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

[Chris Zwarg]

At 04:50 01.11.2008, you wrote:
>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.

Maybe one of Bordowitz' own dirty little secrets is that he indulged in some glasses of LIQUOR too much while researching his book. ;o)

Chris Zwarg