[Vintage-Audio] Re Record Changer Speeds

[Bob Scupp]

Duane-

Good Evening! Here are some helpful hyperlinks below
with a timeline on record format history.

http://stereos.about.com/cs/glossaryandtools/g/78rpm_record.htm

This second one has the basic record format timeline
changes Duane.

http://www.history-of-rock.com/record_formats.htm

I hope this helps.

Bob K5SEP



--- "W8DBF D.B. Fischer" <dfischer at usol.com> wrote:

> I recall having new 78 RPM records in the late
> fifties and 33 1/3 RPM in 
> 1961. When did the 78 stop?
> 
> DBF
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles E. Fox" <cfox1 at cogeco.ca>
> To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment
> from 1975 back" 
> <vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Record Changer
> Speeds
> 
> 
> > At 03:50 PM 4/22/2006, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi All,
> >>
> >>Does anyone happen to know about what year the
> industry stopped making 
> >>record changers with the speed of 16 2/3 RPM? How
> about 78 RPM?
> >>
> >>What year did the standard of 33 1/3 RPM become
> adopted?
> >>
> >>Thank you.
> >>
> >>Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >         331/3 transcriptions go back to the
> 1930's.  Microgroove (LP) 
> > records appeared in both 331?3 and 45 RPM shortly
> after the end of WWII, 
> > say about 1948 or 1949. 16 2/3 appeared as a
> selling feature shortly 
> > after. (A FOUR speed record changer!), but I don't
> recall ever seeing a 
> > disk.
> >
> > Best I can do from memory.
> >
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