[78-L] Shortest 78

[Royal Pemberton]

Somewhere on the 'Net I heard a dub of the Pershing record; I think it
was only 31 seconds or so.

On 2/18/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> I think the General Pershing disc on Nation's Forum that I cited earlier is
> even briefer.
>
> dl
>
> DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
>> A number of the records mentioned wouldn't qualify as the shortest 78,
>> first of all because, as has been mentioned, they aren't 78s and secondly,
>> if they have a 30 minute silent groove then the record is 30 minutes long.
>>  If the disc has no groove, then it's not a record at all, it's just a
>> plate.
>>
>> The shortest 78 I ever came across is a speech by Leo Tolstoy.  That 10
>> inch record has about an inch, (2.2 cms.) of groove area and the rest of
>> the surface has the signature of Tolstoy.  It plays for about 47 seconds.
>>
>> db
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