[78-L] Decca Specialty Series (DAU-x)

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "agp" <agp2176 at verizon.net>
> Again as I was going through my stuff I came across the Decca 
> Specialty Series release of Agnes Moorehead (with a supporting cast) 
> doing Sorry, Wrong Number .. as the label says Dramatic Reading with 
> Sound Effects.
> Sadly I don't have the original album for the two 12-inch 78s, so I 
> wonder who the supporting cast is. Also, its pressed on a wonderfully 
> quiet translucent compound .. almost red in colour. Lovely!  Is it vinyl?
> Finally -- oh -- its a part of album DAU-2 and the disks are DAU 
> 90007 and DAU 90008. I'd assume then that DAU-1 was a 6 disker 90001 
> - 90006. So -- what else was in this series
> 
Decca "DAU-*" records were plastic (vinyl?) "unbreakable" records; they
had their own numerical series (most I have seen were 8*). These were
considered separate from Decca's shellac issues!

...stevenc