John Ward - recorded music since the 1950s part 1 - Manawatu Conversations

Description

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 22nd October, 2019. John’s radio station. Large collection of music. Getting set up, 1998, and broadcast continuously since then. Early experience of recorded music (1940s). Funded by returning bottles. 78s, 45s, LPs at 33 RPM. CDs. Vinyl compared to 78s. Scratching records. Valves versus transistors for music quality. Surround sound. Range of music in the collection. Nature of early recordings. Stereo. Poor quality of cassette recordings. 37 versions of Eroica.

Identification

Date

October 22, 2019

Digitisation id

COMM1583438399