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http://tinyurl.com/2deftq Above link is to a pretty funny Google computerized attempt at translation to English. Still, info about 78's being discontinued in 1963 came across the digi-void clearly. Anyone know if there was an official cut-off date among the major pressing plants in the USA? As I said, I know there were still kiddie record 78's being cut and pressed in the mid-60's. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] vinyl 78's > At Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:49:56 -0800, > Roger and Allison Kulp wrote: >> >> If you're reading this,could you give me some information on when >> the last pop music titles were pressed on 78 rpm in Japan ? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Roger > > I don't know which 78rpm was the very last one in Japan, > but as far as I know, all Japanese companies stopped selling > 78rpms in the year 1963. > > Here is a reference I looked up, a webpage from RIAJ > (Recording Industry Association of Japan), all in Japanese though... > > http://riaj.com/chronicle/1900/1960.html > > Hope this helps, Kohji > > -- > MATSUBAYASHI, 'Shaolin' Kohji [log in to unmask] > http://microgroove.jp/ > > GPG Fingerprint: 981C 4171 3044 DC45 6024 EA00 A413 F44D 8FB7 5B97 >