collector/seller

i have and collect,sell all music.16,78,45,33.tapes etc.i have some 78's that play inner(plays backwards,inside from mid.to outer(beginning).is this kind of recordings the first recordings? or what.please contact me.they are dated from the 40's.thank you.

There were several sources of center-start recordings:

1. Pathe Records (France) pressed center-start records for its 90 and 120 rpm records, and its very early 80 rpm records. All were vertically recorded. But all of these were no longer made by 1930.

2. Radio stations and networks made recordings of programs to be aired later with alternating outside-start and center-start records. This was done so the radio audience would not hear a change in program quality when one record ended and the next began.

3. Some home recorders used center start, as did several radio station field recorders used by newsmen.

4. Aircheck recordings of classical music were often made center start, because the crescendo usually came near the end of the piece. The outside edge of the record recorded crescendos better.

5. The record changer put an end to a call by classical enthusiasts for center-start records for classical music. There was no way known at the time to make a record changer work with a center-start record.

There is a way to make a Collaro Conquest record changer play a center-start record:

1. Place the record on the turntable, but do not turn on the power.
2. Move the arm as far inward as it will go.
3. Place the stylus on the starting groove. Be careful not to move the arm out any farther than the starting groove. If you do, go back to step 2.
4. Turn on the power without starting a change cycle. The record will play.
5. Be ready to lift the arm or cycle the changer before the stylus falls off the edge of the record.

By the way, all CDs are center start.