[78-L] 'Modern' 78s.

[Royal Pemberton]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:05 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

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> Prom 78s were styrene, I think. Funny, I can think of many more examples of
> that crap being used for LPs and 45s than for 78s.
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> I have a Prom 78.  (It's 1128, 'Black denim trousers' by Frank Martin 'with
> the Prom Orchestra' b/w 'Only you (and you alone)' by Carter Farriss with
> The Rockets and orchestra directed by Maury Laws.  Both labels state 'for
> best results use LP needle'.)  I don't know if they made 10" discs on
> styrene; mine is a 7" disc on the same sort of rough, noisy vinyl they made
> the Peter Pan 7" 78s on.
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