[BC] Weirdo dials /was/ ABC Network in the wired days

[cldube]

My first "record player" had four speeds;
16, 33, 45, and 78. It was manufactured by Columbia.

I had a couple of 16 rpm disks that were hand me downs. They were a yellow 
and red bakelight-like and were childrens records.

Chuck Dube
Amherst

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SteveOrdinetz" <hykker at grolen.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:56 PM
Subject: RE: [BC] Weirdo dials /was/ ABC Network in the wired days


>  Alan Kline wrote:
>>I should scan a cover from an issue of "Radio and Television News" that I
>>have, from the late '50's.  It shows a smiling Lawrence Welk standing next
>>to his new Dodge (naturally) convertible, with the latest thing in mobile
>>audio--a turntable that would play extended LP's, at 16 2/3 RPM...
>
>
> Don't think I've ever seen a 16 RPM record.  Supposedly there were 
> "talking books for the blind" released in that format, but I've never 
> actually seen one let alone any music disc.  Must have been a useful 
> option...  :-/
>
>
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