[78-L] questions about blue shellac

[Glenn Longwell]

One of the owners of American Record Company, Horace Sheble, starting a vertical brand in 1916.  At first they were 7" discs but later in 1917 they came out with 10" and 12" vertical cut records made of blue shellac.  Looks like he like it so much he tried it again...
Glenn

--- On Sat, 2/18/12, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] questions about blue shellac
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2012, 4:11 PM

There were blue shellac records made in the first decade of the 20th
century by what was called American Record Company.  (Nothing to do with
the later American Record Corporation that bought Columbia in 1934 when
they were still making Royal Blue records.)

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> The "Blue Wax" Columbias are laminated with a coating of blue
> something-or-other.  Sometimes they sound great,  other times they rumble
> like a truck on a bumpy road.  They seem to be very susceptible to "lam
> cracks" as well.
>
> Are there records pressed on blue shellac or are they all laminated?  I
> have
> blue laminated MacGregors from the mid-30s but also have some from '34 -
> '35
> pressed on a very light blue-grey plastic material...the surface on those
> is
> superb,  as is the recording quality...some of my Paul Pendarvis Orchs like
> that sound so live it's hard to believe they're 75 years old.
>
> Taylor
>
>
>
>
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> To: "78-l" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 11:57 AM
> Subject: [78-L] questions about blue shellac
>
>
> > 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?
> > --
> > Joe Salerno
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