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Surely one important reason to go to vinyl was to decrease shipping costs. I don't recall shellac futures being offered on the commodities exhange where oil futures can be used to stabilize near-future costs. At least, it used to work that way, when delivery was assured. A stable supply cost is helpful in forcasting future earnings, and we all know the markets that thrive on such information. Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Warren" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Records History > Dear Mike and List Readers, > > As you've probably found, some manufacturers released vinyl 78's without > notice or with minimal notice. I've seen Columbia 78's pressed in black > vinyl with very little if any indication of that fact; and several small > labels used vinyl, usually either black or red, most or all of the time. > Many children's records were pressed in vinyl, perhaps in order to use > colored discs, probably also because of shatter-resistance. Many promos > for radio station use were pressed in vinyl, while their marketed versions > were made of shellac. Most vinyl 78's seem to have been marketed after WW > II (but there are probably exceptions to that observation). > > Richard > > At 09:39 AM 9/22/2005, you wrote: >>In a message dated 9/21/2005 1:30:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >>[log in to unmask] writes: >>It is worth noting that very few "78's" were ever pressed from vinyl. >>*************** >> >>At one time I thought the RCA Victor "Red Seal Deluxe" series was unique >>but >>since I've found that several manufacturers released vinyl 78 consumer >>series. >> >>It would be interesting to research how the use of vinyl for 78s meshed >>with >>the manufacture of lightweight consumer record players that could play >>them >>without damage and why anyone would buy them when they could get 45s or >>lps. >> >>Mike Csontos > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.4/109 - Release Date: 9/21/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.4/109 - Release Date: 9/21/2005