[78-L] 1940 Hit of the Week [was Ask and ye shall have it forwarded unto you..]

[David Lennick]

 From: stevenc at interlinks.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:31:51 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] 1940 Hit of the Week [was Ask and ye shall have it forwarded unto you..]
> 
> From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> > David Lennick wrote:
> >> Can't tell from the photo, but the listing says it's like a Hit Of The 
> >> Week. Of course that could mean the 1940 Hit Of The Week label which was 
> >> laminated cardboard, like Viking.
> >
> AFAIK, the later (194?) Hit Of the Week discs were the usual shellac 
> records?

 

Nope..laminated cardboard, incredibly warped, like Vikings. Very light weight, not like the Durium product, definitely not shellac.


> Also, note that the Durium operation (which survived inro the forties in 
> Italy...
> I own a laminated-paper disc from Italian "Durium" which seems to have
> been intended as a "kiddie" record, probably issued in the late thirties
> or early forties...?!)...?!
> 
> We can assume when the seller says " It's like a HOW record," he/she/it
> means it is like a 1929-32 (and later in the UK) record...a plastic-coated
> heavy paper record...?!
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
> 

One post this morning said the disc was very flexible. Somebody had better bid on that one on eBay and settle this once and for all..

 

dl