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From: gregf on 16 Nov 2005 12:36
I'm looking into buying some old recordable vinyl records, just
something I collect, and one person selling some is not sure if there
is anything on the vinyl he has. One side is smooth and the other has
grooves. He has no record player. So my question is, is the fact that
there are grooves on it an indication that it has been recorded on, in
other words, isn't that part of the process, recording by cutting the
grooves at the same time? Or did they start with "blank" grooves and
then those got filled in when recorded on?

From: Mike Rivers on 16 Nov 2005 12:58

gregf(a)kcls.org wrote:
> I'm looking into buying some old recordable vinyl records, just
> something I collect, and one person selling some is not sure if there
> is anything on the vinyl he has. One side is smooth and the other has
> grooves.

If it has grooves on it, it's not blank.

Do you collect the home disk recordings? Disks used to be the standard
way of distributing radio programs before tape so there are have been
thousands of radio transcription disks, though a lot of them were
destroyed when recycled for the aluminum base during World War II.

From: gregf on 16 Nov 2005 13:14
I collect all kinds of unique and unusual recordings, I even have a
couple of 16" transcription discs but no turntable to play them on.
Thanks, I thought that was the case about the grooves.

From: Jona Vark on 16 Nov 2005 14:21

<gregf(a)kcls.org> wrote in message
news:1132162601.578296.224590(a)g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I'm looking into buying some old recordable vinyl records, just
> something I collect, and one person selling some is not sure if there
> is anything on the vinyl he has. One side is smooth and the other has
> grooves. He has no record player. So my question is, is the fact that
> there are grooves on it an indication that it has been recorded on, in
> other words, isn't that part of the process, recording by cutting the
> grooves at the same time? Or did they start with "blank" grooves and
> then those got filled in when recorded on?
>

no such thing as blank grooves.. UNless you are talking about Jessica
Simpson.

Cutting lathe or recorder cuts the grooves as audio is recorded.


From: gregf on 16 Nov 2005 14:25
Thanks, that's what I thought.

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