[78-L] quality control problems - Poor Vinyl

[Gene Baron]

I have some LPs (mostly bluegrass/old time country) from the early-mid
seventies and yes the vinyl on them, especially from the smaller labels, was
(and still is) extra noisy, and I also remember it being connected to the
oil shortages of the time.  Don't remember any of the classical LP having
the same problems, but it's certainly possible.

Gene
gene.baron at gmail.com


On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Mark Bardenwerper <citrogsa at charter.net>wrote:

> On 9/21/2011 6:39, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> > I know 45s were made with hot levels to help hide the quality of the
> > vinyl. They wore faster but were intended for a market that would listen
> > to a song for a few months and then move on to something new. It's the
> > nature of the pop music industry overall I suppose.
> >
> > Of course off center records and crummy surfaces are not unique to any
> > format, 78s included. I suspect the out of round issue is the result of
> > a warped record being flattened out. At least, that has been my
> > experience with 78s. Could it be a matter of a lacquer master shrinking
> > and slipping on the substrate? Usually that kind of flaw is seen on old
> > lacquers and has developed over time, not on a freshly cut record going
> > to the bath to be plated for immediate pressing. Off-center center holes
> > is more an issue of degree than right or wrong.
> >
> > I have rarely seen a pressed 78 record with reversed labels, and I don't
> > recall that I have ever seen one with the wrong label, but I know it has
> > happened, and we have discussed it on the list some time ago.
> >
> > joe salerno
> >
> >
> My now elderly father is an avid classical music collector. I recall him
> noting that during a certain era, that getting records with poor vinyl
> was common due to a shortage. Does anyone have information or facts on
> that?
>
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