Word: vinylize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before compact disks came along, the method of capturing and replaying music had changed little since Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877. Conventional records store sound in the form of tiny waves cut into vinyl grooves. When a diamond or sapphire stylus passes over them, its vibrations create a tiny electrical current that is converted back into sound. Tape players work in a similar way, reading sound from magnetized particles on plastic ribbon. Both methods involve a process known as analog recording, in which the music is represented as a physical replica, or analog, of the original sound...
...Richie. Instigated by Band Aid organizer (and Boomtown Rats packleader) Bob Geldorf and produced by Quincy Jones, USA for Africa has more celebs per square inch than the Grammys. Recorded in a session inscribed upon destiny by Life magazine and a video crew, the song is lumped on old vinyl with a Canadian cousin ("Tears Are Not Enough") and some outtakes of other artists...
...ostensible point of the venture is to raise money, not consciousness. But the Jacksons alone could have bankrolled the whole Ethiopian relief effort (Michael's earnings last year were $40 million plus), and for every $7.00 of the cover price that goes to feed the hungry, $3.00 of valuable vinyl and paper gets sucked down the drain...
...chemical they are dealing with in a spill, and what to do about it. CHEMTREC'S files contain information on 60,000 substances. Its communications lines can link fire fighters and company experts in transcontinental conference calls. For spills of unusually hazardous materials, such as cyanide, chlorine, vinyl chloride and liquefied petroleum gas, chemical manufacturers use CHEMTREC as a communications command center. Dispatchers will then notify the technical team closest to the spill...
Consider: ZTT, the parent company of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, has sold almost 10 million pieces of FGTH vinyl. Relax, the first smash Frankie single, released just over a year ago, is now the fourth-bestselling record in British history, a banned by the BBC did much to ensure. Two Tribes, the follow-up to Relax, was a scornful antiwar song that sailed straight to No. 1 in the first week of its release. Frankie has now sold more records more quickly than any other group since the Beatles. "We're the image of England 1984," says Holly Johnson...