Dr. Biel:
Thank you for your informative response.
However, most of us do not have "Richard Sears' V-Disc Discography." So,
perhaps you could check your guns at the door like the rest of us
usually do.
Cheers,
Corey
Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
www.baileyzone.net
On 12/1/2017 6:08 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> It is a shame that none of you thought to look up the answers in Richard
> Sears' V-Disc Discography because none of the answers given so fare are
> correct. Yes Victor and Columbia pressed V-Discs but there were other
> plants as well. And most of the discs you think are vinylite, aren't.
>
> Most of the discs were pressed at RCA in Camden and all of them were
> collated and shipped from there. Columbia Bridgeport was another major
> plant as has been noted. The other plants used were World at 660 First
> Avenue near 38th Street; Clark Phonograph Company, 216 High Street,
> Newark, NJ; Scranton Record Company, Scranton Pa, Universal Sound
> Studios in Hollywood, and Allied Manufacturing Company.
>
> After the first few months, vinylite became a war rationed item because
> it was needed for wire insulation, so after experimentation a different
> but similar plastic was used called Formvar. A third plastic was also
> used called Alvar. I do not know how to tell these three apart, but
> after the war RCA used Formvar in the black plastic Not For Sale Disc
> Jockey discs. Their clear colored discs were vinyl, and apparently by
> the time the 45 was introduced they were using vinyl for their opaque
> black records as well. I would have to check about the Plum label kiddie
> 78s, but I do know the black label DJs were Formvar.
>
>
> Mike Biel [log in to unmask]
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Questions about V Discs
> From: Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, December 01, 2017 12:45 pm
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Some numbers turn up in Victor pressings, others in Columbia shellac-ish
> ones. I've not seen the same rfecord in both pressings.
>
> The series used for the Navy and the Marines all seem to be Victors.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
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> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 12:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Questions about V Discs
>
> V-dics were handled as a Custom Division job; however, I never have come
> across any documentation or reference to production of laminated V-discs
> in the Columbia files. Very interesting, David.
>
> DDR
>
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Gary A. Galo <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, David. I did not know this. All of the V-Discs I've seen and
>> own are vinylite.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> ____________________________
>>
>> Gary Galo
>> Audio Engineer Emeritus
>> The Crane School of Music
>> SUNY at Potsdam, NY 13676
>>
>> "Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener."
>> Arnold Schoenberg
>>
>> "A true artist doesn't want to be admired, he wants to be believed."
>> Igor Markevitch
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:
>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Diehl
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 2:08 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Questions about V Discs
>>
>> Columbia also manufactured some V-Discs. They're easy to spot-they're
>> laminated shellac pressings.
>> -David Diehl
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gary A. Galo <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: ARSCLIST <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wed, Nov 29, 2017 12:55 pm
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Questions about V Discs
>>
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>> I just consulted with Seth Winner on this. He says the records were
>> pressed by Victor, and by the looks of the matrix numbers I would
>> agree. He and I both find that the bass turnover is usually 500 Hz,
>> with -10 or -12 dB at 10 kHz. Seth says that some of the ones where
>> they crammed 6 or more minutes on one side may require a bass turnover
>> of 800 Hz. Bear in mind that ALL V-Discs are dubs and, as such, are
>> mostly mediocre in sound quality. They may require some additional EQ
>> in addition to the basic turnover and roll-off.
>>
>> Best,
>> Gary
>>
>> ____________________________
>>
>> Gary Galo
>> Audio Engineer Emeritus
>> The Crane School of Music
>> SUNY at Potsdam, NY 13676
>>
>> "Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener."
>> Arnold Schoenberg
>>
>> "A true artist doesn't want to be admired, he wants to be believed."
>> Igor Markevitch
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:
>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of 6295LARGE .
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 9:35 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Questions about V Discs
>>
>> Hello everybody.
>>
>>
>> Can anyone answer these questions?
>>
>> 1. Where were the V discs pressed?
>>
>> 2. Which equalization was used?
>>
>>
>> We have a few V discs and I want to dub them correctly equalized.
>>
>> 24 bits 96 kHz.
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Ben Roth
>>
>> P.S. PLEASE send the answers to [log in to unmask]
>>
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