Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for August 28, 2015
August 27, 2015
August 29, 2015
Transcript:
Nancy: Oops. Aunt Fritzi---The other day I beat Suzie jumping rope. I BROKE ANOTHER RECORD.
Aunt Fritzi: Good for you, Nancy.
Nancy: She can't say I didn't tell her.
Thanks for the explanation. I have a hard time explaining to younger people about the different types of records. (Although, I read that records are “coming back,” if indeed they ever completely went away in Europe.) .My grandmother gave me her collections of 78s, and in looking at them I could not understand how people had the patience to keep changing record sides, and even to multiple records to listen to a long classical compositions..The arrival of LPs must have seemed a great convenience. I remember those very well, and also 45s. .I bought a bunch of inexpensive LPs just as CDs were coming in. Then, overnight it seemed, LPs disappeared from the stores. Now that I’ve gotten many CDs, digital downloads are taking over..Technology moves so fast, anymore. Years ago, I went to Tower Records in Chicago, not having been there for six months. The classical section was on the 4th floor. I went up the escalator and … there wasn’t a single LP around, everything was in CD form! I was flabbergasted. An old couple came up a few minutes later. The old lady looked around for a minute, and having grasped the situation, got a disgusted look on her face. She said to her husband, and loudly enough for everybody else to hear, “They call it Tower Records, but there’s no damned records!”
I miss playing vinyls. Still have a small collection, still have my turntable, but the band underneath it needs to be replaced, as does the stylus. One day, I’ll do both, and then can listen to music with the hisses and pops of my youth!
Regular computers don’t use CDs, much. Apple doesn’t build CD or DVD drives into their computers, anymore, though you can still buy one that goes into a USB port.
33⅓ is much better sound than 78. I’m old enough to remember.
I /think/ 33⅓ was chosen because, on vinyl, with microgrooves, and electronic amplification, it gave the best overall balance of faithful sound and minimal noise. I /know/ that 78 was chosen, decades earlier, because it gave the best results on shellac, with larger grooves, and logarithmic horns linked to a diaphragm.
rare appearance over 8 years ago
I recently was wondering why the LP’s were 33 1/3 as opposed to 33. All the others were whole numbers. It got me curious.
emptc12 over 8 years ago
Thanks for the explanation. I have a hard time explaining to younger people about the different types of records. (Although, I read that records are “coming back,” if indeed they ever completely went away in Europe.) .My grandmother gave me her collections of 78s, and in looking at them I could not understand how people had the patience to keep changing record sides, and even to multiple records to listen to a long classical compositions..The arrival of LPs must have seemed a great convenience. I remember those very well, and also 45s. .I bought a bunch of inexpensive LPs just as CDs were coming in. Then, overnight it seemed, LPs disappeared from the stores. Now that I’ve gotten many CDs, digital downloads are taking over..Technology moves so fast, anymore. Years ago, I went to Tower Records in Chicago, not having been there for six months. The classical section was on the 4th floor. I went up the escalator and … there wasn’t a single LP around, everything was in CD form! I was flabbergasted. An old couple came up a few minutes later. The old lady looked around for a minute, and having grasped the situation, got a disgusted look on her face. She said to her husband, and loudly enough for everybody else to hear, “They call it Tower Records, but there’s no damned records!”
DragonflyLover over 8 years ago
I miss playing vinyls. Still have a small collection, still have my turntable, but the band underneath it needs to be replaced, as does the stylus. One day, I’ll do both, and then can listen to music with the hisses and pops of my youth!
Triviaguy over 8 years ago
They know. Computers still use them.
John W Kennedy Premium Member over 8 years ago
Regular computers don’t use CDs, much. Apple doesn’t build CD or DVD drives into their computers, anymore, though you can still buy one that goes into a USB port.
33⅓ is much better sound than 78. I’m old enough to remember.
I /think/ 33⅓ was chosen because, on vinyl, with microgrooves, and electronic amplification, it gave the best overall balance of faithful sound and minimal noise. I /know/ that 78 was chosen, decades earlier, because it gave the best results on shellac, with larger grooves, and logarithmic horns linked to a diaphragm.