{"id":7713,"date":"2023-07-28T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/?p=7713"},"modified":"2023-07-28T13:17:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:17:34","slug":"historical-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/2023\/07\/28\/historical-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Context"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/99percentinvisible.org\/episode\/one-year-the-day-the-music-stopped\/\">This episode of 99 Percent<\/a> Invisible tells the story of the Recording Ban of 1942, the impact on the rise of modern jazz music, and the parallels with the debates between artists and today&#8217;s streaming services. It&#8217;s worth the 50 minutes and 58 seconds it takes to listen to this!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/99percentinvisible.org\/episode\/one-year-the-day-the-music-stopped\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/the_day_the_music_stopped.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7714\" width=\"768\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/the_day_the_music_stopped.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/the_day_the_music_stopped-300x206.png 300w, http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/the_day_the_music_stopped-768x527.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the end of that episode, the ban on record manufacture is mentioned, almost as an epilogue. This page from the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldradiohistory.com\/Archive-Radio-Age\/Radio-Age-1949-Jan.pdf\">January, 1949 issue of RCA&#8217;s &#8220;Radio Age&#8221;<\/a> magazine discusses the end of that ban.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/petrillo_1949-759x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7715\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/petrillo_1949-759x1024.png 759w, http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/petrillo_1949-222x300.png 222w, http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/petrillo_1949-768x1036.png 768w, http:\/\/www.tonmeister.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/petrillo_1949.png 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, that same issue of the magazine has an article that introduces a new recording format: 7-inch records operating at 45 revolutions per minute! The article claims that the new format is &#8220;distortion free&#8221; and &#8220;noise-free&#8221;, stating that this &#8220;new record and record player climax more than 10 years of research and refinement in this field by RCA.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode of 99 Percent Invisible tells the story of the Recording Ban of 1942, the impact on the rise of modern jazz music, and the parallels with the debates between artists and today&#8217;s streaming services. It&#8217;s worth the 50 minutes and 58 seconds it takes to listen to this! 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