What happens when you play records backwards?

Backmasked words are unintelligible noise when played forward, but when played backwards are clear speech. Listening to backmasked audio with most turntables requires disengaging the drive and rotating the album by hand in reverse (though some can play records backwards).

Can you play records backwards?

It is in many cases even questionable whether artists intentionally put a backmasked message in their songs. You can do so by recording singing, playing it backwards and mixing it in the actual song. Ever since music was recorded, people experimented with inserting backmasked messages.

Is spinning a record backwards bad?

What issues could be caused if you turn the record backwards? If you turn the record backwards or if your player is playing the record the wrong way not only will the record probably get damaged but it will sound horrible as well.

How do you tell if a record is ruined?

Pay special attention to:

1. The start of the first track on each side, where the first needle drop occurs and where damage is most likely to occur, clicks, pops, greasy fingerprints which attract dust and grit.
2. The presence of fine “hairlines”.
3. The area immediately around the spindle hole, look for spindle marks.

What happens if you play a record to fast?

Playing vinyl records at the wrong speed does not do any damage. The audio will not sound as intended, but there will be no lasting extra damage if the standard RPM speeds are used.

What record do you play backwards?

“Backmasking” started with The Beatles’ 1966 album Revolver. John Lennon said one night while smoking pot, he mistakenly played the tapes for the song “Rain” in reverse and liked the sound. So the band began recording messages in Revolver that could only be deciphered when the record was played backwards.

How many times can you play a record?

A well-cared for record can be played more than 100 times, with only minor audible sound degradation. If carefully maintained the same disc could be played many hundreds of times in its lifetime. A record played on poorly set-up equipment can be destroyed in just one spin.

What happens if you play a 45 at 33?

If you play the record at 45 instead of at 33, that puts the frequencies recorded on the record 45/33 times as high, which means that as far as the record is concerned the effect of the stylus is what it would be if the resonance were at 13KHz while you played it at 33.