[78-L] quality control problems - Poor Vinyl

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Sep 22 08:08:37 PDT 2011


On 22/09/11 15:29, agp wrote:
> I've not had any quality problems with 78s from the mid 50s going
> back. However, I have seen more defects in US 78s that were pressed
> at the end of the 78 era. I've had a few pressed in 1958 that are off
> center and a few with mis-aligned labels.
>
> I wonder if as 78 production began to dwindle, QC became lax as a
> result because no one really cared about the 78 by then
>
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I had a 78 of RAF bugle calls etc where the two labels were perfectly 
lined up with each other. Doesn't happen on commercial issues. That's 
what a bit of military discipline does for you!

      Julian Vein


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