Dear Mike and List Readers,
As you've probably found, some manufacturers released vinyl 78's without
notice or with minimal notice. I've seen Columbia 78's pressed in black
vinyl with very little if any indication of that fact; and several small
labels used vinyl, usually either black or red, most or all of the time.
Many children's records were pressed in vinyl, perhaps in order to use
colored discs, probably also because of shatter-resistance. Many promos
for radio station use were pressed in vinyl, while their marketed versions
were made of shellac. Most vinyl 78's seem to have been marketed after WW
II (but there are probably exceptions to that observation).
Richard
At 09:39 AM 9/22/2005, you wrote:
In a message dated 9/21/2005 1:30:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
It is worth noting that very few "78's" were ever pressed from vinyl.
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At one time I thought the RCA Victor "Red Seal Deluxe" series was unique
but
since I've found that several manufacturers released vinyl 78 consumer
series.
It would be interesting to research how the use of vinyl for 78s meshed
with
the manufacture of lightweight consumer record players that could play
them
without damage and why anyone would buy them when they could get 45s or
lps.
Mike Csontos
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