r/78rpm • u/Cutting_flats_again • 5h ago
Free 78s (Chicago)
seen at Dusty Groove this morning - you have to take an entire box - as is & unknown
r/78rpm • u/Cutting_flats_again • 5h ago
seen at Dusty Groove this morning - you have to take an entire box - as is & unknown
r/78rpm • u/Gimme-A-kooky • 1h ago
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“There’s yer PIE - ANNA, RABBIT! NOW LET’S SEE YA PLAY IT!” - Yosemite Sam to Bugs Bunny, Looney Toons!
Geraldine Farrar, Victrola Record #87025
r/78rpm • u/BigAssQuanta • 8h ago
Used but still it is the Carter Family.
Digitized: The Neven78 Radio Archive
r/78rpm • u/Gimme-A-kooky • 6h ago
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Little Wonder record No. 1195.
This was a random find inside a pile of records. It’s ALWAYS a rabbit hole, but the story is very interesting!
It almost sounds like Harry Lauder, to me… anyone recognize it? I haven’t “dug deep” to find out.
I did read over the Wikipedia article for it: very good description!
Long and short of it: looks like it’s made for kids, but it was actually made for people with a mind on their money- economy! 1¢ apiece, and sold in music stores and Five-N-Dimes (5¢ and 10¢ stores in early USA). Interesting, quick read on the article!
Have a great day, thank you for looking or even just passing by 🙂
This is played on a (likely) dark “fumed oak” cabinet VV-XIV (earliest design style), ~late 1911-early 1912.
P.s. sorry for the poor video quality- I had to lower the pixels for size
r/78rpm • u/BigAssQuanta • 8h ago
All information is from the Discography of American Historical Recordings (DAHR): Hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), this master database archives matrix records, recording dates (e.g., February 17, 1936, in New York for matrix 60485), master numbers, and original session personnel for Decca and Champion releases.
r/78rpm • u/Gratitude4U • 22h ago
Any ideas on this one? it was with some 78 albums. It is not shellac. It's like metal maybe? Thanks in advance.
r/78rpm • u/DuronRunRun • 22h ago
Every Sunday Morning at 8am CST OR Youtube.com/@shellacshow 91.3 KRSC-FM (NE-OK) *OR* Online at rsuradio.com
r/78rpm • u/charlie42068 • 1d ago
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Is the crackly tone and low quality sound likely to be caused by the sound box or is it the needles?
r/78rpm • u/BigAssQuanta • 1d ago
Recorded in Atlanta in 1925, "Long Tongue Women" is an early hillbilly blues.
"The Preacher and the Bear" is a classic American novelty song. It tells the humorous story of a preacher who goes hunting on a Sunday morning—violating his Sabbath duties.
"Oh Lordy, if you can't help me, please put a muzzle on the big black bear."
From the Neven78 Radio Archive.
Saw this on Facebook and figured it's worth spreading the word in case anyone is nearby.
r/78rpm • u/memegod574 • 1d ago
Sadly the Shellac album i had was missing one but it has this instead. Can't say no!
r/78rpm • u/Gimme-A-kooky • 2d ago
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Hi! Found this cool disc; what better to render its reproduction than a pretty much exact-period, possibly even same year, U.S. Army Special Services Waters Conley 36-P-820!
r/78rpm • u/ErCarciofone • 3d ago
Hi guys, today I got a record player and finally got the chance to play some vinyls my great-grandfather gave my father years ago. Among them was this one. What year do you reckon it's from?
r/78rpm • u/AmnesiaPossum • 3d ago
I know I’m not the first person to ask, so maybe you all can point me in the right direction.
How are you all storing your records? The 10” book I have is disintegrating. And the sleeves are crumbling. I have two little side cabinets on my machine.
I have about 30 or 40 now, all 10” and I have a sing sing sing on 12” I adore. I just want to keep them safe and organized long term.
r/78rpm • u/BigAssQuanta • 3d ago
Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas was one of the premier tenor saxophonists of the swing and early bebop eras.
""American Record" was an independent American 78 RPM record label active during the post-WWII jazz boom of the mid-1940s. Manufactured by The International Record Co., the label specialized in 10-inch shellac releases featuring prominent New York 52nd Street jazz musicians." - Discogs Archive
r/78rpm • u/Bluebird1932 • 4d ago
Joe Venuti - violin / Jimmy Dorsey - clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax / Frank Signorelli - piano / Eddie Lang - guitar / Harold Arlen - vocal
New York, June 10, 1931
r/78rpm • u/Gimme-A-kooky • 4d ago
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(My Scotch Bluebell) “Scotch Specialty”- only 75¢! (in 1917 lol) - Harry Lauder, Victor Orchestra, ca. 1917- appropriate, too! This is a late 1916 Victor Electrola VE-XVII from the very same timeframe!
I had to organize my cave. It’s now in much more of an organized state than it was! I cleaned everyone up (dusted) and am giving them all a little exercise… while doing so, I found this cool record.
This is a real toe tapper- I definitely recommend finding a copy! {heavily abbreviated for time}
I wish you all a wonderful day!
r/78rpm • u/BigAssQuanta • 4d ago
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra. Recording for Norman Granz's labels (Norgran and Mercury Records), his small groups featured prominent musicians such as Ben Webster, Lawrence Brown, Emmett Berry, and a young John Coltrane.
r/78rpm • u/Gimme-A-kooky • 5d ago
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Hi! I don’t always post “phonograph” stuff here, but when I do, it has to do with 78s and records- which this one just so happens to!
Just picked up a kind of “last” ‘holy grail’ for my Victrola collection, and it was specifically made to pair with the Victor Victrola XII (12th) tabletop.
It is a Victrola Record Cabinet, ‘Style (No.)’ 50, $75 factory price, #236, mahogany, ball-claw legs with gold (plated) casters, logo’ed (Victor Talking Machine…), and likely very rare.
It came with an unexpected key - and not just any key, a weird one- and a leather cover/back flip-style record index with hundreds of records listed.
Limited info online and in The Victor Data Book (Baumbach). Anyone have any additional knowledge?
Thanks! I wish you a great day, too.