[78-L] Red Deccas

[DAVID BURNHAM]

Michael Biel wrote:

Is it real red like a regular colored record or is it just slightly
translucent showing reddish purple when light shines through?  The
latter type were the unbreakable Deccas pressed in the former Vogue
picture disc factory which Decca took over.  The ones I've seen like
this are U.S. of course.



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The one I have is red;  the grooved area is translucent but the area around the label is transparent.  Holding it up beside a Canadian Red Plastic Victor, (Stokowski's Brahms 1), the Victor is a lighter red than the Decca and less transparent, (almost but not quite opaque).  Holding it up beside a US Red Plastic Victor, (Paganini Quartet's Debussy Quartet), the Victor is a darker red than the Decca but equally transparent.

My copy of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Concerto with List is on black records.

db