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- OBJECT TYPE
- 7 INCH/45 RPM
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0109.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Compo Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- WHITE CHRISTMAS
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 9-23778
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC DISC/ PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 17.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Compo
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1950-2000
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF RECORD MEDIUM COMMON BETWEEN 1949 & 1980. KNOWN AS "SINGLES" OR "45S", THESE RECORDS WERE PREFERRED FORMAT FOR SALE OF POPULAR SONGS FOR PLAYBACK ON CONSUMER RECORDS & JUKEBOXES. DISC USUALLY HELD ONE SONG PER SIDE. - Function
-
MEDIUM USED TO STORE & PLAYBACK SOUND, IN THIS CASE MUSIC. AUDIO INFORMATION IS STORED AS ANALOGOUS PHYSICAL INUNDATIONS IN INNER SURFACES OF SPIRAL GROOVE. - Technical
-
45 RPM 7-INCH RECORD WAS INTRODUCED BY RCA VICTOR IN 1949 AS REPLACEMENT FOR 78 RPM 10-INCH SHELLAC DISC WHICH HAD BEEN STANDARD FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS. ITS MAIN FEATURES WERE LIGHTER, MORE DURABLE SYNTHETIC POLYMER COMPOSITION (VINYL OR POLYSTYRENE) & HIGHER GROOVE DENSITY THAT PROVIDED SAME RECORDING TIME ON SMALLER DISC.* - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LIGHT GREY LETTERING ON LABEL READS ON ONE SIDE "BROADCAST UNDER LICENCE ONLY - COMPO CO. LTD., CANADA", "RECORD NO./ 9-23778/ (45-L 4374)/ Album No. 9-65/ (8 Sides - 3)", "UNBREAKABLE/ 45 RPM/ RECORD/ Vocal/ With Chorus and/ Orchestra", "WHITE CHRISTMAS/ (From Picture "Holiday Inn"/ (Irving Berlin)/ BING CROSBY/ with Ken Darby Singers/ And John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra"; SAME LETTERING ON OTHER SIDE EXCEPT FOR "(45-DLA-3028)", "(8 Sides - 4)", "Vocal/ With Orchestra/ And Max Terr's Mixed/ Chorus/ GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN/ BING CROSBY/ With/ John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK DISC/ CHARCOALGREY LABEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Compo Co. Ltd., Record, disk, circa 1950, Artifact no. 2001.0109, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0109.001/
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