[78-L] Not only vinyl..now at 45RPM

[David Lennick]

The difference between 33RPM and 45RPM is a perfect 4th..many times the wrong 
speed will sound almost "correct" except for obvious anomalies in speed and timbre.

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> Pity the cutting engineers don't make a small speed notation in the dead wax
> along with the other information!  Like a small '(33)' or '(45)'.
> 
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com> wrote:
> 
>> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>>
>>> Somewhere I have a small-hole 7" three song single from the UK that has
>>> one
>>> song on the A side, and plays at 45 rpm; the B side has the two other
>>> songs
>>> on it and plays at 33 rpm.   It was made in 1981.
>> ---
>> Which is quite common these days on 12 inch dance music issues. Usually
>> there's no speed info at all, so part of the excitement is to find out what
>> was meant, and if your own alternative sounds better...
>> Kristjan
>>