[78-L] questions about blue shellac

[Rjholtin]

Columbia touted the blue records as being the quietest records ever made.  Somebody on The List posted a demo with the sales pitch a few years ago.

The reason they used the blue was to be able to track unsold records returned by dealers for credit.  Only the blue ones were returnable.  I picked that up from Dave Blue Pages Diehl (no connection with blue wax, BTW) and the terms spelled out on the demo would support that usage.

I have a few 12" Standard inside start ETs of the Sons of the Pioneers from late 1934 pressed by Victor that are various shades of blue.  Not laminated nor shellac, but blue nonetheless.

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On Feb 18, 2012, at 3:39 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

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?

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