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  • I was self-taught, learning mainly from 78-rpm recordings that I slowed down on a phonograph so I could pick out all the notes.

    From Prodigy to Preservationist Earle Hitchner 2011

  • Onstage, resident DJ Earl of Ealing Ian Crouch to his friends is mixing tracks using two 1930s picnic gramophones playing 78-rpm swing records.

    In 'Chap-Hop,' Gentlemen Rappers Bust Rhymes About Tea, Cricket Frances Robinson 2011

  • In 1940, the young Brooklyn-born graphic designer at Columbia Records realized that the plain, boxy packaging of 78-rpm albums was an inviting place for poster-like illustrations that might appeal to customers.

    Photo-Op: Recording Star 2011

  • It was so well received that it was issued, in part, on 78-rpm records.

    TRAILER: Kino International's Restored 'Metropolis' 2010

  • He also kept a bevy of alphabetized 78-rpm records, none of which were released post-1930.

    The Perfect Home for Old 78s Maya Pope-Chappell 2011

  • First known as Guaguanco Matancero, the group adopted the name Los Muñequitos Little Dolls de Matanzas after the title of the flipside of its 1956 debut 78-rpm recording, which was about popular comic-strip characters.

    After a Quiet Spell, a Rumba Resumes Larry Blumenfeld 2011

  • Mimi Ritzen Crawford for The Wall Street Journal Mr. Landroth kept a bevy of alphabetized 78-rpm records, none of which was released post-1930.

    Brownstone with Old-School Flair 2011

  • Adam Lore, at the Bell House to play blues and gospel music for a separate function in the club ' s front room, drew a link between the chili-eating contingent and a DJ event for aficionados of old 78-rpm vinyl records.

    In Brooklyn, a Chili in the Air Andy Battaglia 2010

  • They tracked down mountain musicians from the 78-rpm records that had inspired them, living legends like Dock Boggs and obscure performers like Roscoe Holcomb.

    Better Than the Real Thing? Eddie Dean 2010

  • That period culminated in the recording of the "Dustbowl Ballads," a series of 78-rpm albums released by RCA Victor in 1940 (as well as the Library of Congress recordings, musical performances and interviews recorded by folklorist Alan Lomax that were belatedly ­released in 1964).

    It's His Land Once Again Luke Torn 2009

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