Could somebody please explain to me how LPs are played backwards anyway? By the ordinary person, without a bunch of high-tech gear? I’ve gotten as far as understanding that the songs can be recorded from the LPs (Anybody remember 45s?) to tapes, but I’m lost beyond that, because I don’t see how the tape recordings can be played backwards either. And I’m talking with 80s technology, since it seems like I first heard the notion back in the 80s.
annamargaret1866, you just reverse the direction of the turntable, or tape player’s motor. Some tape players have reverse built in, and you can also move the turntable backward with your finger at a steady speed. That’s pre-80s tech, too.
Actually, if you have a variable speed turntable, just put the lever between speeds. Best way to move the record backward is to use a pencil with an eraser.
Ice_Bear66 almost 14 years ago
That’s a lot quieter than her laughing…
Simon_Jester almost 14 years ago
That’s the sound of your LPs being ruined.
annamargaret1866 almost 14 years ago
Could somebody please explain to me how LPs are played backwards anyway? By the ordinary person, without a bunch of high-tech gear? I’ve gotten as far as understanding that the songs can be recorded from the LPs (Anybody remember 45s?) to tapes, but I’m lost beyond that, because I don’t see how the tape recordings can be played backwards either. And I’m talking with 80s technology, since it seems like I first heard the notion back in the 80s.
Coyoty Premium Member almost 14 years ago
annamargaret1866, you just reverse the direction of the turntable, or tape player’s motor. Some tape players have reverse built in, and you can also move the turntable backward with your finger at a steady speed. That’s pre-80s tech, too.
aprilglaspie almost 14 years ago
Actually, if you have a variable speed turntable, just put the lever between speeds. Best way to move the record backward is to use a pencil with an eraser.
I buried Paul.
bmonk almost 14 years ago
Bad joke warning:
What do you get if you play a country/western song backwards?
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You get your life back, your dog back, your pickup back, your job back, your wife back …
serenasakitty almost 14 years ago
bmonk GROOOAAANNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shel4 almost 14 years ago
An oldie but a Goodie!
Phil (full phname Philip Philop) almost 6 years ago
Satan eats cheez whiz