[78-L] 13" records!

[Royal Pemberton]

The Neumann VMS 70 lathe they have will do 78 rpm cuts.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr.
<bratcher at pdq.net>wrote:

> At 08:27 PM 11/13/2009, you wrote:
> >There's a new (?) record-manufacturing plant in California called
> >Erika Records.
> >
> >http://www.erikarecords.com/ (warning: hideous flash will rot your
> >brain, Internet Explorer only)
> >
> >I don't see any mention of pressing 78 rpm records, but they do
> >offer 33 and 45 RPM at 5", 6", 7", 8", 9", 10", 11", 12", and
> >bizarrely thirteen inch records!
> >
> >I'm not sure what purpose this serves, or even if my turntable would
> >play them, but it's definitely a new entry in the weird-disk sweepstakes.
> >
> >--
> >Steve
>
> I wonder if a record cut at 45 rpm (with the music slowed down to the
> right amount) would sound right if played at 78 rpm? That might be
> one way to do it as well as doing 180 gram vinyl.
>
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