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

[davdieh at aol.com]

I doubt that structural integrity would be an issue with vinylite pressings like the ET that I have. I've been told that the belief was that it was helpful to have some sort of texture on the blank side so that the pull between the two stampers would be more equal and there would be fewer problems with discs sticking to one side. As pressing speeds increased and shellac quality decreased I can see where that might apply. That was why some single faced records had a blank label as well.
But this may be urban legend, too. Maybe they just thought it was neat.
David Diehl


 

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From: 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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