[78-L] make your own record ingrediants....

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Oct 31 20:50:51 PDT 2008


don ward wrote:
> The basic things you need can almost be bought over the counter to make this record compound. 
> Embalming fluid, formaldehyde
> The active ingredient in  anti dandruff shampoo, Resorcinol
> Oil from dried flax seeds used to preserve wood, Linseed oil
> Old fashioned Lye used to clean sewer lines, Caustic soda
> This made what record compound ??
> 
> Have a laugh 
> dnward

No no no no no no! Beginning in 1902, when the Victor Talking Machine Company 
switched from the wax cylinder sold by Edison and Columbia, records were made 
of GLASS AND LACQUER! It says so, twice, on the first page of a recent book 
titled "Dirty Little Secrets of the Record Business" by one Hank Bordowitz.

dl



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