"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Jim Lesurf" wrote


What I found interesting was that the UK figures for 12" seemed to be
falling as those for 7" were rising, and that although magazines, etc,
were
reporting the figures for 7" sales rising, no-one had mentioned the fall
for 12" sales. It gave me the impression that those who had been buying
12"
singles were changing to 7" for some reason,. But I have no other info
which relates to this, so I have no idea if the same people are
involved,
or not.



Without *reliable* statistics and other information (see my other post
about publically quoted figures) we can only *guess*, but I sincerely
doubt the 12" and 7" markets are interchangeable...??

A large percentage of 12" 45rpm discs are distributed as promo
material to DJs and radio stations, and so do not feature in sales
figures.
There are a lot of these about. Most are marked "Not for sale"


Yes we have a number of these....

The TV article I referenced featured youngsters far too young to be doing
anything more than a bit of 'bedroom DJ-ing' and I gather the Club DJs won't
touch anything smaller than 12 inch these days - and also some of them won't
look at a disc with more than one track per side??

Talking of which...

In this pic:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/Lowther06.JPG

The black speakers are being driven by the SET you can see in the shot, fed
from the Line Out from an SS stack (not in shot) which is driving the white
speakers. So, although this arrangement is to allow day-long
casual/background listening on the SS amp, the same source can be played
simultaneously (and in phase, I think) on both combinations. Either one is
extremely good (SS on the whites is a little tinny by comparison) but both
at once is *devastating*...!!!

(Playing my 'Abduction Of The Art Of Noise' CD at a fairly robust level was
truly a *slapped face* experience!! ;-)