" Reading " The Grooves Of A Record

[Guest MBarrett]

Johnnie Walker (DJ) was on BBC2 last night talking about the 60's singer Tim Rose and his record Morning Dew.

He said that even before he had heard it he had a feel for how it would sound - just by looking at the vinyl.

i.e. it would start relatively quietly and build to a really strong sound. Which is quite correct.

His logic was that the deeper the grooves the stronger the sound that will come from the vinyl.

Is this correct?

Anyone aware of it before??

Anyone's eyes really that good???

MB

[Pete S]

If you have a look at the playing surface of a record, if there's a quiet section in the middle of the song, the grooves are a darker colour in that section!

[Haydn]

There was a guy that held some sort of record (no pun) for reading the grooves on classical records.

Its more obvious on 12" where you can see intro, mid and outro, it is possible

H

[Haydn]

This guy explains it quite well with video......

[Haydn]

Arthur B Lintgen was the guy I remember that read the classical vinyl and did a good job of naming the covered records given to him, claiming that he read the grooves and not the notes.

The story is here....

https://www.skepdic.com/vinylvision.html

[Haydn]

Also in the 70's at the height of disco boom, Motown 12" were on the ball with the mixing because they would state on the label, various acts throughout the track.

They would list times of intro, mid and outro which were clearly definable by the smooth gaps in the groove.

Hope this helps,

H

[Guest fleetwoodsoul]

heard a story 20 odd year ago bout a blind man bein able to do it , probably with clasical 78s

[Ady Croasdell]

heard a story 20 odd year ago bout a blind man bein able to do it , probably with clasical 78s

Deaf shurely: hic!

[Tony Smith]

Would they be able to "read" a record graded at VG+?