Re: [ARSCLIST] Identifying lacquer sides.

[Adrian Cosentini <acosentini@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brandon,

I don't mean to be flip, but can't you listen to the discs and figure out
what is on them. Then with a white grease pencil, gently make some
inscription in the label area that would be some sort of identification.

Adrian Cosentini


On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:56:15 -0800 Brandon Burke <thejosephboys@xxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Question:
>
> We have several lacquer discs in our collection whose labels have
> become detatched from the discs themselves.  This is not a problem
> when the recordings are one-sided, but when both sides contain data
> and both labels are detached how are you matching the sides with
> their
> corresponding labels?
>
> Because the sides do not have unique identifiers (matrix numbers,
> etc), we cannot simply match them up with a quick note.  I'm
> tempted
> to put a small "X" on one side of the disc in the center--the
> furthest
> distance from the grooves--with a wax pencil, and then applying
> this
> same "X" to the acid/lig-free envelope that will house that
> particular
> label.  This way, at least the coding structure will be easy to
> understand fifteen...twenty...forty years down the road when none
> of
> use work here anymore.  (I'm not particularly excited about this
> idea.)
>
> As always, thanks in advance.
>
> Brandon
>
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