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/

 

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?

 

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...

 

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?

 

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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?

 

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

 

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)

 

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!

 

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.

 

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?

 

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."

 

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The religious one was kind of funny.

 

"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.

 

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

 

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

 

How about "Are You Experienced?" There's a lot of backwards stuff on that one.

 

I used to have a modified B-I-C turntable that was capable of going from zero to ludicrous speed in either direction at the twist of a knob... Used it mainly for SFX work, but it of course was a natural for playing the 'backwards' messages on records before the advent of WAV files...

-Aaron

 

All you have to do is copy the song onto the computer, reverse the file, and burn it on CD. Oh, I guess it's made for those people who don't like computers.

 

They should distribute this product to the head shops and other stores where the hippie and "goth" people hang out in, and also tattoo parlors.

 

Geez, it's just two LP record centers glued to a toilet paper tube with a screw through the middle. Even I could do that for less than $15. Not that I want to!

Anybody recognize this label?