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

[Royal Pemberton]

Broadcast:  July 1927 to July 1933.  And yes, the grooves were cut at a
closer pitch than on regular 78s to give greater playing time on the
smaller discs.  (Per Rust's AMERICAN RECORD LABEL BOOK as they used
material from US labels.)


On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:30 AM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <
rbratcherjr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.....
>
>
> >________________________________
> > From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> >To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> >Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:47 PM
> >Subject: Re: [78-L] VARIABLE MICROGRADE 78 - What dat?
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >dl
> >
> >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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> >>   From: "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com"<neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>
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> >> Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2013 4:32 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] VARIABLE MICROGRADE 78 - What dat?
> >>
> >>
> >> Perhaps it means variable pitch? Not in the sense of musical pitch, but
> >> in the number of lines (grooves) per inch?
> >>
> >> I would not play such a record on your 78 table.
> >>
> >> joe salerno
> >>
> >>
> >> 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?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!  CDB
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