Bryan Hoffa is a library audio preservation specialist with the Library of Congress. In this video he shows us how 78rpm records are cleaned and digitized for the LOC. He also shares some interesting variables about the inconsistencies of 78s.
@markwyner I never had #78rpm#vinyl and didn't even know that this exists 🤷🏻♂️ One of my luckiest "mistakes" has been listening to #slayer#45rpm "Hell Awaits" with the "wrong" speed #33rpm. Damn, this Tom Araya still was singing so fast I couldn't unterstand and follow him 🤘🏻🤣
Just as this guy on YouTube does 20 years later: https://m.youtube.com/@at-bv8eq/videos
Have fun listening to "your favorite albums (being played) far slower than they should be played at"! ❤️
@abimelechbeutelbilch interesting channel. Yeah, unless you’re big vinyl collector 78s may be a mystery. I have a bunch of them. They sound different than 33s/45s. Partly because of speed but also because of how they were made.
@markwyner@abimelechbeutelbilch One important thing about listening to 78s on a modern turntable is that you can't use the same cartridge. As Bryan mentions in the video, there was a lot less standardization back in the day (and basically all 78s are mono, which a modern stereo cartridge doesn't handle well). Due to the lack of standardization, the groove profiles can vary quite a bit between different 78s, and they are very different from modern 33rpm/45rpm stereo records.
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