[78-L] Playing wet classical discs

[Michael Biel]

Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> I wish RCA had made more of those 78 rpm vinyl Red Seal Deluxe issues
> as they sound great & very quiet compared to the shellac version. 
>   

And they wished that more people had BOUGHT them!!  The Heritage series 
was a one-man operation, Wilford Graham, and the series ended when he 
left RCA.  The classical sets were twice the price of the shellacs, and 
when the LP came in ALL classical sales on 78s plummeted very, very 
quickly.  Ironically RCA had developed a shellac that was very, very, 
very quiet, and I prefer those late shellac pressings to the red vinyl.  
Those pressings are the ones with a smoothly curving outer edge down to 
a pointed edge. 

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com