[78-L] Forged in wax

[Sammy Jones]

Is it known how signed records were achieved?  Did the artists simply sign the wax master (that sounds dangerous--slip of the pen!), or was it possible to sign the positive mother during the plating and stamping process?

The prospect of a forged signature that is on a master pressing would mean that there would have to be some other way to sign than just in wax, right???

Re-cordially (nods to BM),
Sammy Jones


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> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 14:30:05 -0400
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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> Okay, this is cute..I think I have a Columbia acoustical
> with a forged signature! I mentioned Felix Weingartner a
> while back as one of the artists who signed their discs. And
> I've just found an English issue, Columbia DeLuxe D17711, on
> which one side is the same as the American issue with the
> raised circle outside and one inside, but the other side of
> the disc looks quite different, has a run-out groove, and
> has a signature that looks nothing like the original one.
> It's probably not a dub since it has the outside ridge but
> the inside portion of the master must have been covered over
> for some reason, and the run-out and the fake signature
> added.
> 
>  
> 
> dl