Vintage Recordings (Subscribe)
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78 Quarterly
Publication for 78 collectors; includes a sample article and information about the next issue.
Antique Phonograph Books
http://members.aol.com/allenamet/PhonoBooks.html
A collection of handbooks, manuals and catalogs for vintage phonographs and records.
Antique Record Machines
http://www.garlic.com/~tgracyk/
Tim Gracyk's home page: a large collection of original articles on vintage phonographs and recordings.
Birgit Lotz Verlag & Lotz Liste
http://www.lotz-verlag.de/index.html
Book publishers specializing in discographies, particularly the German National Discography -- a systematic listing of all recordings of the 78rpm shellac era that were made in Germany.
Desperate Man Blues: Record collector Joe Bussard parties like it's 1929
http://www.bluesworld.com/Bussard.html
Long article about the legendary 78 collector, reprinted from Washington City Paper.
Dinosaur Discs
Online magazine about vintage recordings; shop and museum devoted to old records in England.
Early Recorded Sounds and Wax Cylinders
Antique phonographs, early sound recording methods, wax cylinder records, excerpts of old-time marching band music, and much of interest to collectors of vintage records.
Glen's .MP3 Page - Vintage Hot-Dance and Jazz Recordings
http://www.2multiples.com/hotdance/
A site with MP3 files of vintage jazz and hot-dance music. Also has a how-to page.
Helmut Weber's Gramophone Hobby Page
http://wap03.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/grammo/hobbies.html
Includes sound clips from some historical recordings, and a guide to dating 78rpm records.
Jan's 78 RPM Record Warehouse
Listen to a collection of 78 RPM records, transcribed in streaming Real Audio, accompanied with background information, photos and record labels. In English and Dutch.
Nipperhead Antique Phonograph
http://www.nipperhead.com/index.html
Information pertaining to antique phonographs, gramophones, records, Victor, Edison, Columbia, and of course, Nipper. Contains cylinder and disc sound recordings, a phonograph gallery, repair instructions, and resource listings.
Phono-holics Anonymous
http://home.earthlink.net/~gnordenstam/
A safe place to talk about those talking machines. Covers Edison cylinders, 78s, Diamond discs and 10" LPs.
The Blue Pages: The Encyclopedic Guide to 78 RPM Party Records
Focused on under-the-counter 78 RPM records and specialty series produced by very small labels.
The World's Rarest Records
Finding rare records is Mr. Tefteller's career. He sells his collectibles via auction through his Grant's Pass, Ore.-based business, World's Rarest Records, which he started after graduating from college in 1979.
Tyrone's Record and Phonograph Page
http://www.proaxis.com/~settlet/record/record.html
Articles, entire recordings, a collection list, and a comprehensive set of links on 78rpm, cylinder, and odd records, and the phonograph machines to play them on.