[78-L] wet playing records

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> 
> The reason why British pressings have so much crackle is because they 
> used a shellac formula rich in organic fillers and these have 
> deteriorated in the damp British climate.  That was the subject of John 
> Stratton's article "Crackle" I mentioned from the BIRS Recorded Sound No 
> 39, July 1970 p655+.   You learn to be able to see the crackle, and the 
> water damage.
> 

And as DB likely knows, the CBC always bought English pressings wherever 
possible, even of American recordings, and these still sound marvelously quiet 
70 years later. The green library sleeves have been disintegrating for years 
but the discs are the quietest I've ever heard outside of vinyls.

dl