My set looks to be a mix of the Victrolac (new term to me) and good ol'
regular shellac. (All the sides appear clean and good.) Any ideas on what
this may mean?
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 4:23 PM Gary A. Galo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> I have this set. If your records are made of a thin, black material that
> looks like vinyl, with scroll labels, in a buckram album, then it's
> actually an original issue pressed on Victrolac. Mine play fine with a 2.5
> mil TE. I had a post-war reissue with the flag-style cover that was pressed
> on shellac with RCA Victor labels. I don't believe the post-war set ever
> appeared on red vinylite.
>
> Best,
> Gary
>
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> Gary Galo
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> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Can't get these vinyl 78s to play.
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a the Victrola set M-127, Schonberg: Gurre-Lieder with Stokowski and
> Althaus.
> It's apparently a reissue because the records are all vinyl.
> I've blown them with a can of compressed air, but the stylus keeps jumping.
> I've tried different styli and cartridges and weights:
> For instance: Shure M44-7 with 2.8ET and 3.5FCR, *GE* VRII 2.5mil, Stanton
> 3.3ET in a Stanton 500 cartridge, *but the styli keep jumping grooves* -
> one at a time - once per rotation.
> I've even tried a Stanton 681 LP stylus. I've tried 3 different speeds,
> BUT IT ALWAYS JUMPS!!
> I thought the vinyls would sound better than shellac, and maybe they would
> if I weren't having THIS crazy problem.
> Any suggestions? PLEASE!
>
> Thank you.
> Ben Roth
>
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