Re: [ARSCLIST] How to make a 7 inch single

[Anthony Baldwin <jazztrash@xxxxxxxxxx>]

...Sheer ignorance, I'd imagine. As recently as last week the BBC  
website was promoting a radio feature about "jazz saxophonist Fats  
Waller".

Middlesex hasn't existed since since 1965, being now incorporated  
into Greater London. But that wasn't the case 100 years ago.

Anthony


On 1 Apr 2009, at 11:44, Michael Biel wrote:

> Prentice, Will wrote:
> > A couple of interesting BBC clips on vinyl pressing, made in  
> > different
> > plants.
> >
> > The Vinyl Factory: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/ 
> > 7973950.stm
> > Portalspace (Hayes-based, now private, formerly EMI-owned):
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7260000/ 
> > newsid_7265800/7265843.s
> > tm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1
> The second story supposedly celebrates the 100th anniversary of  
> VINYL. "One hundred years has passed since the first vinyl record  
> was pressed in a West London factory."   Is THIS the quality of BBC  
> news reporting???  Is this factory in Hayes or West London?  Last  
> time I was in Hayes it was in Middlesex, a train ride outside of  
> London.  Is this the 100th anniversary of record pressing in this  
> factory?  Or the use of Vinyl??  Did HMV use Vinyl earlier than  
> 1931 Victrolac vinyl pressings???  Or is it yet another case of a  
> reporter not knowing what the hell he is talking about?
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel@xxxxxxxxx