16 RPM and other Unusual speed and Types of Gramophone Records

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Phase-4-Stereo

LONDON Phase 4-a subsidiary of London Records created in 1961, A label Designed to compete with Enoch Light's Command Records, about 200+ Records were released, These Albums sometimes used the novelty Pin-Pong Effect, and some times featured some cheesy styles, But many of these Records Featured great Orchestral Jazz themed music by artists such as Stanley Black and Frank Chacksfield. The sound Quality on these records is stellar, No muddy sounding recordings here, They used a 20 track recorder, each track had adjustable echo and reverb. for the time these were some of the best sounding recordings on the market. The Laminated gate fold covers were also very nice, with a big write up about how each recording was made, These records were definitely being Marketed to the Audiophile of the 1960's. And Ironically now, the albums and the music have a 60's kitsch and are very collectible, by people new to vinyl, and people seeking a connection to that by gone era.
 
A Journey of STEREO RECORDS:
The word stereophonic was coined in 1927 by Western Electric.

In the 1930s, Alan Blumlein at EMI patented stereo records, stereo films, and also surround sound. The two stereophonic recording methods, using two channels and coincident microphone techniques were developed by Blumlein at EMI in 1931 and patented in 1933,twenty-five years before that method became the standard for stereo phonograph discs.

Sidney Frey (19201968), founder and president of Audio Fidelity, had Westrex,cut a stereo LP disk for release before any of the major record labels, several of which had the Westrex equipment but had not yet produced a stereo disk.Side 1 was The Dukes of Dixieland, Side 2 was railroad sound effects. This demonstration disc was introduced to the public on December 13, 1957 at the Times Auditorium in New York City 500 copies of this initial demonstration record were pressed.

In the same year [1957] EMI also released a STEREO Test record , followed by a beautiful multicolored vinyl was released by Bel Canto.

Fortunately I have these 3 records witnessing the history of STEREO discs.

Stereo Demo Disc released by 1. Audio Fidelity . 2. EMI 3. Bel Canto
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Moviela said:
Promoted in the 1970's it was a consumer discrete four channel vinyl recording. It played on a conventional turntable but required a special cartridge with a Shibata nude stylus.

The record was cut on a lathe modified to cut with a 31.5Khz sub-carrier. When demodulated by a special purpose decoder four discrete channels were sent to four amplifiers. Speakers were placed in the four corners of the room, and the sound stage was all around you.

I played a quadraphonic recording I made of a rainstorm in Kasmir and my cat jumped off the sofa and took refuge under the coffee table.

There were actually several quad formats, but CBS records SQ was the most popular.
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Yes True. I have a CBS -SQ record -Zubin Mehta with NewYork Philharmonic Orchestra.
 
ANILKUMAR said:
A Journey of STEREO RECORDS:
The word stereophonic was coined in 1927 by Western Electric.

In the 1930s, Alan Blumlein at EMI patented stereo records, stereo films, and also surround sound. The two stereophonic recording methods, using two channels and coincident microphone techniques were developed by Blumlein at EMI in 1931 and patented in 1933,twenty-five years before that method became the standard for stereo phonograph discs.

Sidney Frey (19201968), founder and president of Audio Fidelity, had Westrex,cut a stereo LP disk for release before any of the major record labels, several of which had the Westrex equipment but had not yet produced a stereo disk.Side 1 was The Dukes of Dixieland, Side 2 was railroad sound effects. This demonstration disc was introduced to the public on December 13, 1957 at the Times Auditorium in New York City 500 copies of this initial demonstration record were pressed.

In the same year [1957] EMI also released a STEREO Test record , followed by a beautiful multicolored vinyl was released by Bel Canto.

Fortunately I have these 3 records witnessing the history of STEREO discs.

