I just saw a 10"78rpm from a retro folk group out of Oregon. It was pressed on vinyl but LP groove to get the length of the tune on the disc. They wanted to be totally retro i guess and sent these out to djs and radio stations.... dont they know radio stations dont have turntables any more much less a 78 one. dnw --- On Mon, 10/5/09, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Still more LP jukebox trivia > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Monday, October 5, 2009, 1:32 PM > This is not true. 78RPM kiddie > records were made well into the 60's. I had a bunch of them > when I was a kid, all pressed on vinyl. Kiddie phonos of > both my youth (circa late 60's and early 70's) and my > younger brother's youth (circa 1970's) still had 78RPM > speed. I think by the late 70's, that was no more. They were > still cutting 78RPM wide-groove kiddie records at Fine > Recording at least into the early 60's, probably later than > that. A guy named Steve Robb used to do this on a Presto > lathe. He also cut zillions of mono 45's for radio play. > > As far as adult music 78's, I would agree late 50's would > be their end. I have a bunch from the early 50's, and at > least Mercury, Norgran/Verve and Columbia were pressing on > vinyl for radio-play copies. Some of the vinyl 78's sound > _way_ better than your average 45 single. > > -- Tom Fine > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Kulp" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:55 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Still more LP jukebox trivia > > > I saw somewhere that most US labels stopped pressing 78s in > August (?) of 1958.I have four US pressed 78s from > 1960.These are all R&B hits on Ace,Gone,and Atlantic.I > read somewhere else,Goldmine perhaps,that some independent > labels were still pressing 78s for jukebox operators too > stubborn to switch to them newfangled 45s.That they were > doing this into 1961,and only pressed up a few dozen of > these titles on 78. > > Roger > > > > > --- On Mon, 10/5/09, Lou Houck <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > From: Lou Houck <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Still more LP jukebox trivia > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Monday, October 5, 2009, 8:40 AM > > Just can't stop talking about those juke boxes! > When singles were released in both 78 and 45 rpm, > Wurlitzer jukes selected a record by a mechanism > that swung a record tray out over the turntable, > which rose up on a long shaft, through the tray > and took the record up to the tone arm in the > upper regions of the cabinet. This mech was > even more convoluted than that last sentence! > There were 10" adaptor discs that had a 7" > cut out to hold records for machines configured > for 45 rpm play. What a joy to watch, but hell > to keep aligned. I've got one out in the barn, > and am keen to restore it! > > Lou Houck > Rollin' Recording > Boerne, TX > > ----- Original Message ----- From: Morton Jr, David L > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 4:27 PM > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Still more LP jukebox trivia > > > Wurlitzer (and others?) in the 60s (don't know the exact > year range ) > also offered jukeboxes that played both regular 45s and > 7-inch, 33 1/3 > "small hole" discs that they advertised on the machine > itself as "LP." > The speed selection occurs as the record is loaded onto the > platter. The > mechanism that locks it into position in the center of the > platter also > detects the size of the hole, and when it senses (senses is > probably not > the right word; it implies more sophistication than this > mechanism > really has) the small hole it shifts to a second drive > pulley/belt. > > > > Dave Morton > > Atlanta > > > > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of ARSCLIST automatic digest system > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:00 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: ARSCLIST Digest - 2 Oct 2009 to 3 Oct 2009 > (#2009-260) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.420 / Virus Database: 270.14.3/2415 - Release > Date: 10/05/09 06:19:00 >