[78-L] The Beatles on 78

[Kristjan Saag]

Royal Pemberton asked:


> 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?

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Why shellac, BTW?
I'd go for some nice oldschool celluloid or hard rubber discs in the first 
place. And a few direct cut zinc plates for the connoisseur.
Kristjan