[78-L] pile of ancient discs

[David Lennick]

This would predate the V-Discs, which were almost always made of vinyl except 
for Columbia's pressings (and I've seen some Columbia vinyl VDs as well, but 
not many). There was definitely a program to reclaim old records. I have a 
Bluebird catalog which asks you to bring an old record to the store every time 
you buy a new one, and get a few cents back, and also not to bring in any 
laminated records. The regrind was necessary because a crucial ingredient in 
shellac was unavailable due to Japanese blockade.

dl

On 2/4/2012 1:03 AM, Bill McClung wrote:
> I was doing some research at the Institute of Texan Cultures and found a
> photo from the San Antonio Light dated July 14, 1942.
>
> The caption was "San Antonio Legionnaires collecting old records for
> service men.  L.B. Loewenstein (left), Andrew Hoffman examine pile of
> ancient discs to be reground."
>
> The article said "The post (George D. Newton Post 420) sends the old
> records to National Legion headquarters in Indianapolis, from whence they
> are sent to record manufacturers for regrinding.  The shellac makes them
> valuable for making new records to be sent to the men in the service."
>
> The photo shows several hundred 78s in a window display in the downtown
> legion hall.
>
> So were record drives commonplace?  And the article implies that V-Discs
> ("new records to be sent to the men in service") were being made from the
> collected 78s.
>
> Any recollections about record drives?
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