Re: [F_minor] Sort of OT: Collecting Classical Records

[Brad Lehman <bpl@umich.edu>]

> I remember too, that when we first played it, we thought the record itself
> was defective as it sounded bizarre at 33 rpm. We then checked the cover and
> discovered how to play the record. 

On the other hand, I always thought the "Boston" LP sounded better 
played at 45, even though it was designed for 33.

I made myself tapes of some of Gould's records played at 45, too. 
Different structural things come out of the playing that way, and the 
pitch is transposed up a fourth.  I think the weirdest thing I did with 
a Gould record, for a fun tape, was to run two turntables at once.  In 
the left channel I had GG's performance of the Beethoven B-flat piano 
concerto.  In the right channel I had Toscanini's of the Mendelssohn 
A-major symphony.  The two pieces have the same timing within a couple 
of seconds, and both of these were mono, so hey, listen to both at once. 
 What a trip.  I blame Gould, for listening to two or more radios at 
once, and for having several people talk at once in his documentaries.


Brad Lehman
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