[78-L] (European) Recording media - gelatin (?) foils

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Prone to aging? Everything including us is prone to aging....

These are also difficult to clean as they dissolve when wet (I've been 
told, haven't handled one myself).

joe salerno


On 3/2/2013 4:53 AM, Milan Milovanovic wrote:
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> While listening to these extraordinary samples of Czech jazz recorded during WWII (in 1942.):
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1t8bNQTX4k
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZX-uAU1Yo0
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5yL0_bUwiA
>
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> I found that they recorded on:
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> Neprofesionálne nahraná fólie Praha 1942
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> In translation, these are: "Instantaneous foils unprofessionally recorded, Prague 1942"
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> Probably they are gelatin foils, fragile and prone to ageing.
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> It is always pleasure to see how many recording surfaces (besides lacquer/acetate/nitrate celluloid) exists during those days.
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> Milan
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Joe Salerno