Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sat, 25 May 91 22:45:05 -0400 From: "Henry E. Schaffer" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Did Western Electric Also Produce Sound Recordings? Message-ID: Organization: NCSU Computing Center Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 396, Message 6 of 6 Lines: 32 In article TELECOM Moderator writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 395, Message 1 of 14 > ... The first 33 rpm records began appearing late in 1948 as I > recall. Pat, I'm pretty sure that 33 rpm records started quite a bit earlier - probably in the '30s. My folks had a record player with a 33 rpm setting, and some 33 rpm records which I'm pretty sure were pre-WWII. My memory is that the modern 33 rpm LP records have a smaller groove, and that was the post-WWII innovation. This is all from distant memory. henry schaffer n c state univ [Moderator's Note: Thanks for your note. I honestly do not think there were any 33 rpm records as early as you say. Maybe someone else has the answer to this. In the next issue of the Digest on Sunday morning, we'll continue this Memorial Day theme with messages on early radio pioneers and a response to an earlier article about Marconi and Cape Cod. If you're going anywhere over the holiday, drive the other guy's car for him also if you know what's best for you. PAT]