28-05-2010, 10:14
MD Quiz Six
Q1 ELP drummer , but not Carl Palmer.....??
Ans Cozy Powell
Q2 Spoken work only record label launched by the Beatles .
Ans Zapple
Q3 Which song begins with the line” There is a house in New Orleans.............”
Ans House Of The Rising Sun.
Q4 Who was “Still crazy after all these years “?
Ans Paul Simon
Q5 What does MCPS STEMRA OR GEMMA mean when you see it on a recording?
Ans It is the society which collects copy write money * GEMMA and STEMRA are the world wide ones ).
Q7 Why did shellac records revolve at 78 RPM ?
Ans 1 That was slow enough to get five minutes of material (then, as now, the average length of a popular song) onto one of Edison's five-inch cylinders, and fast enough to provide what passed in those days for decent fidelity
Ans 2 Formal standardization--at 78.26 RPM--didn't come until 1925, when the phonograph was married to the electric motor. 78.26 happened to be the speed a common, mass-produced 3600 RPM motor would yield if fitted with an equally common 46:1 gear.
Q8 What was the ate of Michael Jacksons Death ?
Ans 25 June 2009
Q9 What were Abba called before Abba ?
Ans Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid
Q10 Which was the first Beatle album released on CD anywhere in the world ?
Ans Abbey Road in Japan
Q1 ELP drummer , but not Carl Palmer.....??
Ans Cozy Powell
Q2 Spoken work only record label launched by the Beatles .
Ans Zapple
Q3 Which song begins with the line” There is a house in New Orleans.............”
Ans House Of The Rising Sun.
Q4 Who was “Still crazy after all these years “?
Ans Paul Simon
Q5 What does MCPS STEMRA OR GEMMA mean when you see it on a recording?
Ans It is the society which collects copy write money * GEMMA and STEMRA are the world wide ones ).
Q7 Why did shellac records revolve at 78 RPM ?
Ans 1 That was slow enough to get five minutes of material (then, as now, the average length of a popular song) onto one of Edison's five-inch cylinders, and fast enough to provide what passed in those days for decent fidelity
Ans 2 Formal standardization--at 78.26 RPM--didn't come until 1925, when the phonograph was married to the electric motor. 78.26 happened to be the speed a common, mass-produced 3600 RPM motor would yield if fitted with an equally common 46:1 gear.
Q8 What was the ate of Michael Jacksons Death ?
Ans 25 June 2009
Q9 What were Abba called before Abba ?
Ans Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid
Q10 Which was the first Beatle album released on CD anywhere in the world ?
Ans Abbey Road in Japan
Nice to be able to go back to trust and friendship!!!!!!!!!
It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )