[78-L] Fw: From plant to retail: how did they ship discs?

[Stephen Davies]

Every now and then my posts don't go thru to 78-L.  Does this happen to 
anyone else?
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>From plant to retail: how did they ship discs?






        Okay, so there's a limited number of manufacturing plants for the 
discs in the good old days.  How did they pack and ship discs to the 
stores, whether in bulk or as singles? 
        I assume someone (at the plant or at a distribution house) created 
a variety pack of new releases and sent them on spec. to all the regular 
customers.  But there would be special orders to be dealed with, too.  So 
they would have developed an efficient way to pack discs in lots and as 
singles.  Some were even mailed, weren't they?  (Which is why the lyrics 
had to be kept clean to avoid postal censure.)
        Also, unsolds were returned to the plant for meltdown, were they 
not?

        Did they use the same techniques we use now?  A box padded within 
a box for large orders, and thick cardboard for singles?
        I worked in a library in the dieing days of 16 mm films, and there 
were special reusable cases for shipping the reels that made life a lot 
easier.  Was there such a thing for discs too?

Stephen D
Calgary

whose parents immigrated 50 years ago with all their valuables packed in 
sand in barrels to prevent damage.  Nothing broke, but it weighed a ton!
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