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Re: [ARSCLIST] 16" transcription player on ebay
This is way off topic, but it's on my mind:
Is it true that there are Beatles pressings that are completely unique
because someone in the factory slipped in a colored vinyl biscuit? I've
been told that and was wondering. So, if that's true, you wouldn't have
the only pressing, but you could have a totally unique version.
Phillip
David Lennick wrote:
If it's a vinyl pressing, you can be sure that it's not the only one
in existence. If it were an aluminum or glass-based disc with a
lacquer coating, different story..these were made for studio and
broadcast and film use.
You asked for a quick history..the 16-inch disc was used for providing
the "sound track" for the early Vitaphone films beginning in 1926
because that size at that speed would contain the same amount of
material as one reel of film. Radio stations began using syndicated
programs only a couple of years later and these were still standard
78s, but the 16-inch 33RPM disc was found to be satisfactory by 1930
since it could hold 15 minutes of material in acceptable sound. Tape
was developed in Germany in the 30s and was used for recording
programs there, but didn't come to North America till the late 40s and
the 16-inch disc remained the standard for many years. Early LPs were
inconsistent (some very thin sounding, some very muddy, every label
had its own curve) while the 16-incher was a known quantity. As noted
elsewhere, it was still in service in the sixties.
dl
Doug Henkle wrote:
I'm sorry, but it seems my technical in-expertise has muddied
the waters. I bought my first LP/Microgroove/33-1/3 record in 1958
when I was in High School. Every 10" and 12" record I ever bought
played on the players bought at the time and since. Until this
discussion, I thought LP/Microgroove/33-1/3 records were all created
alike and all three terms referred to the exact same thing. Other
than the "33-1/3" on the label, I do not know if what I have is an
"LP" or something else, and I don't know how to tell what it is. I'm
sorry if I used the term "LP" incorrectly.
What equipment do I need to buy to make a one-time measurement
(and probably never use again) to determine whether this record has a
1 mil, 1.8, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 3.0 mil groove or something else? I
don't know how to tell the difference between all these varieties.
In all the responses, no one has mentioned that they have ever
heard, seen, or read about in print of another 16" record produced at
UW-Madison. Is there anyone specific I should contact in the Oshkosh
/ Milwaukee / Madison area that does have the expertise to identify
exactly what it is I have, and whether it is the only one still in
existence, however I doubt that it is? Thanks.
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P.O. Box 1447, Oshkosh, WI 54903-1447