[78-L] Did The English Take Better Care Of Their Records?

[Malcolm Rockwell]

On 6/5/2010 4:53 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> From: "Robert M. Bratcher Jr."<bratcher at pdq.net>
>    
>>> The English 45's might be in better shape but I honestly don't
>>> know if they are or not as I really don't look for English 45 rpm
>>> issues of American records although I do own a few from the 60's&  70's.
>>>        
> From: "Steven C. Barr"<stevenc at interlinks.net>
>    
>> No...45's were primarily owned by teen-agers...who took them to
>> friends' houses as well as "record hops"...but who DIDN'T take a
>> lot of care of them, especially the songs on them were no longer "hits!"
>>      
> 45s were slightly different in England than in the U.S. -- at least as
> far as Extended Play EPs were concerned.  The era of the E.P. in the
> U.S. was nearly over by the early 60s, but in England that format was
> still going strong.  Most of the time in the U.S. the E.P. duplicated
> what was issued on LPs, but in England many E.P. had unique material not
> available in other formats.  Thus these would be treated with as much
> respect as their LPs would. There are many classical and operatic
> recordings in England that were on microgroove only on E.P., and some
> pop compilations were also mainly on E.P.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>    
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You mean to say there were 4 tracks per side, instead of two, on those 
45rpm Extended Play EPs??
Be exactly precise. Or precisely exact. Up to you.
Mal