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----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Warren" <[log in to unmask]> > 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). > The earliest vinyl (or some kind of plastic) records I have seen are a handful of Muzak 12" transcriptions which seem to date from 1935 or 1936. I have three by Glen Gray... ...stevenc http://users.interlinks.net/stevenc/