[78-L] The Beatles on 78

[Royal Pemberton]

And what sort of shellac mixture would you want to use for the records?  The
rougher, noisy sort like the earliest records, or the scroll-era Victors, or
smoother types such as those just before and just after WW1?  Or the brittle
but very low-noise 1950s RCA Victor shellac?  Wartime regrind, HMV 'frying
bacon' or early 1950s thin Capitol....no.

Or would there be a way to bring back the laminated Columbia pressing
technique?

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:17 AM, Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com> wrote:

> D P Ingram wrote:
>
> > I wonder (hypothetically) what the costs would be to gear up a
> > small scale 78 rpm shellac production line.  I.e. would there be
> > enough "anoraks" in the world ready to buy a few disks to cover the
> > costs. A bit like an older day "tape project".
> --
> 1) Find the right industrial environment where to do the dirty work.
> 2) Mix the compound (material shouldn't be too expensive - the cost lies in
> finding the guy who can tell you how to do it.)
> 3) Get the press (hasn't been used for 40 years, and AFAIK you can't use a
> "vinyl" press for that type of compound), get the heating equiment for the
> compound, the cooling system (big as a house), the cutter for surplus
> shellac compound etc. Have it all work.
>
> I'll buy a few copies, unless you decide to cut a Michael Jackson disc, or
> similar.
> Good luck!
> Kristjan
>
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