[78-L] V-Disc - Vinyls/Shellacs.

[David Lennick]

And Stinson. And probably for Mel-O-Tune Studios, purveyors of the wonderful 
Florence Foster Jenkins masterpieces. The edge of a Clark pressing is the same 
whether it's shellac or Formvar.

dl

davdieh at aol.com wrote:
> Clark Phonograph Co. was located in Newark, New Jersey. George Clark pressed for a lot of indie labels: Oberstein's Elite and Hit;
> early Capitol; and Asch. It was the parent of Manor.
> -David Diehl
> 
> Bertrand CHAUMELLE chaumelle at orange.fr:
> Formvar was used for V-Discs after shellac and before vinyl; that's 
> what Sears explained in his first volume, as I recall.
> 
> BC
> Le 31 juil. 09, à 04:40, David Weiner a écrit :
> 
>> David Weiner wrote:
>>> Â  There are also numerous V-discs pressed on a
>>> styrene-type of vinyl, I think done by World.
>>>
>> I think I know the ones you mean..not styrene, but a very hard plastic.
>> These
>> were done by Clark Phonograph Co. Look for the indented ring a quarter 
>> inch
>> inside the label.
>>
>> dl
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> That's them! Who was Clark and who else did they press for?  I think 
>> they
>> were pressed on a vinyl-esque compound called Formvar.
>>
>> Dave
>