<strong>21 June 1948</strong>: A symphony lasting 45 minutes was played on two sides of a 12-inch long playing record, spinning at 33⅓ revolutions per minute
For about half a century prior to 1940, audio was recorded on discs commonly made from shellac resin, until they were replaced by vinyl records. The memories associated with one of the oldest forms of recording will be brought back to life at a presentation by Nalini Elvino de Sousa, as she will be presenting ‘Kantar Goa: a shellac disc study at the intersection of cosmopolitan Bombay and colonial Goa (1910-1961)’ on May 10
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