That reminds me of the film "Wag the Dog", where one plot point has a
new 78 being created and "planted" in the National Archives or some
such institution. Of course, I rolled my eyes thinking that it
probably wouldn't be so easy to manufacture a _shellac_ 78 nowadays.
Could someone create a replica shellac 78?

Shhh ... don't tell anyone, but I had an idea for a sci-fi movie
script involving ufos awhile back. One of the pitches I made for it
to a producer was to create some recordings on old reel to reel tape
and wires that were connected with the plot of the film and plant them
on ebay and Craigslist over a period of months leading up to the
release of the film, seeing if you could get the ufo community all
excited about a recently discovered authentic recording of a late 40s
or early 50s ufo sighting.

randy


On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:40 PM, George Brock-Nannestad <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad
>
>
> Hello,
>
> it pleases me no end to read about somebody doing something new for a change!
> The 78 rpm format is just right for the field, because with the coarse
> grooves there is no need to be hysterical about working in a dust-free
> environment and in most cases not even about overloading the system. And now,
> of course, we have mains electricity everywhere.
>
> The increase in demand for lacquer records (we now know that they were
> nitrocellulose lacquers, not cellulose acetate lacquers) might even lower the
> price of masters from the suppliers to record mastering studios, to the
> benefit of us all.
>
> In 50-100 years time we shall have a real pickle, however, because we shall
> then have to apply various forensic techniques to determine that your records
> are what they are and not 70+ years older. However, that is what happens when
> you start using technology that has been overtaken by technical development.
>
> It is very interesting, philosophically, to consider that no-one will be able
> to re-create MiniDisc recording 70 years after its heyday (if it ever had
> one) 1) because probably no equipment can be made to function, and 2) nobody
> will manufacture unrecorded magneto-optical MiniDiscs in 70 years. It all
> speaks for going primitive.
>
> My own experiences with re-creating early recording has concentrated on
> acoustic disc recording, using Berliner etch-technology and Johnson cut wax
> technology. However, I regularly use my better-than-a-portable-Presto lathe
> for 78 rpm lacquers. My lathe is portable if you are two strong men - it has
> handles!
>
> Best wishes; I shall follow your website!
>
>
> George
>
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>
>
>
>> We're recent new members, and just wanted to say hello to everyone on the
>> list.  We thought that there may be some folks interested in what we're up
>> to.
>>
>> THE 78 PROJECT is a journey across America to record today´s musical artists
>> as they perform the early American songs that inspired a century of popular
>> music -- exactly as they were originally recorded, instantaneously, on
>> one-of-a-kind 78rpm lacquer discs.  Inspired by Alan Lomax and his quest to
>> capture music where it lived throughout the early 20th Century, the series
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>> authentic musical forms.  With just one microphone, one authentic 1930's
>> Presto direct-to-acetate disk recorder, and one blank lacquer disc,
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>> What we have found is that the film, music and feelings that result defy
>> space and time.  You can see more of the project, hear acetates and more at
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>>
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>>
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>> The 78 Project
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