The 78rpm Record Home Page - Links
LINKS: Other Places Of Interest
Informative Articles and Specialists
- More 78 and cylinder info is at the Wolverine Antique Music Society. You can also buy and sell 78s here (coming soon.)
- Mainspring Press has a number of excellent articles online about the various 78 companies
- Enter the delightfully low-tech world of early recorded sound at the Early Recorded Sounds & Wax Cylinders page
- Tim Gracyk's Antique Record Machine
- The Guide to 78 R.P.M. Party Records is packed with information and label scans of Party records.
- Tyrone's Record and Phonograph Page has lots of pictures of record curiosities
- Australian and New Zealand 78's
- Vintage Jazz and Dance Music on 78rpm Records pages show shops, magazines, fairs, clubs, books, radio, and collectors contacts mainly in the UK
- Learn about the Victor Talking Machine Company's products and effects at The Victor Pages
and at Nipper-the-great
- Don't hit your brother over the head with that record! The Kiddie Record King might need it.
- You never know what you're going to get collecting home recording discs
- Steve Schoenherr's Recording Technology History
- Recording history through the 78 era
- Brief recording history page
- Didier R. Steger's la Page du Phonographe et du Gramophone.
- See more antique talking machines at The Edison Shop
- Narrative told by Edward Wallerstein about the development of the LP record in 1948. Also,
pioneer audio engineer John T. Mullin discusses the development of Tape in the US.
- Listen to many hot and comedy records on the teens and twenties on Martin's 78 Turntable
- The Beatles on 78rpm? What next?
- A brief Indian 78rpm history
- Society of Indian record collectors
- The Boy Choir and Soloist Directory's 78 page is extensive. Who knew there were so many?! You might have a few.
- Italian and foreign vocalists which developed their careers primarily in small Italian and foreign Houses are the topic at La Voce Antica
- Make yourself a nice strobe disc (windows/dos) - not my software - unsupported
- Maddock's site features more 78 label scans and company histories
- A Portfolio of Ellington 78 RPM Labels courtesy of the The Dooji Collection and others.
- Hat Creek Radio Hour, podcasting 78s from a wind-up Columbia Grafonol.
- Mento music site has nice scans of very rare Jamaican mento 78's.
- Blues World offers multiple auctions, interesting articles on blues musicians, and label scans
- Band bios, timeline, songs and more at the Big Bands home page
- The Red Hot Jazz Archive page has extensive bios, reviews, music, etc..
- Red Hot Bands 1895-1929 has bio and lots of streaming audio
- Read about Jazz Age artists and listen to '20s and '30s audio clips at The Jazz Age Page
- Listen to sounds clips and browse a cassette catalog of the music of our early century at the Vintage Cassette Recording Catalog page
- Listen to more clips and order tapes from the Old Time Victrola Music page.
- HV Records and the Ragtime Press
- Vaudeville springs to life at Carl's Vaudeville & Ragtime Show
- Henry Busse Jr.'s musician database
- Jazz Roots page
- Originals Project, a little research page showing original recorded versions of many pop tunes.
- Mickey Clark's M.C. Productions offers cassettes and a downloadable database of 78s.
- Happy music: Riverwalk, Live From the Landing Public Radio Series
- You knew they could do it - a laser turntable. Now spins at 30-50 and 60-90 RPM!
- Build your own Cylinder player
- Helmut Weber's Gramophone Hobby Page
- Album Discography Page contains small scans, history, and listings for many record manufacturers.
- Music Encyclopedias: AMG - All-Music Guide
- Music Resource list from Indiana University
- Copyrights of recordings and music
- Virtual Radiogram pages of theatre organ records and broadcasts 50+ years old.
- Victor-Victrola pages show and collect information on the various record players made by Victor and RCA.
Transfering Services
- lp2cd.com - Company does restoration and transfers of many formats to CD.
- SoundSaver.com - Company does restoration and transfers of many formats to CD for very picky customers.
- VideoInterchange.com - Company does transfers and restoration of many audio and video formats to more modern formats. He also has an excellent article on stylus selection.
- Oldies Made Goodies (UK) - Company does transfers of many formats to CD.
- removenoise.com - Company does noise, hiss, pop & click elimination from your MP3's.
Transfering/Recording/Editing Software
- FlexiMusic - Software for audio editing, recording and composing for professional and home music makers.
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