[78-L] Kids' record?

[Michael Biel]

From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> You definitely don't want to let any liquid get inside the core, but if you 
> applied a small amount of the Monks mix with a j-cloth and stayed well away 
> from the edge, you might be safe and could use the Monks vacuum to dry it. Oh, 
> don't answer the door, it might be the John Birch Society.   dl

... or the minions of Walker crossing the border from Wisconsin.  We
knew of the lefty leanings of Young Peoples Records/Children's Record
Guild, but I am not sure we knew anything like this about Record Guild
Of America!  Didn't they later make their records out of red plastic?!

I'm not sure you would want to use the Monk's vacuum mode either because
it might pull up the plastic up from the paper which might ruin the
image.

Gosh, I wish you would give us the numbers of the records you describe,
since you have the disc right there in front of you.  And off-list
photos would be nice!

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  

On 6/8/2012 1:01 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
>> I have an interesting disc; it's a 7 inch cardboard record, looks exactly like a children's record from the '40s but the material certainly doesn't look like kids' fare. One side is "Battle Hymn of '48" sung by Paul Robeson, the lyrics are printed on the record and it's obviously a paraphrase of "Battle Hymn of the Republic". The other side is "I've got a ballot", with a subtitle "There's Magic in that Ballot" and the picture is a cartoon of a crowd of angry people lined up beside a sign that says "To Voting Booths". This is performed by Mike Loring. Both sides are copyright People's Songs, Inc. Finally there's a note saying, "Mfd. by Record Guild of America, Inc. Brooklyn N.Y.", which, I believe, is the company which made all those children's records in the '40s.
>>
>> This record looks to be in good condition but it is quite dirty. The playing surface is in tact without any splits or ridges and there's no warping. I would like to clean it but I don't think my Keith Monks machine is the tool for the job. Does anyone have any ideas about cleaning these records?
>>
>> Thanks!   db

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