[78-L] National Records

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

Dan Van Landingham comments: “I was paraphrasing a writer named Charlie
Gillette who wrote a book on the history of Atlantic Records and he 
alluded to National Records and its
founder Al Green.He described National's records as being a mixture of 
manure and gravel.”

I was told years ago, that the owner of National Records had another 
business that produced some kind of material  he decided to use for 
pressing his records. I forget what the material was said to be but 
everyone acknowledged it resulted in quite inferior playing surfaces. I 
have quite a few Nationals; some play better than others.