[78-L] Wax!

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kristjan Saag" <saag at telia.com>
>A newsreel from 1949 about production of shellac records in Germany.
> http://www.teledb.com/4/wdsMb1pwJEw/0/0/-herstellung-einer-schellackplatte.html
> Made from wax masters. I've heard of late use of wax masters in Britain 
> and
> Sweden as well. Was there any particular reason to continue with wax 
> almost
> 20 years after the introduction of acetates?
>Two reasons! In the first place, the record companies had invested 
>considerable
sums...and experience...in the "wax master" process! As well, all the people 
involved
in record-making were totally familiar with "wax masters" as opposed to 
"acetates"
and thus leaned toward the former...!

Steven C. Barr