[78-L] Spiked Edge Victor Test Pressing

[Don Chichester]

A deadly frizbee! Don
 > Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:44:51 -0700
> From: craigventresco at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Spiked Edge Victor Test Pressing
> 
> *I  have some Emerson tests with "spikes"...not sure what the reason for
> them would be.*
> 
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 3:12 PM, J. E. Knox <rojoknox at metroeast.org> wrote:
> 
> > Greetings from FixitLand!
> >
> > Clifford Bolling wrote:
> >
> > >> I have a 1932 Victor test pressing featuring MELODY by the Leo Reisman
> > Orchestra.  The edge has 'spikes'.
> > >>
> > >> It looks like it was done while the 'wax' was still soft enought to
> > easily cut away.
> > >>
> > >> What was the reason for this?  A couple of the spikes still have traces
> > of the recording session info scratched
> > >> into them.  You can see this disc on YouTube at:
> > >>
> > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMVXT7OVlng
> > >>
> > >> Weird.
> >
> >
> > To which David Lennick replied:
> >
> > > I'd definitely not want to be in the room when one of those was flung
> > off a
> > > Capehart.
> >
> > That was my line of thinking too...perhaps this was intended to prevent
> > playing on a changer. (Remember that changers of the time flung the played
> > disc into a bin.) Or someone wanted to be extra EXTRA sure the test-cut
> > grooves couldn't be played. I've not seen such a thing on a test pressing
> > or any other record before, let alone done at the pressing plant.
> >
> > Weird indeed!
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> >
> > —
> > Joe
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