[78-L] V-Disc - Vinyls/Shellacs (styrene)

[Milan P Milovanovic]

What exactly is styrene?
Is it better or worse then vinyl in terms of noise amount or durability to 
wear?
When it was announced in record industry?
Are they using them nowadays in record production?

Milan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Weiner" <djwein at earthlink.net>
To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] V-Disc - Vinyls/Shellacs.


 RCA did most, if not all, of the later
> pressings for the series.  There are also numerous V-discs pressed on a
> styrene-type of vinyl, I think done by World.
>
> Dave W.