Strange Victor Orthophonic Records

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bart1927
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Re: Strange Victor Orthophonic Records

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Curt A wrote:The 33 ⅓ record is what I am curious about. Was this an initial attempt to change the standard from 78 to 33? It has a Victor back like an early one sided red label record...
Victor issued several "long" playing records in the early 1930's. But they were not a huge success, commercially, because they requiered special playback equipment.

I have two of those records, each side plays about 10 minutes. Here's one of them.

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Re: Strange Victor Orthophonic Records

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I don't know the age of this one. Most likely post Orthophonic era.
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Re: Strange Victor Orthophonic Records

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That demo disc with Richard Crooks is from 1937.

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