[78-L] Cleaning Lacquers.

[simmonssomer]

Uhmmmm, David......I have the complete 1937 Madhattan Room B'casts on CD's 
with liner notes written by a very close friend of yours.
Perhaps Earl can get hold of this series on a CD label I'll be glad to 
provide to him off list.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Weiner" <djwein at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Cleaning Lacquers.


> Hey Earl,
>
> Are these broadcasts that have been issued commercially? 78 or 33? Are 
> they
> original discs? A ton of 1937 BG airshots have been released on LP or CD. 
> If
> so, there might be no need to bother cleaning your lacquers.
>
> Dave Weiner
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 12:13 PM
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> Subject: [78-L] Cleaning Lacquers.
>
> Hi!
>
> I recently acquired some dubbings of Benny Goodman broadcasts in 1937.
> HOWEVER, the dubbings are on lacquer discs and have now begun to
> suffer from that thing wherein the surface turns a very grey
> colour...probably some form of slow chemical decomposition or
> whatever.
>
> I'm sure that there must be something which could clean these
> lacquers and get rid of the loud noise this stuff makes...other than
> cleaning up the sound digitally, of-course.
>
> Can any of you experts suggest anything to clean them with?
> There's still a lot of good quality sound underneath it all! ;-)
>
> I live in London, so please don't suggest a 'brand' of substance sold
> in the USA for I won't know what it is! ;-)
>
> Earl Okin.
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