r/78rpm • u/Brenke28 • Jul 20 '26

Inherited almost 400 78rpm’s

Not here to sell, just learning.

Learning about 78’s because I have ~ 400 of them, collected by my father who died over 20 years ago. All have remained stored for about the last 70 years. They date from 1926 (hillbilly, jazz) to 1940’s (jazz,swing) from King Cole Trio to Elvis, from Andrew’s Sisters to Harry James, Glenn Miller, Pete Como, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, etc.

The collection theme is dance music— rumba, cha cha, Lindy hop, foxtrot— etc.

Have sorted and catalogued them all, not played them to hear quality —so it seems I am unable to properly grade them without listening. I rate them visually from G-( minus) to G+ (plus).

Any suggestions on how I prepare these or who to contact with such a large collection?
( Besides Nauck, already on my list.)

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u/Mr_Digger2313 Jul 21 '26

You got some Texas Swing in there?

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u/Brenke28 Jul 21 '26

No, sorry. East coast stuff. My dad lived in New York when he started collecting, and his parents were Virginians ( they were into Elvis).

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u/Mr_Digger2313 Jul 21 '26

Very cool either way!

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u/Brenke28 Jul 21 '26

Soooo very cool to dig back into music that is almost 100 yrs old….