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| 30th Aug 2022, 11:00 PM | #1 REPORT | |
 | 23skidoo Member since Jul 2014 4083 Points | (Question may have been asked before, but I can't find it) I'm curious if it's been noted as to when the very last release in the US of a 78rpm record occurred. I know they'd pretty much been phased out by the end of 1958 for labels such as Decca (at least the last Bill Haley 78 on Decca came out that year), but I also know some Golden Records/Peter Pan releases for kids continued to come out on 6-inch 78s into the 60s. So anyone know when the last legal-release 78 came off the press? I know someone did a 78 release for a Record Store Day gimmick a few years ago (I forget who) but I'm not counting those, or bootlegs. |
| 31st Aug 2022, 6:25 AM | #2 REPORT | |
| mojofilter Member since Jul 2012 1434 Points | Here is a blog page that discusses it, with images (some of them from this site). Their consensus is "Cry Cry Cry" by Bobby Bland (Duke 327) from September 1960. |
| 31st Aug 2022, 8:09 AM | #3 REPORT | |
| Break-In Master Member since Dec 2013 251 Points |
23skidoo wrote:
(Question may have been asked before, but I can't find it)
I'm curious if it's been noted as to when the very last release in the US of a 78rpm record occurred. I know they'd pretty much been phased out by the end of 1958 for labels such as Decca (at least the last Bill Haley 78 on Decca came out that year), but I also know some Golden Records/Peter Pan releases for kids continued to come out on 6-inch 78s into the 60s. So anyone know when the last legal-release 78 came off the press? I know someone did a 78 release for a Record Store Day gimmick a few years ago (I forget who) but I'm not counting those, or bootlegs. |
| 31st Aug 2022, 9:43 AM | #4 REPORT | |
| Whyperion SUBS Too Many Records , Too Little Time Member since Jan 2013 306 Points | While it is into the missile crises, would US be pressing 78s for Puerto Rico or Cuba ? |
| 31st Aug 2022, 12:23 PM | #5 REPORT | |
 | zabadak Caddacack oh da ca-caddacack, shy shy skagellack Member since Jun 2010 4156 Points | This has sort-of come up before  |
| 1st Sep 2022, 3:27 AM | #6 REPORT | |
| Break-In Master Member since Dec 2013 251 Points | I just talked to Ron and he says it's, "Fannie Mae" by Buster Brown on Fire. Accorrding to the 45 listing here, that was Nov. `59! |
| 2nd Sep 2022, 8:10 PM | #7 REPORT | |
| 23skidoo Member since Jul 2014 4083 Points |
zabadak wrote:
This has sort-of come up before
Noted - thanks! |
| 2nd Sep 2022, 8:14 PM | #8 REPORT | |
| 23skidoo Member since Jul 2014 4083 Points | Interestingly, I took at look at the 78 World with the sort by year on, and as late 1977-78 there were 78s still being made for kids in the UK. I know they still had 78 rpm settings on turntables then, so why not. But I did also spot some oddities like this Leon Redbone release from 1978 and in the comments there's a reference to Reprise releasing a line of 78s circa 1968. I assume these must have been gimmick releases, like the Record Store Day one I alluded to. |
| 3rd Sep 2022, 3:25 PM | #9 REPORT | |
 | SeverlyWarpedRecord Member since Oct 2020 210 Points | The newest Canadian 78 I know of is Puppy Love by Paul Anka. Most companies stopped making 78s here by June or July of 1959. I know for Apex and Quality the companies actually marked down which 78s were the last, but for a company like Sparton and Columbia it seems like stuff that’s later and later keeps turning up. Personally the latest 78 I’ve ever seen in person was a copy of "Pretty Blue Eyes" by Steve Lawrence that was at this estate sale I went to. Edited by moderator on 12th Sep 2022, 8:31 PM |
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