Just when you though you've seen it all---THE RECORD REVERSER

Chip TRG · 06-08-2006, 06:07 AM

I don't know which is weirder: the fact that this product needed to be invented, or the fact that they use a Pat Suzuki disc to demo it!

http://recordreverser.com/

reechie · 06-08-2006, 06:10 AM

So who wants this? Backwards masking zealots or "Paul Is Dead" fanatics?

And can't you just reverse an MP3 on any computer these days?

Pug · 06-08-2006, 06:36 AM

mfp · 06-08-2006, 09:42 AM

My brother used to have a "record reverser"; he used to work in a DJ magazine, so sometimes Technincs or other turntable companies would lend him equipment so he could review it.
We spent a great evening listening to backwards records, like Revolution 9 (sounds better backwards

) or Robert Wyatt's "Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road" (an amazing listen since half the instruments on this track are backwards, so it was like listening to it on the other side of the looking glass). I don't think it would be usefull for any other song though...

PMC7027 · 06-08-2006, 09:55 AM

Did you notice how the person in the video held the LP by the grooves when putting it on the record reverser?

Do you have to run the turntable on your VPI or other vacuum cleaning machine backwards before playing a record backwards?

mrtanner · 06-08-2006, 10:09 AM

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Jamie Tate · 06-08-2006, 10:35 AM

Watch the video and count how many vinyl fouls they commit. I stopped at 17.

Chili · 06-08-2006, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamie Tate

Watch the video and count how many vinyl fouls they commit. I stopped at 17.

What are the vinyl fouls? I'd like to know some of the not-so-obvious ones seriously...like what procedure should be used?

rene smalldridge · 06-08-2006, 10:56 AM

I buried Paul......I love Yoko.........rebmun enin, rebmun enin,rebmun enin.

JohnS · 06-08-2006, 11:06 AM

If you're flipping your stylus/cartridge through 180 degrees, won't this invert the L and R channels of the playback??? (pauses to go and have a lie-down in a nice dark room)

Chip TRG · 06-08-2006, 11:18 AM

Ya know, it just occurred to me...now we can find out what exactly was on the flip side to "They're Coming To Take Me Away" by Napoleon XIV!

mandel · 06-08-2006, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnS

If you're flipping your stylus/cartridge through 180 degrees, won't this invert the L and R channels of the playback??? (pauses to go and have a lie-down in a nice dark room)

The stylus and cartridge will pick up the signal with the channels swapped however you've also got the whole headshell on reversed which will swap the channels back to being correct. However turning the headshell upside down will make both channels be in inverse phase.

More of an issue is that your tracking angle will be totally off, massively if you have a straight-tone arm.

Jamie Tate · 06-08-2006, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chili

What are the vinyl fouls? I'd like to know some of the not-so-obvious ones seriously...like what procedure should be used?

I was mostly being funny. You shouldn't take anything you saw in that video seriously, especially the concept of carving up your records while playing them backwards.

I assume the video was made just for fun. This thing isn't actually being sold, is it?

mrtanner · 06-08-2006, 12:14 PM

I just listened to Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd with this thing and during "Pleasant Valley Sunday", I clearly heard, "Peter Tork is dead. Peter Tork is dead."

Tetrack · 06-08-2006, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrtanner

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The religious one was kind of funny.

Jimbo · 06-08-2006, 12:24 PM

"The music is reversible, but time is not. Turn back! Turn back! Turn back! Turn back!"

(...anybody? Bueller?)

Anders B · 06-08-2006, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbo

"The music is reversible, but time is not. Turn back! Turn back! Turn back! Turn back!"

(...anybody? Bueller?)

Bev Bevan, ELO - Face The Music 1975.

Bill S · 06-08-2006, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ordway1440

Ya know, it just occurred to me...now we can find out what exactly was on the flip side to "They're Coming To Take Me Away" by Napoleon XIV!

(Aaaaah Ah) Yawa Em Ekat Ot Gnimoc Er'yeth

Jimbo · 06-08-2006, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anders B

Bev Bevan, ELO - Face The Music 1975.

