Tuesday March 2, 2010 17:31
What do you do with old, 78 rpm records? Turn them into liqueur…
I found the following “recipe” for Shellac Liqueur on a news group the other week and thought I’d share it with others but please be aware that this has been untested and I do not recommend trying it. In no way do I [...]
Tuesday March 2, 2010 16:45
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="288" caption="Yes, I know, this photo shows a man cleaning a vinyl LP not a 78!"][/caption] Okay, here...
Wednesday February 24, 2010 13:46
A recent, and somewhat underrated discussion on the 78-L list, focussed on stylus size for playing various types of 78 rpm records including...
Tuesday January 26, 2010 17:25
A discussion on de-warping 78 rpm records gave some excellent information recently on the 78-L list. One member of the list provided the...
Friday January 22, 2010 23:29
I first missed the following discussion on the 78-L email list when it first appeared in Dec 2009 It wasn't until I was cleaning out my email box...
Friday January 22, 2010 22:53
It’s often thought that 78 rpm and vinyl records were always issued black in color – but in reality, colored 78 rpms and vinyl has been around...
Saturday January 2, 2010 23:53
It's often thought that 78 rpm and vinyl records were always issued black in color - but in reality, colored 78 rpms and vinyl has been around since...
Tuesday December 22, 2009 20:37
Examples of musicians releasing 78 rpm records today is a subject close to my heart. Many people think that production of 78s stopped in the early...
Sunday December 20, 2009 18:52
Another discussion from the 78-L list centred on the use of record clamps. Record clamps come in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes and are...
Sunday December 20, 2009 18:37
A few weeks back, I started up a review on a discussion related to what 78 rpms were made of. Since those posts (here) and (here), more information...
Wednesday December 9, 2009 17:14
A recent discussion on the 78-L mailing list discussed the term 'recording wax' which referred to the disc used in making disc recordings before tape...
Wednesday December 2, 2009 13:26
An interesting discussion came to light on the 78-L discussion list the other week relating to 78 rpm re-issues. It seems one reader was reading...
Thursday November 26, 2009 00:49
Following on from my other posts regarding what 78s were made of from the US perspective, one interesting member of the 78L list provided a UK...
Tuesday November 17, 2009 17:34
Continuing from my last post, I'm adding further info from the 78-L list regarding 78 rpm record manufacture. In review of the discussion notes, it...
Tuesday November 17, 2009 16:40
An interesting discussion started up the other week on 78-L regarding what 78s were made from. Although as a general rule, most were made from...
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I want to make it very clear that the purpose of this blog is not to plagiarise the 78-L list with just copied postings of topics...
I truly believe the 78-L list is a wealth of information but often this info gets lost or is diluted in the email-based format that the list survives as. For many people, the content of the 78 list is formatted in an in-cohesive email format that is hard for people to digest.
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