From Michael Upton Sent Tue, May 25th 1999, 17:01
From Michael Upton Sent Tue, May 25th 1999, 17:01
>i've seen an old turntable that came with 16 rpm & (obviously) 78 rpm >switches, as well as the usual 33/45 combo. > [...] it makes some records sound quite >outerworldish. an old womack & womack 45, for example, can sound quite >dark & menacing at 16 rpm. A friend grew up on a faulty pressing of the 'Ghostbusters' single, which had the instrumental on both sides, and which he would always play at 16 instead of 45. (Not much room to grow up on a 7" piece of vinyl, I hear you cry! ;-) Mind you, his Mum had electroacoustic records he listened to as well, so maybe he never made a distinction in kind between the two... That'd be good for a blind test: 80s pop hit at 1/3rd speed or 70s electroacoustic composition at normal speed? >i'm beginning to think that no one should put the >"right" bpm on abstract electronic records. it's >always so subject to interpretation. Well, if you intend something to be listened to at a certain speed, I don't see the harm in saying so. It's not like you're saying "and if you don't play it at that speed, I'll kill ya!" is it? Michael Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com