Re: [ARSCLIST] Cassette obsolescence

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

steven c wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Hartov" <alex.hartov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Not quite true.  A friend of mine still has them pressed.
> > Alex Hartov
> > On Feb 18, 2006, at 11:06 PM, steven c wrote:
> >
> > > However, consider that one can buy 78-capable turntables and styli...
> > > and it's been almost a half-century since the last North American 78
> > > was pressed...
> >
> Well, vinyl 78's can still be pressed if you can find someone who
> can cut a 78rpm master...but I wonder if there is a source for
> shellac 78's?
>
> Steven C. Barr
> (if so, we at least have a long-lifespan method of preserving
> sound recordings which requires minimal technology...)

You mean we couldn't donate all those Ken Griffin and Pee Wee Hunt 78s to that
great regrind in the sky and find out?

dl