Re: [Swprograms] [Internetradio] Fifty Years Of Human Spaceflight – BBC World Service examines The Yuri Gagarin Legacy

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am 90% sure it was 33 1/3, Joe.  And I do remember that advice to
tape the disc to a "real" record if the rumbling (from the uneveness
of the felt / rubber turntable) or slippage was an issue.

And, Joe, don't worry about separating the record out.

The National Geographic has thoughtfully put the audio online here,
running 5 minutes and 17 seconds in duration.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/1969/12/moon-landing/moon-audio-interactive

RC

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Joe Buch <josephbuch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rich,
>
> Thanks for the memory jog.  The recording you remember is bound into the December 1969 issue of National Geographic. I have a copy of that issue and other issues which had Apollo and Surveyor articles.  The record is bound between pages 750 and 751.  Unfortunately, I no longer have anything that will play it.  It looks like a groove width typical of 33 1/3 LP records but there is no indication on the label of the speed.  I would not want to pull the record out anyway as that would destroy the collector's value if any.
>
> The instructions in the article tell one how to pull away the record.  It then goes on to say, "If the record slips or makes a rumbling sound,tape it to another record."  Brilliant!!
>
> I bet this is also the first truly floppy disk, long before the computer memory device.

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