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Post by Shannon Lynn on Dec 4, 2012 20:10:41 GMT -5
Two shows from 1970/1971 to who can tell me how many turntables AT40 used during this period, what is unique and how you defend your argument.
Sorry Pete Battistini....you're not eligible since I shared my discovery with you this morning lol!
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Post by michaelcasselman on Dec 4, 2012 20:30:32 GMT -5
5.
One for each for queuing-up records played during a typical segment, plus maybe another to play the AT40 theme.
Before Dick Clark came along and introduced the mix/dubbing method, they did it this way to record the segments in one long block 'live'.
>RANDOM GUESS.<
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2012 20:33:54 GMT -5
More than 1.
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Post by pointpark04 on Dec 4, 2012 20:40:41 GMT -5
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Post by matt on Dec 4, 2012 20:44:04 GMT -5
I'll go with 4: one for the record playing, one for the following record, one for jingles between the records, and an extra in case one of the other three went kaput while recording.
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Post by Shannon Lynn on Dec 5, 2012 0:47:39 GMT -5
no correct answers yet
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Dec 5, 2012 5:08:46 GMT -5
I'll go with 4: one for the record playing, one for the following record, one for jingles between the records, and an extra in case one of the other three went kaput while recording. They probably had a cart deck for the jingles.
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Dec 5, 2012 5:09:52 GMT -5
My guess would be three; the third was for back-up in case one broke down.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2012 6:03:48 GMT -5
I'll go with 11...3 segments worth
-one for the songs in each segment (6) -one with the intro and outro (2) -one with the number jingles (1) -one to play that music behind Casey talking. (1) -1 backup
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Post by dukelightning on Dec 5, 2012 8:55:03 GMT -5
no correct answers yet may mean the correct number has not been guessed or it WAS guessed but the explanation was incorrect. Kind of reminds me of contests I used to hear back in the day on the radio where people were trying guess how many balls fit into a bag or something like that and the DJ would say, "No that's too low" and then the next caller would guess another number and he would say "No too high". And it would go on and on but the later you guessed, the better your chances because other people would be the guinea pigs so to speak.
Anyway, since I did countdowns myself in college radio, the top 12 at 12 Fridays nights, I will guess it was the arrangement at my station...2 turntables and a cart deck. Turntables for the songs and the cart deck for everything else be it jingles, closing/opening themes, commercials.
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Post by tarobe on Dec 5, 2012 12:20:00 GMT -5
This might sound crazy, but I think they used only one. It doesn't take really that long to cue up a record, especially if you have somebody standing by with the next record ready to go when the last one fades. I notice they did use fadeouts a lot. The jingles and themes were all on tape, so they didn't need a turntable for those. Anyways, weren't they on a really low budget? So one turntable is probably all they could afford.
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Post by skuncle on Dec 5, 2012 14:11:36 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be two? The records from this era were usually numbered side one/side six, side two/side four, side three/side five. You'd have each side ready to go and when each side was done you'd swap out the next record.
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Post by doomsdaymachine on Dec 5, 2012 16:02:13 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be two? The records from this era were usually numbered side one/side six, side two/side four, side three/side five. You'd have each side ready to go and when each side was done you'd swap out the next record. Wouldn't AT40 have been playing singles for the most part?
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Post by atruefan on Dec 5, 2012 16:17:38 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be two? The records from this era were usually numbered side one/side six, side two/side four, side three/side five. You'd have each side ready to go and when each side was done you'd swap out the next record. Wouldn't AT40 have been playing singles for the most part? I think skuncle is confusing how radio stations played the shows vs. Shannon's query about how the shows were created.
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Post by mkarns on Dec 5, 2012 16:35:40 GMT -5
Wouldn't AT40 have been playing singles for the most part? I think skuncle is confusing how radio stations played the shows vs. Shannon's query about how the shows were created. I don't think AT40 was distributed to stations using vinyl records at all for its first year or so, but was rather sent out with reel-to-reel tapes. By October 1971 (at the latest) they were sending out three-record vinyl sets, likely expanded to four in 1978 when the show lengthened.
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