"We survived… but it wiped out the library," Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle told Ars, also noting, "the world became ...

Long before the doors to their meeting place opened, the “shellac junkies” were in a feeding frenzy outside, feverishly seeking something old that is new. Pawing through the boxes of old records they ...

At the Hot Club of New York, patrons revisit the music’s past by spinning shellac 78 RPM discs of recordings made in the ...

“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 ...

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 ...

The so-called vinyl revival notwithstanding, old music formats do in fact die. Some of the earliest recorded music, for instance, was pressed on 78rpm records made of an extremely brittle material ...

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.

As well known for his no-nonsense personality as he is for his music and studio career (by his estimate, he’s recorded 2,000 bands), Steve Albini has been a vital lynchpin in the Chicago music ...

Shellac have shaved off a few layers of fat for their first album in seven years, and the change suits them, although it’s less a change and more a re-discovery of something they once did so well. On ...

“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 ...