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WCDT strips 3676 to 3680 (12th to 16th February 2018)
OldGoat:
It wasn't really stone tablets. My parents had a Philco 78 rpm phonograph, steel needle and all, and a bunch of pre-vinyl shelack records. The things were brittle as hell and would shatter with scarcely any provocation. The first LP machine in the house was a Webcor portable with a two-sided stylus, steel for 78s and diamond for vinyl 33s, 45s, and 16s (never have seen a 16 in the flesh to this day).
zmeiat_joro:
I grew up on renting VHC too. And I once saw a laserdisc of Dune (the David Lynch film) in a vintage store 15 years ago. Still a bit bummed I did not buy it. I still have my VHC home record it did of it off TV.
anahata:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 11 Feb 2018, 23:21 ---The first LP machine in the house was a Webcor portable with a two-sided stylus, steel for 78s and diamond for vinyl 33s, 45s, and 16s (never have seen a 16 in the flesh to this day).
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Neither have I, but I was told the 16RPM discs were for talking books for the blind.
Which makes sense, sacrificing frequency range for speech-only playing time.
Stoutfellow:
I don't think we had any 16s (although I'm pretty sure I saw one once), but my little record player had a 16 setting. I played an Alvin and the Chipmunks on it once. David Seville was incomprehensible, but the Chipmunks were a nice tenor trio (singing rather slowly).
Cornelius:
I went with betamax. My first, and probably favourite childhood video was betamax, even if all others were vhs. I still remember the day my father brought a video recorder home. Before that, it was audio cassettes, and vinyls. Although the last couple of albums I've bought, were on vinyl again. When it comes to music, vinyl or cd.
I've also gotten and repaired two gramophones, and some 78's. I just wish my grandma hasn't thrown here away as old fashioned junk.
I've entirely missed laser disc.
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