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Re: [ARSCLIST] identifying acetate substrates
Robert Hodge wrote:
> Come to think of it , even shellac was used for lacquer based discs.
> I have found several blue label COLUMBIA 10 inch acoustic recordings
> having been recycled by them having received a coating of lacquer. This
> becomes extremely evident when the new paper lable is lost and the
> original Columbia label appears making this identification easy.. A
> pilot pin hole had also been drilled.
>
> Any port in a storm, I guess.
You've run across those too, eh? Amazing! The one I saw at Graham Newton's had
begun to flake on one side, exposing not only the blue label but a substantial
portion of the original grooves.
dl