[78-L] RIP Vivienne DellaChiesa

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "David Lewis" <uncledavelewis at hotmail.com>
> She was a mainstay on Cincinnati TV in the 60s and 70s. However what makes 
> her on topic is that she made those early vinyl Silvertone 78s, the red 
> plastic records with the extra hole. I'm pretty sure I've run into one of 
> the players designed to play those records; it was frustrating, as you 
> couldn't play other records on them owing to the extra spindle. Anyone 
> know more about this ridiculous technological sidelight?
>
Better described as "Silvertone Record Club" discs! These MAY have
been sourced from Mercury...they existed for only a few months in 1946
before Sears gave up on the whole idea...?!

...stevenc