Just picked ten 45's at the local thrift. These were an unusual lot of Italian songs - in Italian! 2 of them say "Stereo" on them. One is a Philips and one is by RCA. So...the question is - how common are stereo 45's?

//Smorgy

Very common from the late 60's forward. Still, you'd see mono only singles thru the late 70's...most intended for the AM radio market.

Very common from the late 60's forward. Still, you'd see mono only singles thru the late 70's...most intended for the AM radio market.

Ok, just curious. Only 2 of the 10 say stereo on them, and that made me wonder how common they are. One of the titles is Lucio Dalla from 1999 (mono) so these seemed to be fairly recent. They all had jackets and seemed to be in above average condition.

It has been quite some time since I've seen 45's in decent shape. Most of what I see at the thrifts are pretty well beat, with no jackets - perhaps best used at the skeet range . . .

//Smorgy

Buddah for instance marked their singles as "Dual 45" and Dot Records were often stereo, but not marked as such.

All my 45's are Stereo. These are from the 70's and 80's

Maybe if I could read Italian, I could make out more....at least the word stereo is in English!

//Smorgy

Some promotional 45's were mono on one side and stereo on the flip side.

Some countries still manufacture mono singles. I take that these are all imports?

Some countries still manufacture mono singles. I take that these are all imports?

Yes, all Italian. Some English words here and there, but all marked made it Italy.

//Smorgy

Some promotional 45's were mono on one side and stereo on the flip side.

I have several interesting examples of those from the 70s. Made for radio station use.

very common