From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Mon, Jan 4th 1999, 15:09
Mark Kolmar wrote: > On Fri, 1 Jan 1999 xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx wrote: > > > plays forwards and backwards, theres a lock groove in the centre, > > the lp plays normally into the lock groove, then if you put the > > needle anywhere after the lock groove itll actually play backwards > > Some of the old UR and Hardwax 12"s do stuff like that. Probably a pain > in the ass for DJs. <snip> Can be a pain in the ass in a funny way. I remember quite a few years back during my radio show trying to play tracks on the new Woody McBride at the time (on Drop bass or generator, can't remember). Anyway, I hadn't had a chance to listen to it at home at all, and was throwing it on in the mix (or trying to) for the first time (and hearing it/trying it out for the first time). As I remember now, some of the tracks played forwards and some played backwards. There I was on the show and I kept cueing (or *trying* to cue) the first song on each side and (because the track played backwards, which I didn't realize until I got home) the needle would not bite into the groove, it would fall off the edge of the record. So here I was trying to get it to play, the needle would fall off, trying to get it to play, the needle would fall off... Eventually, I gave up-- worried that the tonearm needed adjusting, but then it worked fine for another record. When I got the record home and realized that it played backwards, I sure felt damn foolish :) It's done so rarely that in the heat of the moment, one doesn't usually say "gee, maybe it's supposed to play backwards", I guess (at least that's my excuse for that fateful night ;) Andrew