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travisgreyfox wrote:Our beloved 78s are very cheap and very breakable. It is simply amazing how millions of them survived throughout the years at all. With that being said, how many didn’t make it? Think of all the rare 78s that did not survive. I’m sure there are tracks that will never be heard, ever again that we don’t know they even existed. Crazy. I guess we are not missing out? It’s similar to the, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it….” Dilemma.

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gramophone-georg wrote:
I've had several Folkways 78 sets from a university library collection I bought out. They did exist but I'm not sure how widely they were distributed.
Another thing is that Folkways was started by Moe Asch in 1948, the year the LP was introduced by Columbia records. Asch might not have retained 78's in the Folkways catalog for very long. Folkways was always a bit of shoestring operation, Asch could have thought it made more economic sense to press and sell 12" vinyl albums only. 78 albums sold for more money than their LP counterparts, I assume they cost more to manufacture and distribute too.

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Wolfe wrote:
gramophone-georg wrote:
I've had several Folkways 78 sets from a university library collection I bought out. They did exist but I'm not sure how widely they were distributed.
Another thing is that Folkways was started by Moe Asch in 1948, the year the LP was introduced by Columbia records. Asch might not have retained 78's in the Folkways catalog for very long. Folkways was always a bit of shoestring operation, Asch could have thought it made more economic sense to press and sell 12" vinyl albums only. 78 albums sold for more money than their LP counterparts, I assume they cost more to manufacture and distribute too.
Here's a Folkways 78 RPM set on eBay now. Not sure what photo setting the seller used to wash out the label detail, though.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MUSIC-OF-HAITI ... .l4275.c10
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Found this about Herald- don't know if it helps or not, and not sure what the connection with Varsity may or may not be:

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/paddlest ... rds_story/

Varsity, it seems, was part of Wright Records during the era you're compiling. The original Varsity label started in 1939 and went bankrupt in 1940.

Here's a discography:
http://www.78discography.com/VarsWri.htm

Interestingly enough, there's some matrices from Sonora, Majestic, HIT, and others mixed in, you'll notice.

More info on Varsity:
https://www.discogs.com/label/100103-Varsity

Hope this helps a little.
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