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 Nipperscape
- 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 (Chronology)
- 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
- 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.
Transfering Services
- Oldies Made Goodies (UK). Transfers many formats to CD
- lp2cd.com restoration and transfer service to CD
- SoundSaver.com transfers 78 formats to CD for very picky customers!
- VideoInterchange.com transfers many formats to CD, removing just enough to bring out the sound. He also has an excellent article on stylus selection!
- CanineStudio.com transfers many formats to CD, removing ticks and pops.
- vintageaudiorestoration.com transfers your favorite old tunes or treasured recordings of loved ones. Hissing, popping, scratchiness and humming removed.
Discussion Groups
Libraries, University Collections, and Museums
Clubs and Organizations
Scholarly Publications
Links to music sites
Working Bands that still play this stuff
Swing Banner Exchange