Vinyl Record Manufacturing Process - 1950s - 60s

[@pulsecodemodulated]

This is a direct-to-disc process from the early 1940's. Vinyl was mastered from magnetic tape recordings by the 50's and 60's.

[@MrTommyboy68]

Wow. I never realized there were so many steps involved. My father had a decent collection of red acetate records when I was a kid. My mom threw them out when they divorced. It would be interesting to see how CD's are made today.

[@elchichosantana6410]

When I recorded my first solo album. I used that old process. I did all the process all alone from recording all the instruments up to the pressing.

[@meatballevader4640]

This was wonderful to watch, and so interesting! Thanks for sharing!!! :^)

[@dragonmix]

simply awesome!

[@RichardCook-on3gf]

I wonder how cassette, reel to reel, and 8 track tapes are made.

[@Badassvidsz]

Me too !!! all videos i've watched they show only the allready made tape put in the shell /cassette cage but not the process of making the magnetic layer ferro / chrome / metal atleast ferro only .

[@Yesterday5656]

This is the 1940s not 50s! Not vinyl WAX!

[@federalisticnewyorkians4470]

Although the use of wax instead of shellac happened around the 1940s did they have magnetic reel tape and stereophonic sound back then?

[@amorydelamor]

Love this

[@vicoilsteems9764]

Isn the performance recorded on tape first ?

[@dbx1233]

Your thinking of Christmas presents. Tape is used to wrap the gifts.

[@AlexA-bn2wb]

I was thinking the same

[@vicoilsteems9764]

When did they start recording on master tape first ?

[@pulsecodemodulated]

Correct, however, this video is actually from the 1940's before magnetic tape was in common use, so in this era, they recorded direct to vinyl. There's a similar reel to this from the 1950's by RCA Victor which demonstrates a stereo recording being made to tape then the vinyl master being made from the tape. You can find it fairly easily on KZbin.

[@federalisticnewyorkians4470]

@@pulsecodemodulatedyeah that’s what I thought. But at the end you see the original first Elvis album on one scene. Dating this at least in the mid 50’s

[@peterram9]

I wonder if at 18:15 it's Karajan, the Austrian conductor

[@terryharvey6504]

It is Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony.

[@msotil]

Those are shellac records (78's), not vinyl. Or?

[@roythomson555]

This was a much harder process. If someone made a mistake you had to start from scratch.

[@dannydougin3925]

This is for 78s not 33's! Vastly different!

[@PedroMiguel-if3ll]

Lacquer, not vinyl

[@angelmatt8161]

1942 not 50s 60s

[@GodzillaKaijuGK]

1942 this video is from

[@nbntelevision1]

This isn't vinyl. It's SHELLAC 78's.

[@drxym]

More or less the same process today. Kind of ridiculous that we even talk of "today" when digital is vastly superior but there is a rich seam of hipsters to be tapped.