[78-L] V-Discs.

[Spats]

Hi David!

Thanks for this. I had no idea that V-Discs were pressed by different 
companies!
You learn something here every day. ;-)
Considering they were going to move through theatres of war with 
soldiers and sailors, vinyl does seem the obvious choice of material! 
;-)

Earl.

At 9:51 am -0700 30/7/2009, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:
>To my knowledge, the only shellac V-Discs were the ones pressed by Columbia.
>Dumb decision, unless they just didn't have enough vinyl available..they
>certainly had it for transcriptions. Victor and Clark pressed on vinyl.
>
>dl
>
>Spats wrote:
>>  Hi!
>>
>>  Speaking of vinyl 78s, as we were, I suppose that thew first time
>>  that these were on sale regularly would be V-Discs. I generally find
>>  that MOST of them are made of vinyl BUT, as you will know, there are
>>  also shellac V-Discs.
>>
>>  Were shellacs pressed first? Did they return to shellac? Did they
>>  make them of anything available during the War? What's the story?
>>  Does anyone know?
>>
>>  I await to learn... ;-)
>>
>  > Earl.