Broadcast Twelve Records Explained

Broadcast Twelve Records was a United Kingdom based record label introduced in 1928 to partner the regular "Broadcast" brand records introduced in 1927. These brands replaced the Aco Records label.[1] The manufacturer of the discs were the Vocalion Gramophone Company.[2] "Broadcast" discs were 8-inch (later increased to 9-inch) and "Broadcast Twelve" discs were 10-inch 78rpm gramophone records, but with small labels and a fine groove pitch so they would play as long as regular 10- and 12-inch discs respectively. They ceased production in 1934.

The label was a subsidiary of the British branch of Vocalion Records. A full listing of Broadcast records was published by the City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society CLPGS in 2017. [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Cliffe, Peter . 1990 . Fascinating Rhythm . Egon Publishers Limited . 80 . 9780905858494.
  2. Web site: Damian's 78s (and a few early LPs). Broadcast. 5 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101121082922/http://www.damians78s.co.uk/html/broadcast.html. 21 November 2010.
  3. "CLPGS Reference Series No.42 - Vocalion Records ISBN 978-0-900883-91-0