[78-L] 1923 Columbia Demonstration Record Sleeve

[Joe Salerno]

So were laminated records quieter than Z shellac?

Joe Salerno

On 6/1/2016 2:12 AM, Dave Burnham wrote:
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> I was going to message that I have no idea how they MADE laminated pressings and have always wondered about this, but as I started to type, it suddenly hit me; they must have had precut 10 inch and 12 inch centre cores so when they pressed a record, they put the label in the press, then a biscuit of the soft music surface, then the core, then another biscuit and another label. The pressure would distribute the soft material evenly over the core and "voila", a new record. If that IS how it was done then I'm curious to know - did this require special presses or could normal presses handle this?
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> db
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>> On Jun 1, 2016, at 12:20 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> wrote:
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>> Canada continued into 1954, US Columbia well into the late 50s but also must have gone to unlaminated pressings in some plants or subcontracted them because I've seen broken solid Columbias from the 50s.
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>> dl
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>>> Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 20:59:27 -0400
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> From: burnhamd at rogers.com.invalid
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] 1923 Columbia Demonstration Record Sleeve
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>>> I'm pretty sure American and Canadian Columbia continued laminated pressings into the '50s, but, of course, I could be wrong.
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>>> db
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>>>> On May 31, 2016, at 4:42 PM, Inigo Cubillo <ice261263 at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
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