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

[David Lennick]

Matter of fact, the discs with the design and a groove running through them 
tended to break more easily because of the deep groove. At a time when Red 
Seals cost $2 per disc and single discs from album sets were very reluctantly 
sold by dealers, collectors learned to keep the odd disc INSIDE the album 
instead of at the front or back where it could succumb to pressure. Check out 
the library collections with Bruckner's 7th Symphony with a broken last disc. 
(I learned this from Dick Burns as he was TAPING the last movement for me, not 
loaning it to me.)

dl

Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> 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
> 
> *******
> 
> 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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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "joe at salerno.com" <jsalerno at earthlink.net>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] RCA Victor reverse side "spider web" etching name?
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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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