Rock N' Roll 78's!

[@theodorenovak3363]

I am the youngest of all the cousins being born in 1955. My eldest cousin was 21 years old when I was born. Starting sometime in the mid sixties or so he gave me his 78RPM rock and roll collection.. He didn't switch over to the 45RPM format till around sometime in 1958 or so obviously he was born in 1934 if he's 21 years older than me so he started buying records in the early 1950s when the 78RPM was still the major format. I lost about 2/3 of them in a fire in 2009 but I still have about 80 of them and they include Little Richard , Everly brothers, Elvis Presley Chuck Berry, The Chantels The Penguins, The Platters, The Del Vikings and I could go on. I was very very fortunate to have had them all at 1 time and I am fortunate that at least 80 of them or so were in a different room and survived from the fire.

[@daveidmarx8296]

Nice! I've been acquiring rock and roll 78s over the past ten years or so. I've picked up Elvis, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Platters, Lloyd Price, The Everly Brothers, Fats Domino, The Penguins, Frankie Lymon, Mickey & Sylvia and several others. I've put videos of many of these playing up on my channel. Cool video!

[@peterleinhos9660]

1st record I bought was "All Shook Up" by Elvis on 78. I put it on the spindle and brought the stabilizer arm on top of it . Powered up th e turntable to speed. That brown felt looked so cool purring along at 78 rpm's ... the spindle release lever automatically slide to the "Let 'er Rip" position, the record hoovered ever so briefly then came sliding down slamming into the turntable blowing shrapnel all over my bedroom. It was then I realized that 78 would not be my medium for collecting. I'm 75 now and own an album of 78's. as I no loger have a 78 player I think the records are safe. Thanks for Posting ..... Spike 47

[@l.salisbury1253]

You're right: by the end of the 50s the 78 format was dead. However, I recently learned that in some "3rd World" nations, where electricity was scarce, the wind-up 78 player was still in use! As as result, there were some Beatles 78s pressed in the late 60s for "developing" countries!

[@garyanderson9644]

Hey, nice 78s, you showed flamingo by earl bostic this was my mums favorite record when she was a teenager, Came out on vogue records in the UK. 1956. A very cool collection of 78s, They seem to play loud too. Keep rockin.

[@Recordology]

Cool!

[@matiasblacud]

Great records! R&B 78's in fact. Lots of Honkin' Sax there!

[@jybanez78]

Pretty cool to see these historical items, I just got my first 78 yesterday from goodwill unfortunately it has a crack in it, but I want to collect 78's so I wasn't to upset.

[@Recordology]

Awesome! Sounds like a fun project! Thanks for watching!

[@rexoliver7780]

Remember playing my grandmothers and grandfathers 78's when I came to their house to visit in the summer.Grandmother would ask me--"Rex-Do you want to play the Victrola"Answered yes and loaded up the Garrard changer with 78's-just liked to listen to them.Now almost 50 yrs later one of my cousins moved to Grandads and grandmas house--and they threw out all of those records-told him if he asked before dumpstering them I would have been interested.At grandmas house they had two record players--The system that had a Garrard auto TT and a Heathkit amp and some unknown large wood cabinet speaker-system was mono but sounded supurb.The other record player was a metal case childs record player that only played 78's was acoustic-no electronic amp.It had such a funky sound.the case was decorated with Mickey mouse and other cartoon charactors.Bet it would be worth something today!Guess that got thrown out,too!

[@Recordology]

Wow very interesting! Its truly exciting to come across the pieces that survived throughout the years. And yes - great memories of a very tactile experience. Thank you for sharing this interesting story!

[@Onteo1]

I recently was given a pickup truck load of 78's. (Literally). Most were country and a few big band , but I also have some of the artists / records you have. I will have to go through those again as I wasn't aware they were later rock records. Yours might sound better if you can get a 78 stylus for that machine. They take a larger diamond and will not only make them sound better but won't damage them like a 33/45 needle will. Good video.

[@codykamminga9667]

Onteo these records are Made of such hard material, that this needle won’t damage them, the record will damage the needle though because the needle is softer than the record

[@weirdspins6315]

Wow!!! I still feel like a kid at Christmas over a milk crate worth a couple of months ago. Congrats! 😁

[@RIPilgrim]

A few years ago I started collecting R&R/R&B in both 45 and 78 rpm formats, lots of great music. A good record player for these is any late '70s record changer with a flip 33/78 stylus.

[@franklinwilson3783]

These were considered R&B records. Seems like the person who bought these had a thing for R&B sax instrumentals.

