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Shout out to @iannagoski.bsky.social for digitizing approximately a crap ton of Balkan music from 78s. The whole label is a fascinating window into a sliver of the prewar immigrant experience in America, and of course the tunes rock.

After nearly being decapitated by one that was thrown at me I can't agree

we have about 3000 currently, storage has been an issue over the years; slowly digitising...

I listen to a lot of historic classical piano, so, thank goodness 78rpm records have been, and continue to be preserved.

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I learned recently that the needles on modern record players don't pick up the entirety of the groove in 78s and that's partly why they sound as tinny as they do.

This culture can't even tell stories from 40 years ago where some are still living...