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by Alec Muffett

A Selection of 78 RPM Records – Part 1

Via complicated means (read: having them dumped on me) I’ve obtained a big chunk of my parents’ 78RPM records, some of which doubtless go back to their parents, and some of which are even stranger, higher RPM, possibly shellac and with spirals which go from inside to out.

The Pathe discs demand a “sapphire stylus” even.

I’ve decided to photograph them prior to disposal via some economic or beneficial means; I reason that it’s good to get them sorted out anyway, plus I ought to get sleeves for the ones that lack them.

Photos going up on Flickr – this is the first of three or maybe four batches of this size.

There are a handful of breakages/cracked ones but I’ll photograph them too; also there’s an OpenRightsGroup slant on some of the pictures; I’ll highlight them in later postings.

View them below, view the set, or dive into the slideshow. Some of the earlier photos are less-good, it took me a while to work out a system.

This is why we talk of Music being released as an Album. Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Chanson Hindoue (Hindu Song) Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled WH Priestley - The House Of Sound Repute, Colmore Rd, Birmingham & Wolverhampton Untitled Untitled Untitled TP Rodgers, Music Dealer, Haymarket & Sheffield Untitled Do You Dance? Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Copyright Protection Circa 1920 - A License Stamp Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled The Copyright Protection Society - Two Pence /cc @openrightsgroup Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled She Only Started Giggling Darkey's Delight # not politically correct at all Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled For Best Results use only COLUMBIA NEEDLES Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Shipping to Nigeria Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled That Naughty Waltz / Joseph C Smith's Orchestra Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Marianne - Fox Trot Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Rhondda Rhapsody (Rhapsody of Love) - The Melachrino Orchestra Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled

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4 responses to “A Selection of 78 RPM Records – Part 1”

  1. Dave Walker

    Wow. Those which pre-date the standard of a single groove starting at the outside and going in, may be of historical significance in terms of illustrating the development of audio recordings.

    I’m minded of the BBC Archives; they have players maintained and working, for everything from wax cylinders on up. I’d be very surprised if they wouldn’t be interested in some of these, and for some of the more esoterically recorded ones, it might be the only means of getting them played and ported to a more accessible medium.

    I have some BBC contacts who might be able ot put you in touch with the right people – although I suspect you’re not short of them, yourself :-).

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    1. admin

      If you know people, point them at the big blog post, I’ll be photographing the rest over the next week or so.

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  2. Dave Walker

    Also on the ORG front, if you are inclined to get the recordings digitised, I’d expect many of them will be well out of copyright by now – any thoughts on copylefting them? I would imagine there’s many a silly video on Youtube etc which would benefit from a knowinly-humourous brass or banjo soundtrack ;-).

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