[78-L] 'Modern' 78s.

[David Lennick]

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher at pdq.net>
>> At 06:53 AM 7/29/2009, you wrote:
>>> You forget that quite a few 78s were already being pressed in vinyl
>>> during the 50s, before major companies ceased to issue 78s. Indeed, I
>>> have several of them.
>> Who was doing that besides RCA Victor & Liberty? 
>>
> Victor experimented with vinyl 78's during the shellac shortage created
> by Japan's rapid WWII advance in Asia. They apparently decided that
> those wouldn't last on older "heavy arm" turntables...but they DID offer
> the near-noiseless vinyl records to radio stations on request.
> 
> I don't know if other record companies did the same...?!
> 
> Steven C. Barr
> ________________________________

Oh, yeah, baby..Capitol did gorgeous vinyl pressings for radio stations for a 
couple of years. Then they did them on Superflex in 1948. Finally they got back 
to good vinyl around '49, the same stuff they were starting to use for LPs.

dl