[ARSCLIST] Fwd: [ARSCLIST] proper cataloging terminology: acetate vs lacquer?

[Aurora Perez <aperez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric,
Thanks for getting this discussion going.  I also would like to know if the 
myriads of information on these electrical transcription disc recordings 
can be grouped into logical categories for which there is acceptable 
terminology.  For example, "standard recordings blanks" (the home variety, 
usually bearing nothing more than disc manufacturer's name, like Presto, 
and whatever handwritten data the end user put on it, no identifying 
numbers), "studio recording blanks" (bearing the name and location of the 
studio, artist, performer, date, location, sometimes a control or matrix 
number),  "radio broadcast transcription" (bearing a wide variety of data 
from recording company name, transcription service, owner or lessee, 
broadcasting company, broadcasting and or recording dates, broadcast and or 
recording location, record or control numbers, matrix numbers, program name 
& numbers, part numbers, program producer, speed, cut (lateral, vertical), 
etc., etc., or any other category.

Aurora Perez
Stanford University Archive of Recorded Sound
Phone: (650) 723-9312  FAX: (650) 725-1145
E-mail: <aperez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> I recently heard a discussion among catalogers on whether to describe an
> item as an "acetate" or a "lacquer".  Said item would be an instantaneous
> recording cut into nitrocellulose on an aluminum, glass or other substrate.
>
> So which is the more appropriate term for cataloging - acetate or lacquer?
>
> Eric Jacobs
> The Audio Archive
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