[78-L] Durium Hit of the Week 'Hoard'

[David Lennick]

3M makes a "Removable" Magic Tape which will not pull away any of the Durium 
coating..you can put a few pieces around the edges and tape the disc to a 
shellac or lacquer disc long enough to play it. It does leave a slight residue, 
but doesn't remove anything. I've been using this for cut 'n' paste 
applications where I have to add a line of type to an old track list (or delete 
info) before photocopying.

A weight at the center won't help much if the disc is seriously warped at the 
edges.

dl

78records at cdbpdx.com wrote:
> That's how I do it.  Just about anything with a hole in it will work.  About 8 ounces or so seems to work just fine, though I am concerned about whether the temporary flattening of the record might weaken the 'durium' coating and hasten the onset of cracking.  
>  
> These recorded better than I'd hoped except for the 2 with damage.  Those started a little late, past the damaged section.
>  
> CDB
> 
> --- On Sun, 7/26/09, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <bratcher at pdq.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <bratcher at pdq.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Durium Hit of the Week 'Hoard'
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 6:43 AM
> 
> 
> At 02:00 AM 7/25/2009, you wrote:
>> Just bought a collection of about 600 78s and found a small 'hoard' 
>> of 40 or so Durium 'Hit of the Week' records.  14 have sleeves, I've 
>> never seen those before, and 7 of those with artists pictures on the 
>> back, blew me away.  View them at:
>>
>> http://78records.cdbpdx.com/HOTW/
>>
>> Most are in pretty good condition, a couple have significant creases 
>> and all are 'warped', though the surfaces on them remain quite 
>> glossy and uncracked.  My collection previously had a half dozen or 
>> so really crackled examples, this group is way more than I'd hoped to find.
>>
>> Yee Haa!
>>
>> CDB
>>
> 
> So how do play a warped one? Put a heavy weight around the spindle or 
> something? 
>