Comments on: BBC features The Vinyl Factory Manufacturing http://thevinylfactory.com/bbc-features-the-vinyl-factory-manufacturing/ Combining cutting-edge creativity and traditional craftsmanship in the pursuit of perfection, The Vinyl Factory encompasses an iconic vinyl pressing plant, bespoke record label, network of art galleries, music magazine and proudly independent record shop . Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:34:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Richard Elsner http://thevinylfactory.com/bbc-features-the-vinyl-factory-manufacturing/#comment-37 Richard Elsner Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:44:04 +0000 http://www.thevinylfactory.com/?p=194#comment-37 Why don't record companies recycle old, unwanted records just as they did during WW2? I have seen some very interesting videos on YouTube regarding record manufacture. It strikes me, though, I would like to know more about the "mathematics" (how the pitch of the grooves is calculated) used during the manufacture of records. On side two of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper Album, they had to allow for the "never-ending", chattering run-off groove -- you know what I mean. They had to get the calculations right before they even started to cut the second side of the album. Please, just out of interest, where can I purchase a tradesman's guide to cutting records? By the way, portable disc-cutting lathes were also used by BBC radio reporters for "on site" recordings. One of these was actually on display during the "Music 100 Exhibition" as arranged by EMI Records for its 100th anniversary in 1997. If you can reply to this message, then that would be great. Regards, Richard Elsner. Why don’t record companies recycle old, unwanted records just as they did during WW2?

I have seen some very interesting videos on YouTube regarding record manufacture.
It strikes me, though, I would like to know more about the “mathematics” (how the pitch of the grooves is calculated) used during the manufacture of records.

On side two of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper Album, they had to allow for the “never-ending”, chattering run-off groove — you know what I mean.
They had to get the calculations right before they even started to cut the second side of the album.

Please, just out of interest, where can I purchase a tradesman’s guide to cutting records?

By the way, portable disc-cutting lathes were also used by BBC radio reporters for “on site” recordings. One of these was actually on display during the “Music 100 Exhibition” as arranged by EMI Records for its 100th anniversary in 1997.

If you can reply to this message, then that would be great.

Regards,

Richard Elsner.

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