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Boom · 13th Nov 2017, 8:09 pm

There was/is a Rugby Songs LP which has the 'naughty' words bleeped out throughout the album.

On one track however (The engineer told me before he died), the track is recorded at 16RPM without any bleeps so that when played at 33RPM it just gives a squeaky noise but when played at 16RPM the naughty words are there.

That is the only 16RPM track I have ever heard. The bandwidth seemed very restricted to me though.

13th Nov 2017, 8:09 pm	#18
Boom Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Westbury, Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 2,451	Re: When Did 16 2/3 rpm Records Become Obsolete? There was/is a Rugby Songs LP which has the 'naughty' words bleeped out throughout the album. On one track however (The engineer told me before he died), the track is recorded at 16RPM without any bleeps so that when played at 33RPM it just gives a squeaky noise but when played at 16RPM the naughty words are there. That is the only 16RPM track I have ever heard. The bandwidth seemed very restricted to me though.