[78-L] Story of the LP (queries)

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In the indie world of the 80s and 90s, and even up to today, it's been considered uncool to put actual information (song titles, artist, speed) on your record labels, or maybe they'll put all the info for both sides on side B, while A just gets a picture. This gets very interesting when the thing is 33 on one side and 45 on the other, and is blurry electronic sound for a while before the vocals kick in (the vocals usually tell you if you're doing it wrong). DJ, audition your selections!

Of course, the late great John Peel was famous for playing records at the wrong speed for the first few seconds, then switching it up or down in mid-play, often with a muttered "oh, christ, I've done it again" on the microphone.

--
Steve.

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> And then there was the 7-inch disc Columbia included in a Lazar Berman LP which 
> had a large hole but played at 33.
> 
> dl
> 
> Steve Thornton wrote:
> > Our Seeburg plays both, automatically sensing the size of the hole, and
> > plays small-hole discs at 33, big hole discs at 45. Unfortunately,
> > small-hole 45s are a lot more common in our house (imports, indies) than
> > 7-inch album sets. We have a friend who cuts his with a hole saw (sandwiched
> > in between two trash records) but I've always been too afraid.
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com 
> >> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of 
> >> David Lennick
> >> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 6:42 AM
> >> To: 78-L Mail List
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Story of the LP (queries)
> >>
> >> True, there was a very brief series..how many labels tried 
> >> this at the time? 
> >> There were also 7-inch 33RPM stereo discs, mostly for juke 
> >> boxes but I've also 
> >> seen one 7-inch Everest stereo 33 disc (Charlie Barnet).
> >>
> >> dl
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