In a message to REINHARDT MUELLER (06-21-07 03:31), BOB ACKLEY wrote:

BA>So are the old-radio dramas and sitcoms.  That's been true for decades.

You can't beat shows like Our Miss Brooks, Great Gildersleave,
Archie Andrews and Henry Aldridge.....  but some shows
like Superman you have to remind yourself "that hasn't
happened yet" if you saw the various TV shows and cartoon.

BA> RM> 16"?  No wonder...  Those are meant for studio use where you
BA> RM> might have to play 16" transcription discs.

BA>I know.  I have a stack of 16" transcription discs that's
BA>about eight inches high.  Thus the need for the 16" platter.

Whatever is recorded on them is probably a collector's item.

BA> RM> It took 'em this long to come up with a non-destructive way
BA> RM> to play vinyl and (assumption) shellac?!?
BA> RM> If it works as well as the "regular" kind, it would be
BA> RM> great for radio stations.  It would pay for itself with
BA> RM> no more needles to wear out and replace!

BA>It actually supposedly works better - and handles warped
BA>records just fine.

Funny.... I would have guessed warped records would have
presented a real challenge!

BA> A>>>  I have about a dozen cylinders, not quite
BA> BA>> 100 8 track cartridges and a
BA> RM>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
BA> RM> Gads, what a disaster those things were!!  I'm glad I never
BA> RM> bought any 8-tracks!

BA>I pick them up at garage sales and auctions.  I have an 8-track *deck* that
BA>goes with my component stereo system.  I can record 8-tracks if I want to.

Yeah, but why would you want to _today_?   :)
Sounds like you have the makings of an audio museum!
I remember that Radio Shack had one 8-track recording deck
that had Dolby "B" noise reduction!

I also remember reading in Popular Science around 1975 that
JVC had a _cassette_ deck that recorded in 4 channel stereo...
This thing recorded 8-tracks (4 tracks each direction) on a
regular audio cassette!
Can you say azimuth alignment headaches between decks?
I'm pretty sure that thing was a flop.

BA> BA>> big pile of 78 rpm platters.

BA> BA>> Been collecting records for over 45 years, now;
BA> BA>> last summer I picked up a carload (literally, there was
BA> BA>> barely enough room for me to squeeze in to drive home)
BA> BA>> of 78 rpm records at an estate auction.

BA> RM> Too bad you don't do a radio show...   We had a DJ named
BA> RM> Madman Moskowitz who had 50,000+ flat friends when he died!

BA>I'm working on it.  Thus far about 30,000 'flat friends.'

I guess you could say he cheated a bit....   Listeners
also sent him stuff on cassette from their own collection
to play on the air.

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