from: Explanations of why certain speeds were chosen for certain types of phonograph recordings... The original gramophones used a steel sewing needle for a stylus. The stylus determined the size of the grooves in the record and the recordable frequency range limited by this groove size determined a speed between 70 and 90 rpm. This was standardized in the 1930s at 78rpm, although actual play speeds varied depending on the frequency of your AC mains : 77.922 rpm in Europe ...

FT interview with Public Enemy: <blockquote>Chuck reveals that the band turned down a million-dollar advance when they decided not to re-sign with Def Jam. "In order for me to build something, I had to leave," he says. %u201CThey wanted to keep us around, but we would have been a token. And the advance would have been paid for with accountability, with them telling us how to spend it." ... “There’s definitely a concern,” says Johnson. “When the economy is not ...

<blockquote>EU regulators ordered 24 music societies across Europe to modify or ditch their agreements that bar music services from selling or broadcasting music across borders, forcing those services to set up individual storefronts for each of the EU's member states that may or may not carry all the same content. </blockquote> Also struck down: members must be allowed to switch to another society. Musicians are allowed now to join any society in Europe, not just in their own country. This ...