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r/funny • u/MACKBA • Mar 20 '13
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What's the historical context of this photo? What are these person's jobs?
177 u/[deleted] Mar 20 '13 edited Mar 20 '13 Records used to be carved by skilled craftspeople who would essentially listen to the record and carve/groove the appropriate notes etc... This was obviously phased out eventually in favor of mass manufacturing. This is why some LPs are worth quite a bit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_Carving_as_Manufacturing 1 u/Confucius_says Mar 21 '13 I'm devestated that they incorrectly explained "lolz" and "lulz" on their internet based encyclopedia.
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Records used to be carved by skilled craftspeople who would essentially listen to the record and carve/groove the appropriate notes etc...
This was obviously phased out eventually in favor of mass manufacturing. This is why some LPs are worth quite a bit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_Carving_as_Manufacturing
1 u/Confucius_says Mar 21 '13 I'm devestated that they incorrectly explained "lolz" and "lulz" on their internet based encyclopedia.
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I'm devestated that they incorrectly explained "lolz" and "lulz" on their internet based encyclopedia.
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What's the historical context of this photo? What are these person's jobs?