78 RPM

This is a restoration of a paper record from 1950. The Record was made by the Wilcox Gay Recordio record company. For 15 cents you could record a message to someone and have the record mailed to them and the recipient could play it on their 78 rpm record player to hear the message that you sent to them. You could record on both sides for a total of 7 minutes. These records are very rare in playable condition because they had a coating...

Vinyl Record Audio Transfers Vinyl Records were the thing for many many years.  They are the child of the original cylinder recordings.  They were more reliable and durable.  They came in multiple formats including: Thick 78 RPM records, Small 45RPM records, Larger 33RPM long play records, Recordable home use records and the same home use records that played in reverse order.  There were also Transcription Records which were unusually...