Re: [ARSCLIST] ET help!

[Roger and Allison Kulp <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not help,but a  comment on old radio show lacquers as a whole.I have found that unless they are 1st generation classical music shows,they are virtually impossible to unloa on eBone.I have even had some original NBC ones like "X Minus One",that no one wanted to buy.

                                                          Roger




--- On Mon, 8/18/08, Sammy Jones <sjones69@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Sammy Jones <sjones69@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ARSCLIST] ET help!
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 9:33 PM

I have come into possession of a Lux Radio Theatre lacquer ET.  The program
is an adaptation of "Richelieu," broadcast on January 23, 1939, parts
two
and four.  The recording is an aircheck from WABC by Edwin Strong studios.  

The lacquer has developed severe cracking starting on the outside edge, and
continues about halfway into the disc.  As of yet, no grooves have actually
flaked off.  

This show does exist in complete form elsewhere, but I think it may be the
West Coast version.  As my recording is checked off WABC in New York, it may
be a unique copy.

I'm a pretty good hand at transferring ETs, but the cracks in the lacquer
make this one a real challenge.  Is there any way of restoring these
grooves?  I thought of prying off some of the lacquer in chunks to glue back
in place, but I'm not sure the grooves would line up even then.

Any thoughts?

Sammy Jones