No more calls, we have a winner! That didn't take long!

BradOlson · 06-08-2006, 01:45 PM

Yes it is being sold. www.topqualityrockandroll.com/order.htm

06-08-2006, 06:07 AM	#1
Chip TRG Forum Hall Of Fame Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere in NY, USA Posts: 4,630	Just when you though you've seen it all---THE RECORD REVERSER I don't know which is weirder: the fact that this product needed to be invented, or the fact that they use a Pat Suzuki disc to demo it! http://recordreverser.com/

06-08-2006, 06:10 AM	#2
reechie Forum Legend Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Baltimore Posts: 18,500	So who wants this? Backwards masking zealots or "Paul Is Dead" fanatics? And can't you just reverse an MP3 on any computer these days? __________________ \|8#/ reechie (Rich) ______________________________ "...I'll believe it when it's in my hands."

06-08-2006, 06:36 AM	#3
Pug Elitist Snob Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 15,326	__________________ One of the infamous Chicago 4.1!

06-08-2006, 09:42 AM	#4
mfp Forum Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Paris, France Posts: 4,715	My brother used to have a "record reverser"; he used to work in a DJ magazine, so sometimes Technincs or other turntable companies would lend him equipment so he could review it. We spent a great evening listening to backwards records, like Revolution 9 (sounds better backwards ) or Robert Wyatt's "Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road" (an amazing listen since half the instruments on this track are backwards, so it was like listening to it on the other side of the looking glass). I don't think it would be usefull for any other song though... __________________ Down along the cove, We walked together hand in hand. Ev'rybody watchin' us go by Knows we're in love, yes, and they understand. www.whistletaste.blogspot.com

06-08-2006, 09:55 AM	#5
PMC7027 Forum Hall Of Fame Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cherry Hill, New Jersey Posts: 7,339	Did you notice how the person in the video held the LP by the grooves when putting it on the record reverser? Do you have to run the turntable on your VPI or other vacuum cleaning machine backwards before playing a record backwards? __________________ David Schwartz pmc7027@comcast.net

06-08-2006, 10:09 AM	#6
mrtanner Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: A Town in the Midwest Posts: 513	.tcudorp taerg a si siht kniht I __________________ Music was his life. It was not his livelihood.

06-08-2006, 10:35 AM	#7
Jamie Tate Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In Nashville sitting behind a mixing board. Posts: 17,333	Watch the video and count how many vinyl fouls they commit. I stopped at 17.

06-08-2006, 10:56 AM	#9
rene smalldridge Forum Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: manhattan,kansas Posts: 7,138	I buried Paul......I love Yoko.........rebmun enin, rebmun enin,rebmun enin. __________________ green fuzz on the orange rooftop of your mind!

06-08-2006, 11:06 AM	#10
JohnS Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 662	Stereo L-R flaw? If you're flipping your stylus/cartridge through 180 degrees, won't this invert the L and R channels of the playback??? (pauses to go and have a lie-down in a nice dark room)

06-08-2006, 11:18 AM	#11
Chip TRG Forum Hall Of Fame Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere in NY, USA Posts: 4,630	Ya know, it just occurred to me...now we can find out what exactly was on the flip side to "They're Coming To Take Me Away" by Napoleon XIV!

06-08-2006, 12:14 PM	#14
mrtanner Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: A Town in the Midwest Posts: 513	I just listened to Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd with this thing and during "Pleasant Valley Sunday", I clearly heard, "Peter Tork is dead. Peter Tork is dead." __________________ Music was his life. It was not his livelihood.

06-08-2006, 12:24 PM	#16
Jimbo Forum Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Zero/Zero Island Posts: 7,978	"The music is reversible, but time is not. Turn back! Turn back! Turn back! Turn back!" (...anybody? Bueller?) __________________ Jim Dandy to the rescue!

06-08-2006, 01:45 PM	#20
BradOlson Country/Christian Music Maven Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bemidji, Minnesota, USA Posts: 24,289	Yes it is being sold. www.topqualityrockandroll.com/order.htm

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