Who says 78's arent' worth collecting? Not me that's for sure. Most of my collection consists of 78's. Sure I have some vinyl, but not a lot. Most people who collect records, collect vinyl. Mostly Rock & Roll, from the 1950's-1970's. Oh sure there was some great music from that time period, but what about prior to 1950? I know most of you will agree with me, that there was a lot of great music prior to 1950. Which deserves it's place in history, even if not a whole lot of people collect it, and it's not worth any money. That leaves more for those of us who love this music to collect it. I am not limited to music from 1900-1930. I happen love a lot of music after 1930.
Spike Jones, Andrews Sisters
Paul
78's deserve their place
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Re: 78's deserve their place
Thank goodness for that!gramophoneshane wrote:you'll find there's quite a few young blokes that seem to have a genuine interest in the older music thanks to the game & this song, and they now want to start collecting 78's (& machines) too.
I'd planned to dump all my collection into landfill when I was too old or tired to deal with it anymore!
Maybe I won't have to now thanks to modern video games?
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I think anyone who believes collecting records and machines is for us oldies is wishful thinking
About ½ of my youtube subscribers are under 25, and a large % of those are under 21. That was prior to the fallout 3 thing too, so the percentage could now be higher.
They may not be buying an aweful lot now on their pocket money or wages from McDonalds, but I think once they get older & settle down with a wife, mortgage & two kids, they'll be the next generation of serious collectors.
About ½ of my youtube subscribers are under 25, and a large % of those are under 21. That was prior to the fallout 3 thing too, so the percentage could now be higher.
They may not be buying an aweful lot now on their pocket money or wages from McDonalds, but I think once they get older & settle down with a wife, mortgage & two kids, they'll be the next generation of serious collectors.
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I certainly hope so.
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I wouldn't bank on it.
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Re: 78's deserve their place
No? That would be a shame.
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You'll at the very least have me and Aaron to dump your old stuff on .
Aaron, you can have the american machines, and I'll have the european ones!
Jokes aside, I've never met anyone around my age who's been interested in these things. Unfortunately.
Edit: Oh, was this my first post? That's nice.
Aaron, you can have the american machines, and I'll have the european ones!
Jokes aside, I've never met anyone around my age who's been interested in these things. Unfortunately.
Edit: Oh, was this my first post? That's nice.
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Out of curiosity (and if you don’t mind the question), how old are you?Emidicta wrote:Jokes aside, I've never met anyone around my age who's been interested in these things. Unfortunately.
I know we have at least two youngsters in our midst (Aaron and antiquekid3), which surprised me a little bit, but it’s nice to see younger generations interested in more worthwhile pursuits than I was at their age.
One more birthday and I’m already starting to sound like an old man.
By the way, congratulations on your first post—we’re glad to have you with us.
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I'm 29 and most people my age are having their first encounter with an acoustic phonograph when they come to my house.MordEth wrote:Out of curiosity (and if you don’t mind the question), how old are you?Emidicta wrote:Jokes aside, I've never met anyone around my age who's been interested in these things. Unfortunately.
I know we have at least two youngsters in our midst (Aaron and antiquekid3), which surprised me a little bit, but it’s nice to see younger generations interested in more worthwhile pursuits than I was at their age.
One more birthday and I’m already starting to sound like an old man.
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Separately, the record stores local to me in NJ/NYC are not even interested in 78s.
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Well here in the states my children, and some day grand children, may be interested in phonographs, buy they may not be able to collect due to the fact their financial resources would be applied to paying back the economic stimulus package.