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

[Jeff Sultanof]

The only disc that was pressed one side at a time and then glued together
was the laserdisc. Remember laser rot, which was supposedly caused by the
glue used to put the two sides together?

Jeff Sultanof

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Michael Shoshani <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> 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
>
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