Re: [ARSCLIST] 16" transcription player on ebay

[Roger and Allison Kulp <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>]

Beatles and other stuff.The color vinyl US United Artists "Hard day's Night" pops to mind.


                                      Roger

phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 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.
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> Doug Henkle - mailto:henkle@xxxxxxxxx
>> P.O. Box 1447, Oshkosh, WI 54903-1447
>>
>>
>


       
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