has anyone ever listened to a 45lp at 33.3


Was listening to Ry Cooder last night..."A Meeting By The River". Forgot to switch speeds and listened to an entire side at 33, all the while thinking, "Man, this sounds really nice tonight."

Although the side did seem to last a bit longer than usual.
darosenb
Try listening to the Nat King Cole analogue production reissues at 33 rpm. It sounds like Barry White on steroids! The first time I put the LP on I forgot to change the speed to 45 rpm. It scared me to death when he started singing.
I did this with a Radiohead EP I bought at a used record store. I assumed it was an LP I had never heard of and played it twice at 33 rpm, all the while thinking it was one of Radiohead's "experiments". Then I read the label and saw it's a 45. Of course it sounds a lot more like RH when played at the correct speed.
When Reference Recordings issued a 45 rpm recording of Respigi's "Church Windows" a critic actually made the mistake of listening to it at 33 1/3 rpm. The amazing thing is that the critic actually acknowledged the mistake in a subsequent report (the piece is not an often heard warhorse). It is easier to be fooled and not recognize such a mistake with non-vocal classical pieces than most other kinds of music.
There was a 45 back in the 60's called "The Martian Hop". I was about 7 or 8 when in came out. I still remember my brother playing at 33rpm and figuring out it was meant to be that way. Sped up and it sounded like a cheapo sci-fi martian.
-John