[78-L] questions about blue shellac

[David Lennick]

If you look closely at many blue wax Columbias, you'll see black shellac at the 
edge. Whatever they used, I find it much quieter (when cleaned of gunk and that 
stuff that sometimes exudes from the surface) than Victor's picture records or 
Hit of the Weeks, which are always noisy and rumbly. Allied was still using 
that blue stuff for custom pressings and for MGM's playbacks into the early 40s.

dl

On 2/18/2012 2:57 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> How is shellac made blue? A dye of some kind I presume...same as making
> it black.
>
> Why blue? A response to Victor and its obsession about red seals and
> such? Inspired by Blue Amberol cylinders?
>
> Who besides Columbia made blue shellac records?
>
> And most important, does it sound different? (I think not). Anyone claim
> they can hear a difference between blue and black shellac (or any other
> color?) Anyone done a double blind test?
>
> Any other colors for shellac besides black, blue, splash and clay?