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scope note
All recordings made with microphones and other electrical equipment prior to the availability of magnetic recording techniques in the late 1940s used direct storage. Commercial recordings marked "direct to disc" or some equivalent phrase also use this technique.
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Other Properties

English preferred label direct storage, not acoustical Published
English notation b Published
English definition Disc recordings captured using electrical equipment and stored directly on a master surface. Published
English scope note All recordings made with microphones and other electrical equipment prior to the availability of magnetic recording techniques in the late 1940s used direct storage. Commercial recordings marked "direct to disc" or some equivalent phrase also use this technique. Published