[78-L] dubs

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Ooops... I meant "plated lacquer" not "plated acetate" (Michael!).
Mal

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Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> Yeahbut... the mother would also have to break. You can always make more 
> stampers from the mother, that's why the 4-stage process UNLESS the 
> mother was a plated acetate! Then it's all a one-shot as the acetate is 
> destroyed in the process. You get one stamper and that's it. To the best 
> of my knowledge there were no lacquers in 1928.
> No?
> Mal
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> Royal Pemberton wrote:
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>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:41 PM, DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:
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>>> I just found a Hank Snow record where side A is a dub and side B is an
>>> original pressing.  I'm curious to know how one side's stamper gets worn out
>>> faster than the other side's if they both make the same number of records.
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>> Sometimes, a stamper breaks.  Witness 'South' by Benny Moten.  Originally
>> Victor V-38021, this 1928 record was reissued in 1934/1935 on Victor 24893.
>>  What I understand is, a few early pressings of 24893 have 'South' from the
>> original metal, but after it broke, a dub was made and used ever after,
>> whereas 'She's no trouble' was always from the original metal AFAIK.  (My
>> copy has the circle label, 1R for the take digit, and has the typical mid-30
>> style leadout spiral but the oval VE logo.)
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