Hi Ben,
I should have read your first sentence more carefully. What you describe as vinyl is actually Victrolac, a "thermoplastic resin" that Victor developed for the long-playing Program Transcriptions. There was quite a bit of discussion a few weeks back about Victrolac on this list.
Is the stylus picking up any dirt? Dennis Rooney described a problem with Victrolac records oozing sticky gook into the grooves. Perhaps he can respond and refresh our memories on this.
Gary
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The Crane School of Music
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Hi Gary,
I never heard of Victrolac.
I'm sure the record is clean, because I just cleaned it.
I cleaned it with "PURE 2 - Professional record cleaner from by "Nitty
Gritty"
I has the scroll label and it feels like vinyl. Is it not vinyl?
Regards,
Ben
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 3:17 PM Gary A. Galo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> Is this a Victrolac pressing with scroll labels, or regular shellac? My
> Victrolac copy has a lot of crud in the grooves, a problem with that
> material that was mentioned a few weeks back on this list. If this is the
> case, the records need a good cleaning.
>
> I also had, at one time, a post-war shellac pressing with RCA Victor
> labels, and a banner-style cover on the album. I've used a 2.5 mil TE on
> both sets without problems.
>
> 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
>
> "If you design an audio system based on the premise that nothing is
> audible,
> on that system nothing will be audible."
> G. Galo
>
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> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Shoenberg: Gurrelieder Stokowski vinyl 78 M-127
> tracking problems
>
> Hello everyone
>
> I never thought I'd have tracking problems with these beautiful vinyl 78s,
> but i do.
> I know they've been reissued on LP and CD, but, strange as it may seem, I
> need to have the 78's for transferring purposes.
> The styli are jumping. I've even tried with a .7 mil stylus just to see if
> it would track better.
> I tried playing the records at 45 and 33, but the styli keep jumping
> forward. It looks as though the grooves are jerky while the records look
> brand new.
>
> Has anyone ever come across this problem?
>
> Regards,
> Ben Roth
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>
> Thanks!
>
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