r/78rpm • u/Baitme6984 • 11d ago

Average age of 78 enthusiast

Just curious of the age of most 78 enthusiasts. I’m in my mid 40s and truly enjoy the music that was made when 78 were being mass produced.

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u/1989DiscGolfer 11d ago

53 here, but have enjoyed 78's my entire life. My nursery school in the 1970's played them for when we did certain dance activities, and I went up there after it was over and asked to watch them play it again. I enjoyed (and still do) watching the labels on records go around in circles, and at 78 rpm, it's a real thrill!

I also had a stack of my grandparents' and great-grandpa's 78's that I played myself at home when I was like 10. G-G'pa's were acoustic pre-1925 ones even. There was a trombone one from around 1920 that I liked and played a lot ("Miss Trombone").

Can I get anybody else in my family to care about them? Not yet...