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 ...

In Do Not Sell At Any Price, Amanda Petrusich details the extreme measures collectors take in pursuit of rare 78s. "You can still find quite a few... Music Journalist Chronicles The 'Wild Obsessive ...

What is the difference between 78, 45, and 33 RPM records? Obviously most people would say the speed, which of course is true to a degree. But as [Techmoan] covers in a recent video, there’s a whole ...

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 ...

Amanda Petrusich is a contributing writer for Pitchfork. Her work has also appeared at NPR Music. With almost all the music you'd ever want to listen to available online digitally, the obsessive hunt ...

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 ...

After recording the song, 'Bone Noy Aaj Mone Hoy…', the composer and lyricist declared, "Take ok", clearing the test disc for cutting more copies for public release. Decades earlier, in 1935, ...

The site looks like this and is very simple. Click 'Play / Skip' to randomly play one song from the 78 rpm records stored in the Internet Archive. Click it again to get another song. An estimated 3 ...