[78-L] early days of KPRC

[David Lennick]

As I say, folks, I've had many many records where one side is round and the 
other is misshapen.

I also found a help wanted ad in my local paper this evening looking for 
CHICKEN CATCHERS, so I hope the Mayan calendar is right this time..

dl

On 2/17/2012 9:56 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 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
>>   urenberger>>>>>>>