[78-L] VARIABLE MICROGRADE 78 - What dat?

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

There was a label called Broadcast with 8" discs called Broadcast 10 & 10" discs called Broadcast 12. I've seen a few in the past. Never owned one but I suspect 2 mil grooves & tight spacing on them. Don't know when they were made.....


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>Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor, Archiv Productions and Phillips all made these in 
>the 50s. Not microgroove, possibly 2-mil. Long sides were possible with tight 
>grooving long before this..some V-Discs ran well over 6 minutes, and HMV got 
>6'45" onto one side of a string quartet in 1932.
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>On 5/2/2013 7:36 PM, Ryan Wolfe wrote:
>> Yes, that is what it means.    There'll be no problem provided you have the right stylus for it.   And even then, a larger stylus still won't do much damage if you're tracking at a reasonable weight.
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>> Perhaps it means variable pitch? Not in the sense of musical pitch, but
>> in the number of lines (grooves) per inch?
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>> I would not play such a record on your 78 table.
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>> joe salerno
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>> On 5/2/2013 6:09 PM, Clifford Bolling wrote:
>>> Just got a small group of European records, including a 12" DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON that has a banner
>>> on the label saying VARIABLE MICROGRADE 78.  Not sure what that means.  Should I play it on my
>>> regular 78 turntable?
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>>> Thanks!  CDB
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