[78-L] Glass Base 78s

David Weiner djwein at earthlink.net
Mon Jun 22 08:47:35 PDT 2009


No, it's all dirty flexible white/clear vinyl - I think I used to have two
tests like you mention, one of a Glenn Miller and one of a Sammy Kaye, both
from 1942 - rough-edged one-sided discs, with the spider web design on the
flip and seemingly coated in a dirty silver-bronze color. 

Dave W.

-----Original Message-----

Subject: Re: [78-L] Glass Base 78s

Does the "dirty clear see through vinyl" sort of match my description of the

one-sided Charlie Spivak disc?

"stiff translucent vinyl which is variable in color (bronze, grey, clear in 
spots). Victor 20-1636B"

dl

David Weiner wrote:
> I have a coupla Tommy Dorsey Victor vinyls from 1946, one on dirty clear
> see-through vinyl, several on red and a few others on black. 
> 
> Dave W.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:40 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Glass Base 78s
> 
> My disc certainly appears to be a pressing..was Victor experimenting with 
> different types of plastic around 1946?
> 
> dl
> 
> Michael Biel wrote:
>>
>> I wonder if Lennick's disc is an attempt at pressing on a Decelith or a
>> cutting.
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 6:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Glass Base 78s
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>
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