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From: brad@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Brad Spear)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: record speeds
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Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 16:03:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 20 16:03:11 1984
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In article  saf@clyde.UUCP (Steve Falco) writes:
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>	Where did the speeds for records come from?
>		(78 rpm, 45 rpm, 33 1/3 rpm)

Sorry this is not an answer, but more question.  In addition to the above
speeds, where did 16 rpm come from, and more importantly, what was it used
for?  I remember reading in an old "Electronics Illustrated", circa 1972,
that it was used for a few "talking story" records in the fifties.  I've
never seen one of these, so I don't know if the story is true.  Can anyone
speak with the voice of experience?

Actually isn't 16 rpm actually 16 2/3 rpm, which is half of our favorite
speed?

Brad Spear
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