They are all recorded on a lathe, but you can’t cut aluminum. It tears.
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Some were cut (on a record lathe). I've transfered many that were cut.
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>Aluminum’s are not pre-grooved. The groove is embossed, not cut.
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>Michael Biel
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>I just won an uncoated 10" aluminum record at eBay. I bought it only to
>have an example in my collection. The record seems to be pre-grooved,
>but on the use side only. I've heard of pre-grooving but not as late as
>the label suggests, which would nave been sometime around 1942. I'm
>surprised that the embossing machine was even in use that late at an in
>house studio.
>The label is a whole 'nother story. The disc was recorded at/for Radio
>Recording Studio (RRS) which was located at 1619 Broadway in New York
>City. The phone number is Columbus 5-9037 and, yup, that would be in the
>Brill Building. For the 5 bucks I paid for it I'm happy just to have the
>label!
>The handwritten title on the red and cream label is "Celeste - Aida"
>and the artist is as "Sung by Chauncey."
>Any further info on this label and/or recording studio would be
>gratefully accepted.
>Malcolm R
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