experimental 12" long playing record
Date: dated 1946
Inventory Number: 1991-1-0005
Classification: Record
Maker: Columbia Broadcasting System (founded 1927)
Maker: Columbia Recording Corporation (1931 - 1995)
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Dimensions:
in frame: 39.2 x 39.2 x 2.5 cm (15 7/16 x 15 7/16 x 1 in.)
record: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Accessories: wooden frame
Description:
This is a 12" long playing, experimental, black vinyl record mounted in a light-brown, narrow wood frame on cream-colored matte-board. It has a bright yellow label in the center. The song on this record is Scheherazade, movements 1 and 2.
Signedon label: ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT/COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM;
handwritten on label in ink: To Frank Stanton, Peter Goldmark 1/8/72
handwritten on label in ink: To Frank Stanton, Peter Goldmark 1/8/72
Inscribedsecond paper label of framer: Terry Norutsky/Custom Picture Framing/11 West Alton Place/ Old Bridge, New Jersey 08857/(201)679-4366/(201)679-4723;
Label on record reads: ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT/COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM/EXPERIMENTAL RECORD NO. XED-201/DESCRIPTION/33 1/3 RPM/To Frank Stanton, Peter Goldmark, 1/8/'72/SCHERHERAZADE, PART 1/movements 1 & 2/ refer p. 56755 Book I.
Label on record reads: ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT/COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM/EXPERIMENTAL RECORD NO. XED-201/DESCRIPTION/33 1/3 RPM/To Frank Stanton, Peter Goldmark, 1/8/'72/SCHERHERAZADE, PART 1/movements 1 & 2/ refer p. 56755 Book I.
Historical AttributesPaper label on back of the frame reads: One of the earliest test recordings in the development of the Long Playing record (LP), February 27, 1946. Presented to Frank Stanton, vice Chairman of CBS Inc., by Peter Goldmark, President of CBS Laboratories, January 8, 1972.
Curatorial RemarksCBS Laboratories was located in New York City until 1958, when it moved to Stamford, CT.