[78-L] The Beatles on 78

[agp]

At 14:11 13/09/2009, Kristjan wrote:
>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

I agree -- the point the commemorative issues would be to 
create  modern re-productions of the originals -- so vinyl or 
celluloid would be great as long as they 'looked' reasonably close to 
the originals. I'm not sure what the Indian or Philippine's 
Parlophones are pressed on, but I know that my Cliff Richard 78 of 
the Young Ones on Philippine's Parlophone and the Herb Alpert's The 
Mexican Shuffle from 1964 on Indian Stateside (and EMI label) aren't shellac.

The last 78 that I know of is the was the 2000 commemorative release 
on HMV of with Robbie WIlliams on one side (Millennium) and the Royal 
Albert Hall Orchestra doing Elgar Enigma Variation's on the other, so 
EMI can do it! Surely doing at least the acetate of That'll be the 
Day is more important than a Robbie Williams song.

T