Re: [ARSCLIST] 16" transcription player on ebay

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike:

What do you mean by "they were not robust and  easily ended up with skipping grooves"? Were they 
made of some material softer than vinyl?

On this topic, I am pretty sure I've seen or seen pictures of 16" vinyl LPs just like the Cosby Show 
but made to hold a half-hour music show that was syndicated. It might have even been an hour-long 
music show, with a break in the middle while the programmer changed sides of the 16" record. I can't 
remember the name of the show but I seem to remember that it was sort of an easy listening format.

If a syndicator had, say, 100-200 stations to send this weekly show, I would bet that it would be a 
lot cheaper back then to distribute on vinyl vs. duped tapes. Especially since one could 
theoretically guarantee uniform quality on the vinyl vs all the vagueries of tape duplication. This 
would be especially true for an hour-long show, considering it would require 2x 7" reels of 2-track 
tape or using very thin tape which was not a good bet with duping lines.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael N. Stosich" <EsotericTT@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 16" transcription player on ebay


> Sorry guys, I have seen both AFRS rebroadcast and Salvation Army, Heartbeat
> Theater  on 16" microgroove pressings.  They were from late 1950's  pressings
> and they sounded just fine.  Of course, they were not robust and  easily ended
> up with skipping grooves.  Bad idea.
>
> Mike Stosich, Esoteric Sound
>
>
>
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