A disc jockey with a difference is taking the music world by storm - using two 1930s wind-up gramophones. Dave Guttridge, 48, is the UK's only pre-vinyl disc jockey and uses two 70-year-old Picnic ...

“Yup. Lots, but never enough”. With these remarkable words, Wes responded to our online shout-out to all those who still own 78-rpm shellac records. Arriving at his tiny yet cosy home in a carless ...

Next time you’re working on a project that needs a durable wood finish, don’t grab the polyurethane. Follow [Victor Ola’s] advice and raid your grandparent’s record cabinet for some old 78 records.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shellac records were brittle and prone to water and alcohol damage though, so PVC plastic records were developed to last longer.

With great care Sunny Mathew extricates a shellac record from a faded sleeve, wipes it gently and almost reverentially places it on the turntable of a vintage gramophone. Selecting a needle from a ...

There’s a lot to be said for the Tefifon concept, as it fixes many of the issues of shellac and vinyl records, including the limited run length and having the fragile grooves exposed to damage and ...