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

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This has been mentioned here before. I believe it was Mike Biel who 
informed us that the pressing process would go better, the vinyl flowed 
better, if the blank side was not actually blank, hence the design. In 
some cases you may find a record without a design, but with one long 
continuous silent groove.

I do not remember if this was said to be true of shellac as well. In the 
case of early 78s with a recording angel on the blank side, I believe it 
may simply have been "advertising"?

joe salerno

Michael Shoshani wrote:

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