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Folks, A question for the brains trust. We have discovered a stash of square dance records on 33rpm 7" microgroove acetates. They all have two songs per side, most well known songs turned into square dance calls. The labels are very simply printed white labels with 'Acetate Recording' at the top and 'Use Lightweight Pickup' at the bottom and 'Speed...' and 'Needle...' printed across the middle with room to write or type more information, which is little more than the original song titles. Some have a visible gap between the two songs, other don't, just a couple of seconds of silent groove. The musical accompaniment is pretty simple, just a bajo, organ or in at least one case, vibes.There is no other information other than the name(?) Earnshaw written on most of them in a different pen than the title info. Might these discs be from a small scale production house who would custom cut them for square dance clubs or enthusiasts from existing records or tapes. The voices would seem to be American (rather than Australians doing it in an American accent) and we are wondering what they might be and where they might have come from. Square dancing had a few years of fairly wide popularity in Australia in the mid 50s and of course there are still numerous square dance clubs around the country, but these days it is a minority interest. Thanks graham Graham McDonald Recorded Sound Archivist National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: 02 6248 2192 www.nfsa.gov.au