Some of us will remember the AFM strike
during the mid-'40s. I have discovered through the years that many
folks purchased disc cutters during that period, and recorded songs
off-the-air for parties, dances, etc. From time to time I come upon
these acetates (lacquers) in 8", 10" and l2".
Among the discs donated to our museum by a local broadcast
engineer were a number of eight inch glass based lacquers of common popular
songs by various major artists. I was surprised at this since I would
think that these would be more expensive than just buying the shellac
records. However they were dated in the mid 40s so they probably fall
into the category above. Unfortunately most are broken or in very poor
condition.
Mike Csontos
I suppose all of you
are aware that broadcast stations got feeds from the networks back then and
cut discs for later broadcasts. That's how the CBS discs and subsequent
tapes (done by Univ. of Washington) of WWII news broadcasts came
about.
Paul
Jackson