[78-L] early days of KPRC

[Royal Pemberton]

It would have to be something between lacquer and the pressing on my copy
of National 9057.  It's a Charlie Ventura record....'I'm forever blowing
bubbles' is fine, but the flip, 'Baby baby all the time' is a mess.  You
might think of the pattern of the grooves as somewhat ellipsoid; not the
once-around effect of an off-centre disc, this malady occurs twice every
revolution.  It's unlistenable, like one of the metal parts got stretched!

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 2:20 AM, <david.diehl at hensteeth.com> wrote:

>  >I don't even know if it's a legitimate term, but I apply it to any vinyl
> pressings that are off-round and impossible to center. Sometimes one side
> is fine and the other side seems to have two "high" sides, so I don't think
> the problem is uneven cooling or too-quick removal from the press.dl
>
> Playtex syndrome? Stampers don't stretch but vinyl does. Operators use two
> hands to pull platters out of the press. When the production cycle is
> accelerated there is inadequate time to cool the discs uniformly, some
> areas of the platter are fine- others not so good.
> DJD- worked his way through college in a plastics factory.
>
> Visit the Blue Pages: the Encyclopedic Guide to 78 RPM Party Records
> http://www.hensteeth.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lennick [mailto:dlennick at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 06:40 PM
> To: '78-L Mail List'
> Subject: Re: [78-L] early days of KPRC
>
> I don't even know if it's a legitimate term, but I apply it to any vinyl
> pressings that are off-round and impossible to center. Sometimes one side
> is fine and the other side seems to have two "high" sides, so I don't think
> the problem is uneven cooling or too-quick removal from the press.dlOn
> 2/17/2012 7:30 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:> Please define
> stamper stretch. This is a term I have not encountered> previously.>> joe
> salerno>>> On 2/16/2012 3:57 PM, David Lennick wrote:>> A lot of early
> Columbia lps were just rushed onto the market, and most of them>> had been
> dubbed direct from 33RPM lacquer originals without a tape master. The>> EQ
> is all over the road and many discs suffer from stamper stretch or noisy
> end>> grooves. Victor didn't produce an lp till 1950 although the low
> numbered discs>> all have D9 matrix numbers, so at least they were working
> on having a library>> when they finally started issuing lps. Some early
> Londons are absolute horrors.>>>> dl>>>> O
>  n 2/16/2012 4:17 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:>>> Rotten? I'm sure
> it's because they were dubbed from 33 or78 rpm masters. Either from laquer
> discs or a stamper or something else in the record manufacuring process. My
> experience with early LP's seems to be from Columbia& RCA Once you get the
> EQ right they don't sound too bad.....>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> ________________________________>>>> From: David Lennick>>>> To: 78-L Mail
> List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012
> 2:45 PM>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] early days of KPRC>>>>>>>> Well, at least
> pre-1948. I don't know how quickly radio stations began to adapt>>>> to
> play lps. Convenience aside, the quality was pretty rotten on many of
> the>>>> early ones.>>>>>>>> dl>>>>>>>> On 2/16/2012 3:38 PM, Mark D Mobile
> wrote:>>>>> Those are RCA turntables and the arm has a 3-mil cartridge,
> which makes it>>>>> pre-1947 or so...unless all they used the 'tables for
> was to play 3-mil-cut>>>>> commercials.>>>>>>>>>> Mark D
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