Talk:Unusual types of gramophone records

message: Thanks for the nice illustration! -- Infrogmation 00:13, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unrec01 ubt 

message: Now that the article has been deleted, shouldn't it be incorporated here? Pellucidity 07:25, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Triple Inchophone

message: thumb|Warsaw in the Sun (1984) by Tangerine Dream
Should also include mention of these.  --Daniel C. Boyer 18:16, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Shaped picture discs

message: A locked track on the edge of a CD (the track spirals outward from the centre) would not achieve the same effect because the turning speed of CDs is much higher than that of an LP. But could the same effect be emulated by digital technology?
:CDs can skip in much the same way as records, especially when dropped down the side of a car seat! Spenny 15:27, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think you could rely on every CD player to skip in the same way - some read ahead, some might give up. The CD format doesn't accomodate for any kind of loop function. In other words, not really. Chris 22:28, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Locked grooves

message: According to rumours, the single's production ended prematurely when the plastic was discovered to be toxic, adding to the records rarity. Whilst this comment is noted as a rumour, I don't think it is substatiated. The single (c/w Trans Europe Express and The Model) is made of a form that is luminous because of sun light. People get confused over the fact that up until the 1970s, many watches had luminous dials made with radiactive material (which worked throughout the day and night and did not need to be recharged). As proud owner of the 12", I can confirm it did/does not glow without being charged in daylight. Mind you it might explain the 15 foot long spider in my attic! I suspect it was withdrawn simply because it was a special edition, or simply did not sell. Spenny 15:51, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kraftwerk Neon 

message: I once had square record that came with a box of Froot Loops.  Wish I still had it. PrometheusX303 01:52, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Froot Loops record 

message: Mid-20th-century broadcasting-style record cutters could record in either direction.  I believe starting from the inside and then spiraling out mitigated the problem of the sudden increase in drag when the cutter is lowered onto the platter.  I have some 1952 recordings made at a radio station from the outside-in and the beginning of each has a very noticeable speed variation.  If the cutter was lowered at the inside, there would be less torque produced and hence the speed would not be affected as much.  (My particular recordings were intended for use on a commercial-grade phonograph, hence they were recorded in the conventional direction.) Does anybody else agree with this view?
Jmatxx 23:19, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inside-to-outside recording 

message: Given that these two articles probably aren't going to get an awful lot bigger, I think they should be merged here. Thoughts? Tzaquiel 17:07, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Merge.  They fit the subject matter of this article. Prometheus-X303- 17:15, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Nope. The term flexidisc is used frequently, and it's not self-explanatory in the same way that the other odd varieties on this page are. Chris 21:16, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Nope. No way! flexi-disc is a specific format, historically widely used. Why not have it's own page? If it was a type of Pokemon it would have it's own page for sure, so why not a type of record?! :) And "unusual" isn't a very 'encyclopedic' catagory anyway really, I think it's worthwhile to make specific pages for the more notable unusual formats. :-S 85.8.189.11 13:55, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flexis & cardboard records 

message: This might be interesting:  --Gadget850 ( Ed) 02:29, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polish postcards 

message: I initially requested a citation regarding 45s having larger holes to accomodate jukeboxes.  I have a citation to the contrary and will simply change the text.Squad51 21:33, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no denying that the application to jukeboxes exists, whether it was the reason the larger hole size was invented or not.  A quick Google search produces a number of references for this use.  And I've seen at least one jukebox of this kind in my life.  So AISI, it wasn't right to remove the mention of it completely. -- Smjg 14:18, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Large holes on 45s 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Warsaw in the Sun shape (TD).jpg

message: Locked grooves: "would play seamlessly to a locked groove at the end of a side. There are also many techno records featuring loops as locked grooves, which, when recorded at 133 1/3 bpm and are replayed at 33 1/3 rpm, will continuously repeat the beats and musical phrases, which can then be utilised creatively by a DJ."
Is this a typo? Should it be 33 1/3 at both places?
Is it necessary to write that it is recorded in one speed and that it should be played back in that same speed?--Bjornwireen (talk) 08:03, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo?: 1/3 bpm and are replayed at 33 1/3 rpm 

message: Arcade fire's neon bible: on the locked groove at the end of side four there is some electronic bubbling noises
Lou reed's metal machine music: the noise on side D runs into the locked groove
Lee ranaldo's (I don't remember the name) is entirely based on locked grooves
Fucked up's year of the dog has double grooves but that's probably not relevant.
79.72.249.28 (talk) 14:18, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  some stuff has been overlooked 

message: The phrase "The title's "infinity" refers to this phrase." in the article is misleading.  F#A#(infinity) refers to a guitar tuning used on the album: F# A# F# A# F# A# etc.  I can't find the source of this, so, I won't modify the contents of the article, but if someone could look into this, I'd appreciate it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by AnarchistWeasel (talk • contribs) 13:57, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference to Godspeed You! Black Emperor

message: Could someone familiar with this article please check the caption of the Curved Air's Airconditioning image? The original image had a caption in the image itself which I transcribed as accurately as possible. However, someone might wish to double check the spelling of Mark's last name and the quantity pressed. JBarta (talk) 14:19, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Curved Air's Airconditioning 

message: I remember this square record from way back in the day, I think it was a promotional item, and it had a jingle on it. Maybe it could be mentioned here. --blm07 06:21, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  McDonalds square record 

message: There are generally more examples of certain techniques than necessary. The Unusual grooving section should be trimmed to include illustrative or notable examples only. --Kvng (talk) 16:08, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excessive examples 

message: These were not really records.  The bands "on" these "records" did not record music for them, and the actual records were plastic arts & craft items label owner Chris Dodge found in an arts & craft store, he made tiny sleeves for them with band names on them, and were meant to be a joke, they should probably be removed from the article, although it is amusing something so obsucre made it into this article.  garyleejr@outlook.com  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.154.65 (talk) 07:43, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slap-A-Ham 1 & 2 inch "records" 

message: There are also 4" records, both flexi and hard vinyl.  Discogs shows 159 of these types of records if you do an advanced search and click on format  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.154.65 (talk) 07:51, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  4 inch 

message: I think mention should be made of Nash the Slash's "Decomposing", which was advertised as "playable at any speed" (although actually only 33, 45 and 78--it sounded pretty dire at 16)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.177.43.88 (talk) 23:42, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multi-speed record 

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message: Which was 63 minutes.  If memory serves, it shipped with a sticker that said "We could have put this on a single LP, but it would have sounded like sh*t".  Which I'm guessing was directed at Def Leppard, whose "Hysteria" was also 63 minutes and shipped on a single LP.  The internet is failing me. - Immigrant laborer (talk) 20:21, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trying to find an image of the original sticker on Metallica's Black Album 

message: Source of the information is unclear; appears to be taken from here, but it's not clear if that is the original source. There's this edit at fr.wikipedia in 2009, and someone has a middling-quality translation here at Discogs, but I haven't checked whether the other discogs source is an improved (later) translation or whether the other discogs source came first and was translated two ways(?)
(IIRC I had a Discogs account once, but I don't have the time right now to find it and log in to see when that edit was made, assuming that's possible).
If the fr.wikipedia is the original source, that's probably fine. If not, it's probably plagiarism.
Ubcule (talk) 23:21, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trimicron info source 

message: The 8-ban record is three inches. It runs at 33 1/3 rpm like LPs.
Reference: http://web.archive.org/web/20040612161316/http://8-ban.com/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.185.105.160 (talk) 08:38, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  3 inch record