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

[David Lennick]

I've seen that old backside (pardon the expression) on quite a few transcriptions and special pressings. Sometimes it's a later RCA one, sometimes I guess whatever happened to be handy at the plant. I recently saw it used on two 14-inch pressings from 1932 of early Sherlock Holmes programs.

dl


 
> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 20:26:46 -0400
> From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] "Victor" embossed on the reverse record... ?
> 
> 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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