Stereo Demo Disc released by 1. Audio Fidelity . 2. EMI 3. Bel Canto
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:clapping: again, this pic brought back some memories, my dad had (now with my brother), that EMI STEREO Test Record...remember when he graduated from Mono to Stereo, both of us (I was about 4yrs or so) would sit and listen to it. I used to wonder how sounds were moving across the room...I played it the other day just to check if my turntable cartridge was properly wired :ohyeah:
 
reubensm said:
:clapping: again, this pic brought back some memories, my dad had (now with my brother), that EMI STEREO Test Record...remember when he graduated from Mono to Stereo, both of us (I was about 4yrs or so) would sit and listen to it. I used to wonder how sounds were moving across the room...I played it the other day just to check if my turntable cartridge was properly wired :ohyeah:
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Very true Mr.Reuben. Few records and some REEL Tapes takes me 40+ years back. Some time I feel my life is a continuation of leftovers from my dad. My Dad had a SONY STEREO SPOOL much before a STEREO Pickup came home. We used to open our eyes so wide when sound signal widens in two speakers. My father made some charts also to demonstrate the working of STEREOPHONIC technology for science exhibitions etc. The time we got a STEREO Pickup (I think a DUAL) he started using the famous COMMAND record "PERSUASIVE PERCUSSION" to demonstrate.
Golden memories.... like these olden golden records.
 
Fore fathers of STEREO: Alan Blumlein in the U.K.and Bell Labs in the U.S. in the early 1930s. Bell technicians recorded performances
in stereo by the legendary Philadelphia Orchestra led by Leopold Stokowski. Always at the forefront ofexperimental audio, Stokowski
collaborated with Disney a few years later to make Fantasia with a multichannel soundtrack. Meanwhile, the development of tape
recording in Germany brought about the first magnetic recordings in stereo, made during World War II.
And during the post-war period with the recordings of Emory Cook on two-track LP (!), the introduction of the "45-45" stereo record cutter

Abbey Road - News - Alan Blumlein - the man who invented stereo
BBC NEWS | Technology | Early stereo recordings restored
 
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HERE GOES THE PICTURE OF A MAGICAL RECORD I have - LSD by pink

SIDE-A "This Side Starts At Inner Groove" . Meaning, yes, Side A will play inside (near the label) to outside.

Meanwhile Side B [ "This Side Plays Twice"]uses parallel grooves, meaning there are actually two tracks within each other

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It was the first time such a record was produced with both sides having two different way of playing style. Only 2000 of such records were produced and the one I have is numbered 370.
Earlier there were few 78 RPM records released with inner grove starting point and parallel tracks.
 
Interesting piece. I wonder what prompted them to do this. Technologically it must have been an exercise in terms of rearranging and reprogramming all the equipment to cut these records.Anyhow a nice novelty. Thanks for posting.
 
Records with great speeches

Friends,

Starting a new thread on records with Great speeches". Please share information on records you have one the same.

Let me start with the below one which was the most popular record once upon a time.

Record : John F. Kennedy That Was The Week That Was .
The BBC Telecast Saturday November 23, 1963
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Hi Anil,

I have an LP of John F Kennedy speech, broadcast by the Radio Station WMCA, NewYork on Friday Nov 22, 1963. Will post pics soon.

N.Murali
 
Next one from me:
United States President Series:
Actual Speeches Of Franklin D. Roosevelt And John F. Kennedy
A John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address
B Franklin D. Roosevelt Highlights Of Speeches
Label:Somerset (US) P-16100
Released:1962
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One more Kennedy:
John F. Kennedy The Presidential Years 1960-1963 (A Documentary)
Label:20th Century Fox Records TFM 3127
Released:1964
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A1 Nomination Acceptance, July, 1960
A2 Campaign In New York, October, 1960
A3 Election Night, November, 1960
A4 Inaugural Address, January, 1961
A5 State Of The Union Message, January, 1961
A6 Prayer Breakfast, February, 1961
A7 "So I Go To Khrushchev In Vienna", May 1961
A8 Report On Berlin, July 1961
A9 U.N. Address, September, 1961
A10 Nuclear Tests, November, 1961
A11 Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier, November 1961
A12 The Steel Crisis, April, 1961
A13 Yale Graduation Address, June, 1962
B1 Cuba - Another Crisis, October, 1961
B2 Equal Job Opportunities, November, 1961
B3 Another Prayer Breakfast, February, 1963
B4 A Still Greater Crisis, February, 1963
B5 American Labor Movement, May, 1963
B6 Birmingham, May, 1963
B7 Final Address, Fort Worth, November 22, 1963
B8 The Unspoken Credo, November 22, 1963
 
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