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Post by Ron Rich on Nov 17, 2019 18:08:17 GMT
Sent to me by Dean Cerriveau--
I heard exactly the same thing--years ago, except I also heard CBS wanted the 7" record to run t 33-1/3 rpm ? Runs about 40 minutes--
(YouTube title) How a forgotten 1949 Format War shaped the future of records Ron Rich
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clintd
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Post by clintd on Nov 18, 2019 0:33:10 GMT
Sent to me by Dean Cerriveau--
I heard exactly the same thing--years ago, except I also heard CBS wanted the 7" record to run t 33-1/3 rpm ? Runs about 40 minutes--
(YouTube title) How a forgotten 1949 Format War shaped the future of records Ron Rich
I literally just watched this Friday Night! very interesting.
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Post by Ron Rich on Nov 18, 2019 3:35:36 GMT
Hi Clint, Stuff like this tends to "make the rounds" every so often -- Ron Richn
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Post by jakedaniel on May 26, 2021 0:26:25 GMT
Interesting video but I wish he’d gone into the fact that Seeburg worked with RCA in the late 40’s as they were developing the M100B, or at least the fact that LP would never have never worked for the jukebox or radio market. No matter how successful the LP format became, there was ALWAYS going to be a need for a one-song-per-side format for no other reason than operators wouldn’t make any money playing an entire side of an LP for a nickel and DJs would have a harder time cueing up tracks in the middle of the LP on multiple turntables.
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TCW
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Post by TCW on May 26, 2021 5:58:10 GMT
Well that was some good late night watching.
Tom
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Post by juke46 on May 26, 2021 11:35:59 GMT
Years ago I found, at a Goodwill Store, a set of odd looking records in a new unopened package. The Seeburg label caught my eye. There was 25 or 50 of them. Someone said they were for a Seeburg commercial background music player. I think the speed was 16-2/3 RPM. I probably sold them at the "old" Fun Fair Coin Op show in Pasadena, CA. I think Seeburg made a few different varieties of music such as seasonal for Christmas. Seeburg had a special machine for playing those records (as my "antique" memory remembers). I think we had a stereo that played 16 RPM records as well as the other popular speeds. The records, in this set, were all like "elevator music". They played a very looong time and sounded good if you enjoyed that type of music.
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Post by Ron Rich on May 26, 2021 11:44:24 GMT
Hi David, The Seeburg Background Division, was very active in "elevator music". L@ k at ePay, and you will always see those records for sale ! Ron Rich
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Post by TCW on May 26, 2021 13:34:34 GMT
Interesting video but I wish he’d gone into the fact that Seeburg worked with RCA in the late 40’s as they were developing the M100B, or at least the fact that LP would never have never worked for the jukebox or radio market. No matter how successful the LP format became, there was ALWAYS going to be a need for a one-song-per-side format for no other reason than operators wouldn’t make any money playing an entire side of an LP for a nickel and DJs would have a harder time cueing up tracks in the middle of the LP on multiple turntables. When I was in my late teens I had the pleasure of listening to WMDI 102.3 an album rock station in McKean, PA. I really enjoyed hearing the album cuts compared to the single cuts on the other radio stations and the 45's I had at home. I remember most clearly the release of a live album they played one night without interruption. Many had there real to reals all queued up for the event. Frampton Comes Alive!
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Post by Ron Rich on May 26, 2021 17:16:04 GMT
Hi Tom, They played it live with out a "talk-over" (this is radio 102.3---) All the stations here in the San Francisco area ALL ways "talked over" any thing they played that was "new"-- Ron Rich
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