"RdM" wrote in message
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"Serge Auckland" wrote in
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As to buying 78s, the real problem is that as they aren't making
any more, *all* 78s are now 50 years old or more, and have had an
uncertain
life. Even much later electric pickups were still groove-grinders.
Buying
off Ebay won't be any more secure than car boot sales or the local dump.
I
would also like to try a 78 stylus on my TTs, but, frankly, I have better
things to spend money on when all 78s I'm likely to play will be of
uncertain origins.

All true, although there may be a very few little played ones out there
...
Decades ago I picked up a boxed set of Albert Schweitzer playing Bach
organ,
in seemingly quite good condition; I gave them away in exchange for a
weeks
exceptional hospitality when I noticed that the host had a gramophone...

But apparently almost all of Schweitzer's 78 RPM recordings of Bach organ
works have been reissued on CD now anyway ...

Here's a curiosity though, not mine; purportedly a *vinyl* 78rpm, perhaps
an
experimental step up from 12" 45's? Whatever, the punters are bidding it
up!
(Reminds me of Dave Plowmans sig "A fool and his money are soon partying")
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Elvis Presley unusual vinyl 78prm New Zealand pres
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...px?id=90884320
Current bid: $111.00 | Reserve met | Closes: 23 hours

"Elvis Presley unusual vinyl 78prm New Zealand pressing
Good condition. Rare vinyl 78prm New Zealand pressing RCA NZ No 20-6643
Cat No
G2WB-4767 Love me tender / Anyway you want me Cat No G2WB-5937
Cover as you will see in photos is in used condition. Great collectable!"
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RdM
Auckland, NZ

I would have thought that a vinyl 78 would wear very quickly, as being far
too soft for tracking weights measured in ounces, not grams.

S.