jim proffit wrote: > I remember listening to a record back in 92 where there was literally > 2 different tracks cut into one side like it was a one track! Both track's > grooves were cut side by side so it looked like a normal track. You never > knew which one would be playing if you dropped the needle on the record. > To come to think of it: is that even possible when mastering is concerned??? > Or was I dreaming...?
That's quite possible, if the spiral groove of the first track are spaced wide enough, you can fit a second spiral inbetween. NSC can do it (X2 technology), for instance: in the last two years, there have been several EPs "The Swarm", Suburban Knight - "Nitestrike" on UR, Gerald Mitchell's "Groove within a groove" on 430 West, an Ectomorph release on Interdimensional Transmission, etc. I've heard that there are also one or two EPs on the French Poumtchak label that have it, but I've never seen those ones. IMO it's very nice from a technical achievement point of view, but to spin it, it's a bit unconvenient, not to mention downright disastrous when the needle skips in the middle of a track :) Otto
