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This a a very fast march from 1905, and was recorded by Pryor's Band in November 1908 - just about 96 years ago. Should be about the correct vintage.

This a a very fast march from 1905, and was recorded by Pryor's Band in November 1908 - just about 96 years ago. Should be about the correct vintage.
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What speed are those records? I threw out about +/-100 of them last year. They were something my mother had, stored away I think they came from her Aunt who lived circa ~1880-1960. They were pretty worn, some warped a bit from the heat in attic storage. I played a few of them back in the 1970s to hear what they sounded like... Rudy Vallée like music ... a bit scratchy and monotone. No titles I recognized. I think they were 33 1/3 RPM IIRC.

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The one on the table is 78 1/8 RPM - it only has one song on it as it's a single sided record. priced at 60 cents. I don't know when this one was sold (We'll say 1913 since that's the earliest the government has records for) it would be about $20.00 today.

There were 33 1/3 pressed about this same size called EPs, LPs aren't much bigger. If they were warped, they were vinyl, shellac tends to crack.

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I had them in the neighbor's barn sale for a few years priced at $1 each, didn't sell any of them.

These were most likely 78 speed too. 33 1/3 was for later/modern albums I guess, 45s for singles, 78 for the old stuff. I still have an old 1950s or early 1960s hi-fi (that I haven't used in 40 years) with those 3 speed options - but uses a sapphire needle cartridge IIRC.

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Hmm. Yeah, unfortunately records tend to be worthless, or collectible. The one one the table was given to me in a batch similar to what you had. They had to go, do you want them, etc.