[78-L] a set of Victor PRogram transcriptions

[Jamie Kelly]

I've not seen one but I understand their was a gramophone designed to play
these 24 rpm discs. The disdcs are plastic or vinyl so the usual steel nedle
would be no good. I have a Decca disc talking book player that has verible
speed.

Jamie

 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
Sent: Thursday, 12 November 2009 1:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] a set of Victor PRogram transcriptions

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
> 
> 
> -----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
> To: 78-L Mail List
> 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&ssPag
>> eN
>> 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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