A 20-something Alabama man may be sitting on a goldmine with thousands of 78 RPM records he inherited from his grandfather. Or. maybe not. Now it’s time for the thrill of the search and research. A 78 ...

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What would you do if you bought an old record from a thrift store on a whim, only to later learn it had been made by a group associated with the Ku Klux Klan? That’s the situation a Lansing man ...

In June I was in Whitesburg, east Kentucky, in Letcher County. I was told that a woman outside of town had some records she was looking to get rid of—a friend of a friend found her niece’s number in ...

Joe Bussard, who began collecting rare recordings of early American jazz, blues, country and gospel music as a teenager and built one of the world’s foremost private collections of 78 rpm records, ...

Amanda Petrusich's fascination with 78 RPM records and the obsessives who collect them led her to the bottom of the Milwaukee River. Credit: Bret Stetka In spring 2011, New York music journalist ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A vast collection of 78 rpm records — valued at $1 million, weighing 50 tons and representing more than a half-century of American music history — is being donated to Syracuse ...

WHAT: ABQ 78 Spinners present a 78 rpm record sale; no vinyl, tapes or CDs; live music by the New Ridge Place Ramblers; part of sale proceeds donated to Wheels Museum WHEN: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct ...

The following is an excerpt from Pitchfork contributor Amanda Petrusich 's new book Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records, which is out now via ...

If you’ve wanted to listen to your parents or grandparents’ favorite music, there’s an easier way to do just that. The Internet Archive’s new project, the Great 78 Project, is set to preserve 78 rpm ...

In Do Not Sell At Any Price, Amanda Petrusich details the extreme measures collectors take in pursuit of rare 78s. "You can still find quite a few... Music Journalist Chronicles The 'Wild Obsessive ...

Amanda Petrusich is a contributing writer for Pitchfork. Her work has also appeared at NPR Music. With almost all the music you'd ever want to listen to available online digitally, the obsessive hunt ...