ANILKUMAR
Well-Known Member
Friends,
Let's discuss regarding records in your possession with unusual playing speed and unusual size or anything that is unusual related to records.
I will post information on few such records in my possession.
Regards,
Anil.
If you are interested please go through the following information
Records with-"Unusual Speeds:"
8 RPM and 8 RPM. 7-inch- This recording format was developed sponsored by the American Foundation for the Blind. One record holds 4 hours of speech
16(2/3) RPM This speed was used almost exclusively for spoken word content, in particular for the "talking books" used by the visually impaired
Prior to 1930 (particularly before 1925), a number of proprietary formats existed, with recordings made at speeds anywhere from 60 to 130 RPM (although most were between 72 and 82 rpm)
Even 78 RPM was not initially a worldwide standard, as American records were often recorded at 78.26 rpm and European records were often recorded at 77.92 rpm
Edison Disc Records were different: always running at 80 rpm and being vertically cut, inch thick
Records of Unusual size
European shellac records roughly 5", 8",6", 9", 11", 13" ,, 10", 11", 12", 14", and 20"
16" and 20" discs Broadcasting studios made use of 16" and 20" 78rpm acetate "transcriptions"
8" EPs. Mostly seen as Japanese pressed records in the 1980s and 1990s, and after 1992 in the US
7" 78-rpm children's records The 78 rpm records of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s were breakable shellac
6", 7", 8", and 9" flexi discs were popular in Japan where they were known as sound-sheets and were often in traditional round format
1" records
Below one is a rare 16 RPM record in my possession with 1 hour of stereo content.
Let's discuss regarding records in your possession with unusual playing speed and unusual size or anything that is unusual related to records.
I will post information on few such records in my possession.
Regards,
Anil.
If you are interested please go through the following information
Records with-"Unusual Speeds:"
8 RPM and 8 RPM. 7-inch- This recording format was developed sponsored by the American Foundation for the Blind. One record holds 4 hours of speech
16(2/3) RPM This speed was used almost exclusively for spoken word content, in particular for the "talking books" used by the visually impaired
Prior to 1930 (particularly before 1925), a number of proprietary formats existed, with recordings made at speeds anywhere from 60 to 130 RPM (although most were between 72 and 82 rpm)
Even 78 RPM was not initially a worldwide standard, as American records were often recorded at 78.26 rpm and European records were often recorded at 77.92 rpm
Edison Disc Records were different: always running at 80 rpm and being vertically cut, inch thick
Records of Unusual size
European shellac records roughly 5", 8",6", 9", 11", 13" ,, 10", 11", 12", 14", and 20"
16" and 20" discs Broadcasting studios made use of 16" and 20" 78rpm acetate "transcriptions"
8" EPs. Mostly seen as Japanese pressed records in the 1980s and 1990s, and after 1992 in the US
7" 78-rpm children's records The 78 rpm records of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s were breakable shellac
6", 7", 8", and 9" flexi discs were popular in Japan where they were known as sound-sheets and were often in traditional round format
1" records
Below one is a rare 16 RPM record in my possession with 1 hour of stereo content.
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