Re: [ARSCLIST] vinyl 78's

["MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji" <shaolin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:49:56 -0800,
Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
> 
> If you're reading this,could you give me some information on when
> the last pop music titles were pressed on 78 rpm in Japan ?
> 
>                                               Thanks,
> 
>                                                 Roger

I don't know which 78rpm was the very last one in Japan,
but as far as I know, all Japanese companies stopped selling
78rpms in the year 1963.

Here is a reference I looked up, a webpage from RIAJ
(Recording Industry Association of Japan), all in Japanese though...

  http://riaj.com/chronicle/1900/1960.html

Hope this helps, Kohji

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