Phonograph record manufacturing

[circlew]

An interesting film from 1946, showing the RCA Victor plant in Camden, NJ. Process from recording to pressing and distribution of 78's is explained.

 

[circlew]

33 1/3 Long Play

Also from RCA Victor, this 1956 film shows the process of making a LP record.

 

[circlew]

Stereo format

This 1958 film from RCA Victor discusses the new at the time stereo records.

 

[rp2813]

Tom --

I had no idea how much was involved with the master disc process.  Thanks for posting!

 

[lovestowash]

1956 film

I have a tabletop version of that RCA Victor phonograph with the same changer, that Robert Wirth refurbished for me...I have about 1,000 45's which it plays flawlessly...great video, thanks!

 

[ea56]

The RCA console Hi-Fi in Cherry wood in the 1958 film at about the 5 min mark is just like the one my Dad bought for my Mom in 1956.  We didn’t however have the separate speaker cabinet to provide stereo.  This Hi-Fi had the most beautiful sound of any radio-phonograph I’ve ever heard since then.  And it was a beautiful piece of furniture too.  I wish I still had it.

 

BTW, they played this same film on TCM a couple of days ago and I recognized that Hi-Fi immediately.  It was one of Mom’s prized possessions.  It was on all the time.

 

Eddie

 

[sudsmaster]

When I was a tyke our family visited a relative who lived in Manhattan. While there we went to the Empire State Building. At the top, or near it, was a little booth where we could all cram in and make a little 45 rpm recording. As I recall, it was a greeting to our father, who wasn't with us at the time. We kept that darn thing for year, but I think it was lost in a subsequent move.

Still, it was so cool in the days before portable tape recorders and such.