[78-L] "Victor" embossed on the reverse record... ?

[Michael Shoshani]

On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 16:54 -0700, Darrell Lehman wrote:
> Anybody know why this label has an "old" Victor embossed back? Using up 
> left-overs?  Seems like quite awhile to have them around?
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=306&item=390221854175
> 


There's no such thing as "left-overs"; the record is pressed out of a
small block of shellac compound that melts and then pours into the
grooves. Both sides, whether they contain grooves, decoration, or are
blank, are pressed at once; you can't press one side, and then come back
later and press the other side.

My guess is that it was done so that the blank side would not look
"empty". 

MS