Our series on how technology affects art continues with a report on how those old 78 RPM records set the stage for music today's recordings. When the compact disc was being developed nearly 30 years ...

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 ...

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 ...

In America in 1900, the two leading manufacturers of flat records were Columbia, which used 80 rpm as its speed, and Victor, which used 76 rpm. Since one company's records were playable on the other's ...

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 ...

Now, unless you're really something of a collector, it's safe to assume that any record player you might own only has two speed settings - 33 and 45 RPM. We say that because the old-fashion 78 RPM ...

Kolkata, In August 1959, iconic Bengali actor Suchitra Sen recorded a song in her own voice at the Gramophone Company office in Kolkata, leaving behind a rare 78 rpm 'test record'. After recording the ...

Tom Waits' recent collaboration with New Orleans institution the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on the benefit LP Preservation was originally inspired by an old 78 rpm recording of Danny Barker's 1947 ...

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 ...

In America in 1900, the two leading manufacturers of flat records were Columbia, which used 80 rpm as its speed, and Victor, which used 76 rpm. Since one company's records were playable on the other's ...