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> specialist equipment is needed to cut a record I remember there was a Soviet practice of cutting records into old XRays (called "ribs") as a way to bootleg t
by hansonkd 2y ago
> specialist equipment is needed to cut a record
I remember there was a Soviet practice of cutting records into old XRays (called "ribs") as a way to bootleg them. I think those cutting machines were made from retrofitted old phonographs.
- 3eb7988a1663 2y ago"Bone records" (https://www.npr.org/2016/01/09/462289635/bones-and-grooves-weird-secret-history-of-soviet-x-ray-music https://www.npr.org/2016/01/09/462289635/bones-and-grooves-w...). For black market uses, the consumers was probably willing to bear dreadful audio quality. For a modern aficionado, the quality must be good enough to give some justification for the endeavor.