Nearly half of recorded history lives on fragile 78rpm discs. 🎙️🎶
From music and comedy to speeches & firsthand accounts of world events, these recordings transformed what future generations could know about the past.
For decades, 78rpm records were how people shared performance, culture, and ideas across the globe. 🎺🎷
George Blood explains why preserving them matters.
Read “On 78s” and much more in VANISHING CULTURE.
📖 Download & read: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/page/114/
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Preserving 78rpm discs helps ensure future generations can hear the joys, struggles, voices, and sounds that shaped the 20th century.
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