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| 8th May 2017, 12:51 PM | #1 REPORT | |
 | Scratchy45 In Revived 45s, disinterred 33&1/3s, saved 78s Member since Jul 2011 780 Points | This is a term I have found on a couple of 1960s Francophone albums. I think I know how to interpret it, but, I would appreciate a definition from a native French-speaker. Not all are necessarily made in France - e.g. it's on a version of this Nana Mouskouri album "Dans Le SOleil Et Dans Le Vent" made in Greece with both French (song credits) and Greek (sleeve notes and distribution) text on the sleeve , This has Latin (French) text on the label and a BIEM rights statement. The other example is a french-pressed version of this Serge Reggiani album with BIEM rights statement and cat# 48 819 |
| 8th May 2017, 5:59 PM | #2 REPORT | |
 | TheJudge🍰 In-house specialist in drive-by moddings. Member since Dec 2012 3714 Points Moderator | Isn't it the equivalent of "Stereo but can be played on mono equipment"? |
| 8th May 2017, 8:13 PM | #3 REPORT | |
| Scratchy45 In Revived 45s, disinterred 33&1/3s, saved 78s Member since Jul 2011 780 Points | Yes, thanks for that.  I've had a look on some french-language sites since seeing your reply. It's from that hinterland age when record companies needed to take special steps to cut records that played on either setup without sonic problems or disc damage. I had been thinking along marketing/distribution lines beforehand... |
| 9th May 2017, 6:41 PM | #4 REPORT | |
| carey jeggs I am acerbic.You are snarky.He is a troll Member since Jul 2014 67 Points | In the late sixties it used to appear in the UK on gold stickers attached to ABC-Impulse albums imported from the US.My vinyl copy of Pharoah Sanders' Tauhid album still sounds better than the CD in spite of a few years of initially being played on a mono record player. |
| 19th Feb 2024, 3:27 PM | #5 REPORT | |
 | Fokeman I used to have a good memory but now I can't re Member since May 2011 5031 Points Moderator | Yes, I think that's exactly right. "Compatible with both Mono and Stereo playback (you don't need to change your cartridge)". Gravure here would mean "pressing" the sense is of having engraved the record so we are more likely to use the verb "to press" the record in this case than "cut" although either are fine until we use the noun from these two verbs. A pressing is much preferable to "a cutting". Many 1960s and 1970s French records had GU shown prominently on the label to demonstrate this. Some wizards at Discogs have even integrated the GU into the catalogue number of French pressed records. My opinion is that GU is never part of a catalogue number. |
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