Reader Gary Kampel motivated me to take on a project I’d been meaning to get to for years. That motivation took this form: My older sister shipped me a box of old double-sided 78 RPM shellac records ...

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A 20-something Alabama man may be sitting on a goldmine with thousands of 78 RPM records he inherited from his grandfather. Or. maybe not. Now it’s time for the thrill of the search and research. A 78 ...

What would you do if you bought an old record from a thrift store on a whim, only to later learn it had been made by a group associated with the Ku Klux Klan? That’s the situation a Lansing man ...

Recording history in India dates back to 1902, when some of the earliest discs were cut. Soon after, recordings of legendary singer Gauhar Jaan began circulating widely.

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Back in the mid-90s most local music stores heeded the consensus that vinyl was dead and stopped carrying it—not an unreasonable decision, particularly considering that the major labels had abandoned ...

In Do Not Sell At Any Price, Amanda Petrusich details the extreme measures collectors take in pursuit of rare 78s. "You can still find quite a few... Music Journalist Chronicles The 'Wild Obsessive ...

After recording the song, 'Bone Noy Aaj Mone Hoy…', the composer and lyricist declared, "Take ok", clearing the test disc for cutting more copies for public release. Decades earlier, in 1935, ...

Amanda Petrusich is a contributing writer for Pitchfork. Her work has also appeared at NPR Music. With almost all the music you'd ever want to listen to available online digitally, the obsessive hunt ...