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Thanks everyone. I was just wondering if these were pretty common. I don't really "collect" records but came across a bunch of them in a back storage area of an antique store in the 70's. I had just bought my first 78 player and it didn't come with any records. Looking back now, I wish I had bought all them because they were all in nice albums and in great shape. It seems that all I find now are in boxes and all scratched up. Thanks again, Jan.

phonogal wrote:Thanks everyone. I was just wondering if these were pretty common. I don't really "collect" records but came across a bunch of them in a back storage area of an antique store in the 70's. I had just bought my first 78 player and it didn't come with any records. Looking back now, I wish I had bought all them because they were all in nice albums and in great shape. It seems that all I find now are in boxes and all scratched up. Thanks again, Jan.

Howdy Jan, I know what you mean about wishing you had bought those records. At a local flea market, a fellow was selling off the contents of his barn, including a box of 78s. I had been at the flea market for rwo hours, and it was miserably hot and humid out, so I told him I'd come look at them next week. The records were still there when I came back, but had been rained on and the sleeves had turned to mush, there were bugs crawling on them, and some of the labels were still soaking wet. Well, I bought some anyway, brought them home, scrubbed them with a toothbrush (yikes !!), and they wound up sounding great. Still, it would have been nice to have gotten the albums and sleeves as well, and not deal with silverfish and crud.