[78-L] Climax record abrupt start

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark S. Chester" <mschester at email.msn.com>
>I have a number of early Double-Disc Columbia records which are couplings 
>of
> very early single-sided discs. A few have retained the spoken 
> announcements,
> but many have had the grooves at the very start obliterated; I assume that
> the stamper was made from a "mother" on which the beginning of the groove
> was filled in. I'm assuming that the Standard, Climax, etc. versions were
> also made from the altered stamper. On at least one, the very tail end of
> the announcement can be heard  - I forget which, but I have one where the
> "-d" of "record" can be heard before the introduction begins. I think I 
> also
> have the same disc as a black-and-silver single-sided issue, with the
> announcement intact.
> I assume that this was done to mask the fact that the recordings were in
> fact old re-issues. A spoken announcement would have been a dead giveaway.
>
It would be a LOT easier to edit "stampers"...since they have raised ridges
which create grooves, it would be a simple task to remove the "unwanted"
portion of the spiral ridge,,,?!

Steven C. Barr