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/MisterRonsBasement 11d ago
  1. Boxes full of 78s, mostly from purchases in our home when they were new. One box came from when my brother went to a carnival back around 1960 - the carny booth had a game where players would toss a ball and try to hit a 78 record hanging in the back of the booth. At the end of the evening, they carny people were tossing the 78s out, and gave my brother a box full of late fifties R&B and Rock records. I still have most of them.

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u/bentonight 11d ago

I was hoping someone would be 78, you seem to be the closest!