78-rpm

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