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You forget Mr. Edison's kneebreaker. Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lennick" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] vinyl 78's > For starters, the only 78s that are truly unbreakable are the ones made > for mood music libraries (Chappell, Boosey & Hawkes et al) in the 50s and > Capitol's "Superflex" kids records in the 40s. Everything else can be > cracked by putting your thumbnails together and pushing up..experimenting > this way on unwanted discs is a good way to learn which ones will and > which ones won't. Even Decca LPs from the mid 50s to the early 60s will > fail this test. > > Other than that, it may be a matter of what country you're in. Canadian > plants kept 78s into 1960 and all but Quality used shellac, while > Quality's vinyl was easily cracked. > > dl > > MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji wrote: >> Hi, and happy new year all, >> >> I'm just curious - what can I distinguish shellac 78rpms from >> other thick vinyl-made 78rpms, not only by reading labels saying >> such as "Merco Plastic" or "Non-breakable"? >> >> The last era of vinyl 78rpms can be easily distinguished just >> because they are very thin and flexible. But other type of vinyl 78rpms, >> as well as very early LPs, are not flexible and rather thick. >> I've been wondering whether the last era of thick 78rpms (late 1950s >> to early 1960s, for example) are actually made either of shellac >> or thick vinyl. >> >> >> At Fri, 4 Jan 2008 19:15:51 -0500, >> Tom Fine wrote: >>> What's the history of vinyl 78's? I have a small pile from I think the >>> very early 50's, these are pop and country tunes. Was vinyl used for >>> 78's in any mass quantities previous to when vinyl LPs were >>> mass-manufactured? The "newest" vinyl 78's I know of are kiddie records >>> pressed in the mid-60's. Aside from novelty stuff, was the medium used >>> after the mid-60's? >>> >>> Thanks for the coming history lesson! >>> >>> -- Tom Fine >> >> -- >> MATSUBAYASHI, 'Shaolin' Kohji [log in to unmask] >> http://microgroove.jp/ >> >> GPG Fingerprint: 981C 4171 3044 DC45 6024 EA00 A413 F44D 8FB7 5B97 >> >> >