This record comes from Muddy Waters’ earliest Chicago sessions, released before the Chess era officially began. Aristocrat’s 1300‑series discs document the birth of the electric Chicago blues sound — small combos, amplified guitar, and Waters’ unmistakable vocal presence.
“Sittin’ Here and Drinkin’” is a slow, reflective blues built around Waters’ expressive guitar lines and conversational vocal delivery.
“Ida Red” is one of the most enduring American folk pieces, and Puckett’s version is among the earliest electrical recordings of the tune. His warm baritone and fluid guitar style helped define the sound later associated with the Skillet Lickers.
Does anyone know where I can watch this?? I can't find it anywhere. Even on eBay, the only DVDs you can find are in Australia.
Say it isn't so - Layton Johnstone, is the song being played.
I think it is embossed rather than cut. I use a shard of glass on a pivot actuated by a small speaker and hold it while playing music through the speaker.
The groves are too small and that is where the tracking problems are coming from.
A classic early country side from Jimmie Rodgers, the “Father of Country Music.” Issued on Victor V‑40054, this recording pairs Rodgers’ sentimental vocal style with the accompaniment of The Three Southerners on the B‑side. “The Sailor’s Plea” is one of his tender, narrative songs—less yodeling, more storytelling—showing the softer, emotional side of his repertoire.
Digitized from an original 78 rpm shellac disc and presented for historical and educational purposes. The Neven 78 Radio Archive. Preserving and sharing historic 78 rpm recordings — pop, ethnic, cowboy swing, blues, jazz, classical, and immigrant‑era music — with context, history, and high‑quality transfers.
Listen to this 1929 78rpm record here:
I want to start off by saying I'm not an 78rpm enthusiast, nor do I even own a regular turntable for modern vinyl. I didn't even really know what 78s were a few weeks ago. I'm just a really big fan of garage saleing and estate saleing. There was one in my area that was really eye-popping.
There had to have been maybe 20,000 - 30,000 78s at this sale. Some were so old they didn't have anything on the flip side, before they had the ability to print double sided (as far as I understand it).
I went to the sale a few times, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to spend more than like 2 hours at a time. Going through this collection would be a full time job. I tried to educate myself the best I could in between visits, looking for the "valuable stuff" like blues and country and stuff like that. It could've been picked out already, or could still be hiding in there somewhere, but I didn't see that kind of thing. Looks to be a lot of classical, crooners, and showtunes. Bing Crosby, Sophie Tucker, Glenn Miller, those types. The collection was simply too voluminous to know for sure.
The sale has already gone through two weekends worth, and I don't know if there will be another. I just cringe at what might happen to this collection. I don't know what can, or should be done. My dad suggested I buy the whole thing, but I would need to rent a storage unit and, like, take time off from my job to go through it.
It's kind of exciting to think what might be in there, and I'm kind of obsessing over it. I don't know if I should just forget about about the whole thing. Even though I'm not into 78s necessarily, I love history and old stuff, so part of me would love to take this on.
Advice from this group would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Records busted but still plays, I love this song
This haul almost didn't happen, I was booking it from the ATM to a different record booth when I got distracted by 4 milk crates full of 78s, all a dollar a piece, naturally I couldn't resist
Found these in the back corner of a record store just kind of sitting there collecting dust. I probably sifted through a couple hundred 78s that were packed in there, but to find these made it absolutely worth it. I think I bought about 25 of them and cleaned them as soon as I got home. Some look really nice now!
Nick Lucas was one of the earliest “crooners,” predating Bing Crosby, and was known for pairing intimate vocal delivery with guitar accompaniment — unusual in the late 1920s when most male vocalists used orchestral backing.
This Brunswick release sits in the period where Lucas was at peak popularity, shortly after his 1927 hit “Tiptoe Through the Tulips.”
My first flea market of the year and I come home with a pile of shellac. ARTo was a record cut at a 45 degree angle so it’s vertical & lateral. A Edison disc machine would really do a number on these!
I’ve found these before but usually in worn condition. But this one also has the original sleeve! Something else I’ve never seen. Also doesn’t seem to have ever been played.
And this is one of two.
Photo taken after a test play on my VM school phonograph. So it’s been finally played, by me😜
Found someone selling off a collection of 78s, including a cabinet, that belonged to their grandfather who passed away around 30 years ago.
I contacted the seller and told them I wasn't a reseller and was mainly interested in just learning/exploring new music and I could pay $300 for it. The seller agreed and I just got it all home. Everything fit with one load in a minivan...We were cramming records in every crevice we could find. He also let me have 2-3 boxes of LPs they were getting rid of. Doesn't look like anything super interesting/valuable, but figured I might as well take them.
Anyways, I'm wondering if I should catalog all of this... I know that would be a ridiculous amount of work, but it would be nice to know exactly what we have here. Looks like be a lot of classical music, which I suspect isn't super collectible..
The records in the boxes are somewhat alphabetized and are all in their original paper sleaves. I have found a few broken records, but hopefully not too many. Have barely scratched the surface with what's here.
I'd really like to upload a lot of these songs to youtube, but know even a lot of this really old stuff will still hit content matches.
I have around 300 records mostly from the 1920’s I believe. I have done some research on the record labels and there are some prior to 1920 and possibly a few from later years. They belonged to my Grandmother who died at the age of 94 in 2014. I cleaned 100 of them with microfiber cloths and put them in new sleeves. I realized I did not have the time to do all of them. There are multiple different Labels. I have taken pictures of some of them. I would like to sell them to someone who would love the music as much as my Grandmother did. I would like to sell them as a lot. I will try and post a couple pictures, but honestly I’m not that tech savvy. This seemed like the right place to find people who might be interested.