[78-L] Glass Base 78s

[David Lennick]

I've mentioned this item before and have never seen an explanation. I have an 
odd pressing, made on some kind of stiff translucent vinyl which is variable in 
color (bronze, grey, clear in spots). It's Victor 20-1636B, Charlie Spivak's 
"Only Another Boy and Girl". The catalog number appears in the run-out as it 
would on a regular pressing (raised) and in the outer edge (scratched). The 
disc is just over 11 inches in diamater but has four flat edges (and four 
rounded ones), is pressed only on one side but has the sunken indentation for 
the label on both sides.

Anybody ever seen one of these?

dl

Milan P Milovanovic wrote:
> Just to make one point clear: Decelith foils (blank discs) were used as 
> early as 1938. for recording in various (portable or studio) machines. These 
> discs sometimes were translucent with flexible (vinyl ?) core and two sides. 
> Sometimes only one side was used to record.
> 
> If someone is interested I can post some photos of such disc.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Milan
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
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> 
> 
>   It
>> wouldn't be vinyl (although the Germans were using vinyl for recording
>> discs during the war, known as Decelith.)
>>
>