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Re: [ARSCLIST] Late 78's--was: regurgitators



78's were definitely being pressed here into the 1960's. One of the mastering guys at Fine Recording was still working an old Presto lathe, cutting plenty of kiddie records, which were pressed on vinyl 78's. We had a huge box of these when I was a kid in the 70's, but they definitely dated from my older brothers.

I have pictures of the Presto lathe in action circa 1966. In the pix, it was set up for a mono 45 single, likely an ad jingle or Golden Books record.

-- Tom Fine


----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger and Allison Kulp" <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Late 78's--was: regurgitators



And South Africa,continued to press 78s into 1962,The Phillipenes,most of Latin America,into 1953,and India into 1966.See this site,I have posted links to before:

http://www.cool78s.com/index.html

Roger

"Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger and Allison Kulp"
In the US,limited numbers of 78 RPM singles were pressed for jukeboxes at
least into 1961,if not 1962.I have a US WB 78 of "Candy Kisses" by Bill Haley
(1960) ,myself,I  bought about 1993 out of "Goldmine".

David Lennick wrote: There was, but I don't know how long it lasted. I have one issue of such a publication, courtesy of Sam's, in 1959. It actually lists Warner Brothers singles as being available on 78s, but I don't think this ever came to pass. Sam probably published it, so there might be a set at the UofT or in Ottawa. Richard, you lurking?

This actually varied by record company...and the market they served! Most
"major" US labels (RCA, Columbia) quit pressing 78rpm discs sometime in
1958; however, 78's were pressed in Canada at least into 1960 (I own
examples...!). US labels marketed to various minority markets continued
to press 78's, probably into 1960 (i.e. Chess!). Canadian Columbia 78's
bore their issue dates after mid-1954, and, IIRC, the latest date I have
seen was "7-60"...! I also used to own an early-1960 Canadian issue of
(IIRC) Atlantic...which by that time was issued up here under its own
label name...!

Steven C. Barr



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