[78-L] a set of Victor PRogram transcriptions

[David Lennick]

I have a batch of those 24RPM discs. This speed was picked because most of the 
listeners would have had wind-up gramophones at that time and this was the 
slowest that could be obtained with a single winding, as I understand it.

I have Talking Books of similar material at 33RPM and 16RPM..Alexander Scourby 
reading the Bible. The 33s date from 1949, the 16rpm look like late 70s or 80s 
pressings.

dl

Jamie Kelly wrote:
> The UK RNIB talking book discs were 24 rpm. We mainly got the UK discs in
> Australia.
> 
>  Jamie
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Robert M. Bratcher
> Jr.
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 November 2009 5:48 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] a set of Victor PRogram transcriptions
> 
> At 12:12 PM 11/10/2009, you wrote:
>> I never knew such things existed....a 4 hour reading on 20 10" sides.
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130343451724&ssPageN
>> ame=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
>>
>> js
> 
> Must be the very first commercial release audiobook. From listening to parts
> of a few of the mp3 files the reading seems to be very good.
> 
> I wonder when the first Library Of Congress talking book records for the
> blind came out? They would have been 33 rpm & either 10 or perhaps 12 inches
> in diameter. Later (I'm not sure when) they went to 10 inch 16 rpm records
> that ran 45 minutes per side. I've never seen the 33 rpm ones. Only the 16 &
> 8 rpm records...... 
> 
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