Later pressing 45 rpm records

[radiotvnut]

Today, I went to the flea market and the vendor who I buy stuff from had just purchased two boxes of 45 rpm records. Looking through them, it was obvious that they were jukebox pulls. I bought most of the oldies re-issue label records and I also bought several pop records that dated from the early to late '90's. I'm really not into Britney Spears or the Backstreet Boys; but, I figured I'd get them for the novelty factor. I only recall going into one record store that was still carrying 45's (mostly oldies re-issue singles) in the mid '90's. I think most stores stopped carrying them by around '89-'90 and most people probably don't realize that newer post-1990 material was ever released on a 45 rpm record. In fact, these later 45 rpm records seem harder to find than older material, since these later records were mainly used only on jukeboxes and available from mail order suppliers who sold mainly to jukebox vendors. I don't know if anything current is still being pressed on 45 rpm records; but, I've heard that some later country songs are available on record. The newest 45 I own is Alan Jackson's "Where were you when the world stopped turning"; which, came out shortly after 9/11. So, I guess we can thank the large number of 45 rpm jukeboxes still in use for keeping the 45 rpm record alive.