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Members of Initiative '78s sent letters to the Presidency, the Prime Ministry, the embassies of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and 20 other international institutions in an effort to bring peace to the region.

CLEVELAND RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION: Trevor Taylor will give a talk on Gramophones and "78s" on Wednesday, December 3, at Ayton Drive Community Hall, Redcar.

In her moving new book Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78 rpm Records (Scribners), author Amanda Petrusich dives deep into the world of the insular obscurantists who adore the country blues and other misty musical stylings recorded on 78s in the 1920s and '30s.

Collecting 78s is a whole different world from her childhood hoarding of cassettes, or even LPs or 45s, she writes; "The distinction is acute, comparable to collecting pebbles versus collecting diamonds." One representative of such "diamond" collectors is John Heneghan, who shows Petrusich the stash of 1,500 78s in his New York apartment, mostly from the 1920s and 1930s.

She catches the bug, too, embarking on a quest for 100-year-old Paramount blues 78s that takes her to flea markets and record swaps, although not, like one of her sources, to the bottom of the Milwaukee River.

To help them gain perfect pitch and learn songs he made thousands of teaching 78s and 45s.

The title was Mrs Joan He made special solo teaching 78s on 8" and 10" recordsandlateron7"45s.The same song each side!

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This gave him a comfortable winning margin of five shots over runner-up Ilya Goniker who shot back-to-back 78s for a total of 156.

The Mendelssohn was instantly galvanising, typically elfin and lively, and the Tchaikovsky, after the scariness of its opening (it terrified me as a two-yearold when I heard it on Dad's 78s), just burst with joyous interaction between the players - and what a scintillating solo from trumpeter Jonathan Quirk.

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The CCPA/WOW Hall is seeking donations of CDs, old music magazines, books and records, including albums, 78s and 45s.

Growing up in a village near Skipton, Yorkshire, the young Clare spent her time in the attic listening to her Nan's 78s, obsessed with the singers of the 30s, the 40s and 50s.

But Aberdeen amateur David Law is at the tail end, tied with Saltman's brother Elliott, after eight-over 78s.

When rock and roll burst onto the scene in the 1950s, even the most staid general goods store found space for a few 78s and, perhaps, a record player for customers to test them out.