[@Recordology]

Interesting. Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@neilmansfield8329]

Beautiful record

[@russellengland1730]

I just bought 2 boxes of 78s for the boxes , but it had Ella Fitzgerald, buddy holly , the ink spots , bill Haley and so many more

[@stephenjerome4135]

Nice video. I'm a big Elvis fan and I'm thinking of looking for some Elvis 78's, I love collecting records and I think it would be quite interesting to have some 78's in my collection. I would have to get a different turntable to play them on because I have a linear tracking turntable that doesn't have the 78 speed on it.

[@Recordology]

You would love this record store we have out here in Denver. They have Elvis gold records, picture discs and hundreds of 45's and lps.......awesome stuff!

[@josephlubbe7416]

Sounds great And the Victrola sounds great also!!

[@Mmm10348]

Lucky so lucky looking everywhere and I mean everywhere for those kind of records so lucky

[@georgeprice4212]

Duke was a Blues label here in Houston, sister label to the Peacock label, which was an early Christian label. The building still stands and, befitting it housing Peacock Records, currently houses a church in the 3rd Ward.

[@markmarkofkane8167]

My first 78 rock and roll record I played was "why do fools fall in love" by Frankie Lymon on the wind-up record player my Dad bought from the auction barn in the early 70's. Also Speedoo by the Cadillacs. Most were like Doris Day and old 20's and 30's recordings. Some were later years. Btw, do you use a 2-3 mil stylus for the 78's? The LP stylus is too thin. And that would affect the sound quality.

[@Recordology]

I use the 3 mil 78 stylus from Ortofon as well as steel needles on my acoustic 78s on my 1917 Vita-Nola phonograph! Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@Gerk8]

Nice video. What part of the county are you in? Some labels, like Duke, were regional, or not as widely distributed as big labels like Mercury. Your location can influence what labels you’re likely to find.

[@weirdspins6315]

Recently came across both the Chords and the Crew Cuts versions of ShBoom... lucked into a nice little 78s dig and got mostly 1920s and prior stuff but found a nice dozen or so late 78s of more obscure rockabilly and doo wop artists. The only super famous artist found I think is a pair of Bill Haley and his Comets records. They are out there. That these were in South Florida was shocking...

[@bob7872]

That's nice, you can't get better than free!

[@teacfan1080]

I've got about 250 78's. My pride and joy is a Buddy Holly 78 "Peggy Sue" on USA pressing Coral records.

[@Recordology]

My grail record is a Patsy Cline Coral 78.

[@rotteenbasil]

I actually have a few rock n roll 78s in my collection. A lot of them on the Mercury label (idk guess that’s what Canada’s biggest rock n roll record label is.)

[@Looney3987]

Denver!

[@frankolen4137]

I had 2 presly 78s heart break hptel was 1

[@paulgreen6302]

Boogie woogie.

[@Recordology]

true...

[@jimmyday9536]

I agree, finding rock and roll music on 78 rpm is like finding hens teeth. Unfortunately, looks like you have rock and roll on 78 rpm that's just worn out. Hundreds of playings with steel needles, over the years, has made these almost worthless. I feel for you, and ALL of us collectors have been down the same path.

[@neilmansfield8329]

modern vinyl 78rpm records you play on a modern record players with a normal needle this Shekkac 78 you must use a 3 mils needle

[@michaelpearson1272]

78s brake easy because they are so brittle that's the downside. They started melting a lot of 78s down during. Ww2. As they are made of shellac you can do a Google search on that. So by 1958 they also stopped making 78s for the same reasons they broke far to easy. I had a large collection and was sad to loose some of my rocknroll 78s. But the acetates are made from metal and are worth money. They are usually made in the studio and are made from metal. I had 7 worth £1000.each and was 16 years old did not know how much they where worth. Needed cigarette money and sold them to a record dealer for only £10. Silly me. I've set that to the back of my mind so if you get your hands on acetates they are made from metal get them checked out. You might have a small fortune on your lap.

[@sharkybuddy5192]

Don't play 78s with too cheap microgroove players..

[@henrysonnemann2597]

The last 78rpm records were pressed in India and South Africa in about 1963. So if someone is very very very very lucky he might find The Beatles or Rolli g Stones on 78rpm.

[@Jukebox45s]

Rolling Stones (60s group) never had their material released on 78 in any country.

[@henrysonnemann2597]

@@Jukebox45s Are you sure about that??? That's bad news. But you can be right,thanks for spoiling my evening.😂🤣😅

[@Jukebox45s]

@@henrysonnemann2597 - Sorry to deliver the news. I have studied 78s over the years and what has and has not been released. Especially in the 60s where so few recordings were available. They are fun to collect, but sadly no Stones. 😞

[@henrysonnemann2597]

@@Jukebox45s Thanks for your enlighting answer. I'm depressed.😅😆😁😀🙂

[@Jukebox45s]

@@henrysonnemann2597 - You'll hopefully cope. Good luck.