I'm the opposite -- pretty well-sorted ("hyper-sorted" as one friend said), but spread out into
every area I could find that offered relatively easy access and decent light.
-- Tom Fine
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Who HAS vinyl................. to sell?
>I did the custom shelving. Still working on sorting and populating...
>
> joe salerno
>
> On 6/7/2012 12:17 PM, Tom Fine wrote:
>> A large industrial building or barn, if you want easy access to
>> everything. Better be at ground level, too. I can tell you that about
>> 1000 records takes up, in total, about 10 feet across and about 7 feet
>> high, and that's a collection that doesn't have a lot of box sets. 1000
>> opera records probably takes up 30-50% more space. I'm about to just
>> give in and crank open the wallet for custom shelving so I can put all
>> my LPs together on one wall. It would make access and organization simpler.
>>
>> Does anyone know someone who makes those heavy-duty plywood "cubbyhole"
>> record shelves like used to be common in record stores?
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "[log in to unmask]"
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 1:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Who HAS vinyl................. to sell?
>>
>>
>>> Exactly how much space is required to house 300k records?
>>>
>>> joe salerno
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/7/2012 11:50 AM, James Roth wrote:
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone/everyone seen this article in the LA Times?
>>>> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/murray-gershenzs-300000-plus-record-collection-is-no-bestseller.html
>>>>
>>>> He's got 300,000 records/cylinders, etc. for sale. He's only asking
>>>> 1,500,000.
>>>>
>>>> Whew! Does anyone have that kind of moolah or space?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ben Roth
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Smolian
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 12:11 PM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Who needs vinyl?
>>>>
>>>> This implies that lacquers were in use before Pailey acquired what
>>>> became Columbia Records in 1938. It has been my impression that the
>>>> change-over occurred early in his tenure and that the new studios at
>>>> 799 7th Ave were equiped specifically for this purpose. Is there more
>>>> deail on this?
>>>>
>>>> Steve Smolian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dennis Rooney
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 11:33 AM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Who needs vinyl?
>>>>
>>>> Dear Steve,
>>>>
>>>> Almost invariably, , and always after 1940, is the answer to your
>>>> first question. EMI Columbia continued to master on beeswax until the
>>>> introduction of magnetic tape.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Steve Smolian<[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Dennis at al,
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this imply that all US Columbia 78s after they began using
>>>>> lacquers were dubs?
>>>>>
>>>>> Was this process used in Europe as well and, if so, any idea when?
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve Smolian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Rooney
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 10:35 AM
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Who needs vinyl?
>>>>>
>>>>> That was likely the case for the BSO recordings made after the
>>>>> Petrillo Ban, i.e. 1944-1950.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Karl Miller
>>>>> <[log in to unmask]>**
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On Thu, 6/7/12, Dennis Rooney<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Columbia first employed lacquer discs (referred to as
>>>>>>> "instantotiles") in lieu of beeswax in 1936. Victor seems to have
>>>>>>> used them as of 1940 although not consistently.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As an aside, I was told (by someone who should know) that the early
>>>>>> Victor LP transfers of things like the Boston Symphony were made from
>>>>>> the lacquers. Hence, the sound quality on those first transfers
>>>>>> (subject to the quality of the vinyl) could be somewhat better than
>>>>>> subsequent transfers made from either the 78 pressings or metal
>>>>>> masters.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know more about this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dennis D. Rooney
>>>>> 303 W. 66th Street, 9HE
>>>>> New York, NY 10023
>>>>> 212.874.9626
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dennis D. Rooney
>>>> 303 W. 66th Street, 9HE
>>>> New York, NY 10023
>>>> 212.874.9626
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Joe Salerno
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Joe Salerno
>
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