L Jan 14 2002)
1964 last known Argentine, Uruguayan 78 rpm (Benno Haeupl 78-L Aug 30 2005)
1966 The China Record Company still manufactures shellac 78's (Mark Hendrix
78-L Jan 6 2003) (Benno Haeupl later added 1972 as latest date for 
Chinese 78's - see 78-L Aug 30 2005)
1966 last known Philippines' 78 rpm (Benno Haeupl 78-L Aug 30 2005)
1968 last South African 78 rpm (Kieffer 78-L Apr 8 2000); Lukenite, however
has 1974 (78-L Jan 25 2000)
1968 last library music 78 issued in the UK (Dave Lennick 78-L Jan 5 2003)
1971 last Russian Melodija 78 (probably reported by Mike Biel)
1974 last Indian 78 (http://www.bajakhana.com.au/Sound-rec-Ind-3D.htm)
1978 last 6'' vinyl 78 for children in "My Record"-series (distributed by
Louis Marks in Swansea, UK)
1980 vinyl 78's still issued in Kenya (Lukenite 78-L Apr 8 2000)
1981 The last known shellac-like pressing (at the Orlake pressing plant 
in Dagenham, UK) was made for Paul McCartney's private pressings of the 
1958 demo reissue of "That'll Be The Day"/ "In Spite Of All The Danger". 
(See article in Record Collector  - the UK Magazine), December 1998 pp 
30-31)

Corrections and additions most welcome.
Kristjan


On 2020-03-14 14:52, DKing wrote:
> What year is the end of 78 rpm recordings? I know enough to know the 
> answer is not a simple one. - Dave King 
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