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Technics turntables with 16 inch Transcription Discs
These are our technics turntables
which were once used at the BBC in Broadcasting House London. We came
across them by chance a matter of weeks before buying 1500 16 inch
transcription records. These huge records were used in the days before the
tape recorder and some contain the programmes which were destined for
broadcast. There are whole shows, some of which span 4 records. This was
easily done as each one despite its size only had 15 minutes of recording
time. Every type of music can be found on them, classical, jazz, country
and western, dance-time, negro spiritual, piano etc. They are all American
recording mostly Standard Programme Library and The Voice of America. They
are extremely heavy and must have been taking up too much space when the
previous owner decided to part with them, unaware of their value. Here are
a few scans of them.
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