With almost all the music you'd ever want to listen to available online digitally, the obsessive hunt for scratchy, fragile 78 RPM records may seem anachronistic. But author Amanda Petrusich says that ...

“Yup. Lots, but never enough”. With these remarkable words, Wes responded to our online shout-out to all those who still own 78-rpm shellac records. Arriving at his tiny yet cosy home in a carless ...

Reader Gary Kampel motivated me to take on a project I’d been meaning to get to for years. That motivation took this form: My older sister shipped me a box of old double-sided 78 RPM shellac records ...

If Seattle can support HISSSSSSS, a monthly DJ night devoted to cassettes, it can probably sustain one dedicated to 78-rpm shellac. It helps if the person behind the decks is Jeffery Taylor, co-owner ...

The 78 rpm disc is the precursor to the modern vinyl record.(The 78 rpm disc is the precursor to the modern vinyl record.) In recent years, there has been a spurt of interest in vinyl records. This ...

A 20-something Alabama man may be sitting on a goldmine with thousands of 78 RPM records he inherited from his grandfather. Or. maybe not. Now it’s time for the thrill of the search and research. A 78 ...

Rather than a few minutes, the disc could hold almost an hour of audio. But what really made vinyl click was a mix of timing, geography and clever engineering. In June 1948, a small group of reporters ...

With almost all the music you'd ever want to listen to available online digitally, the obsessive hunt for scratchy, fragile 78 RPM records may seem anachronistic. But author Amanda Petrusich says that ...