[78-L] RCA Victor reverse side "spider web" etching name?

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Okay, then how about possible added structural integrity? Wouldn't a 
disc with a design be less apt to break than one with a plain, flat side?
M

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Martha wrote:
> The millions of single-faced pressings which play fine would tend to counter 
> this idea...    None of mine have ever slipped on the turntable, nor run at 
> off-speeds.
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>> As it was explained, I think by Dr. Biel, they needed something in the
>> press so that the bisquit would run properly as it melted. Hence you
>> sometimes find transcriptions with a silent groove on the blank side
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