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

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While perusing Hans Koert's most excellent web site about the Durium records, I found a Durium record lock, shown here:
 
 http://durium.opweb.nl/images/duriumhow1/durium%20lock.jpg
 
That would seem to answer the question of whether or not these were curled or flat when new.  CDB

--- On Sat, 7/25/09, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:


From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Durium Hit of the Week 'Hoard'
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009, 10:18 AM



These records always curl because they are coated on only one side. 
I've always wondered if they were flat when they were new.

Thanks for those scans, and keep them up, please!  This is a MAJOR
addition to the history of HOW.  And quickly get the records out of the
sleeves and get the sleeves into plastic sleeves.  As Taylor has said,
the records aren't particularly rare or expensive, but the sleeves are.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  


   -------- Original Message -------
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Jim Hadfield had a batch of sleeves..only time I've ever
> seen them in the (so  to speak) flesh. Very thin paper. dl

bruce78rpm at comcast.net wrote:
> > What a fantastic HOW find!! with all those picture discs and the
> > very fragile HOW sleeves, I would venture to say that only a small
> > % of collectors ever stumble across the sleeves. I have only found
> > two in all my years of collecting. 

From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com> 
>>> I haven't found that any of these particular HOWs are rare
>>> but I'd say it's very unusual to find so many in such good
>>> condition sleeves...very cool!  Thanks for posting the pix. 

From: <78records at cdbpdx.com> 
>>>> 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 

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