[78-L] Get out those old records..

[Ted Kneebone]

Ron, How do I cancel this deluge of emails?  I want the digest version, but 
for some reason it doesn't change.  How do I change it to Digest?
    Ted

Ted Kneebone. 1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401. Phone: 605-226-3344.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron L" <lherault at bu.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Get out those old records..


>I think shellac was used in electronics/electrical devices also, so there
> was demand for the war effort itself.
>
> Ron L
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "I. Cubillo" <i.cubillo at telefonica.net>
>> Hi, in BritishPathe.com, the page of the famous Pathetone, there are
>> several
>> filmed documents on record salvage campaigns in England during the 2ndWW,
>> when people were asked to give for salvage their old records (broken or
>> worn
>> out, but I suspect many still usable records went there..).
>>
>> I was told many years ago, that in Spain, during our terrible
>> after-civil-war time, )(early forties) there were also record salvage
>> campaigns, and during some years, if you wanted to buy new records, you
>> must
>> bring old records for salvage.
>>
> In WWII, the rapid advance of Japanese forces in eastern Asia cut "the 
> free
> world" off from any access to shellac sources. The record industry was on
> strike
> in the US (the AFM ban) so there was little demand for shellac
> (fortunately).
>
> As I understand it, a number of collectors managed to arrange access to 
> the
> records turned in for salvage...so a fair number were "rescued"...?!
>
> ...stevenc
>
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