[78-L] Cold Shellac

[marimbamoods at comcast.net]

interesting thought, Glenn, especially as this is apparently a lacquer disc. 


the fact that this transcription is a glass-based lacquer would explain something i noticed about it. when i unpacked the disc, the first indication i had of the crack was the sound of the two halves rubbing together as i slid it from the sleeve. although i have received cracked shellac 78's in the mail before, the sound this particular rubbing made was something i had never heard before. it had a high-pitched brittle tone, something like fingernails against a blackboard sound. that would seem to corroborate the glass-based lacquer as the substance, and hence the breakage. this is my first disc of that sort, but i have heard of their fragility. 


david