Originally published at: The Imperial March, but every other beat is missing | Boing Boing
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After listening to this I wanted to hear the opposite version.
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Playing the LP at 16, rather than 33 RPM, gives the Imperial Slow March, which would work well in a funeral procession.
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Designed for watching the movie in portrait format?
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I haven’t seen a turntable that had a 16 2/3 RPM setting for a few decades. Seeing it mentioned here, it set off a blinking question mark in the back of my head. I like vinyl records and spent a lot of time in record shops… But I have never witnessed a 16 RPM record. So I had to go and look it up.
Turns out that they were only made for a brief span of time in the 50s and 60s and were audiobooks, primarily. The most popular application was probably the Bible. Another sort of cool feature was that, being 1/2 of 33-1/3 RPM, you could buy a little step-down platter to put on the spindle of your 33 RPM turntable instead of having to buy a new component.
Thanks (and apologies, as needed) for the digession.
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The Imperial Stumble
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Nothing will top short-attention-span Stairway To Heaven.
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It’s still great!
Personally I love this old classic too:
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Oddly enough it still works and is recognizable and like @allenk I’d like to hear the other 2nd and 4th beats (just the removed part)
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Very “Souza-ish”.
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Is it just me, or does that actually kind of work? It’s like the notes that are left are happier …
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In my opinion the best thing about the Solo movie was it had an imperial recruitment video, and the Imperial March in a major key was the background music for it.
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Me neither, but the family stereo was compatible with all available formats: 16, 33, 45 and 78.
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Fun, but it’s no Get Lucky.
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Nnnnnnoooooooo!!!
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