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Hi Gary, I never heard of Victrolac. I'm sure the record is clean, because I just cleaned it. I cleaned it with "PURE 2 - Professional record cleaner from by "Nitty Gritty" I has the scroll label and it feels like vinyl. Is it not vinyl? Regards, Ben On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 3:17 PM Gary A. Galo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Ben, > > Is this a Victrolac pressing with scroll labels, or regular shellac? My > Victrolac copy has a lot of crud in the grooves, a problem with that > material that was mentioned a few weeks back on this list. If this is the > case, the records need a good cleaning. > > I also had, at one time, a post-war shellac pressing with RCA Victor > labels, and a banner-style cover on the album. I've used a 2.5 mil TE on > both sets without problems. > > Best, > Gary > > ____________________________ > > Gary Galo > Audio Engineer Emeritus > The Crane School of Music > SUNY at Potsdam, NY 13676 > > "Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener." > Arnold Schoenberg > > "A true artist doesn't want to be admired, he wants to be believed." > Igor Markevitch > > "If you design an audio system based on the premise that nothing is > audible, > on that system nothing will be audible." > G. Galo > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of 6295LARGE > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 3:07 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Shoenberg: Gurrelieder Stokowski vinyl 78 M-127 > tracking problems > > Hello everyone > > I never thought I'd have tracking problems with these beautiful vinyl 78s, > but i do. > I know they've been reissued on LP and CD, but, strange as it may seem, I > need to have the 78's for transferring purposes. > The styli are jumping. I've even tried with a .7 mil stylus just to see if > it would track better. > I tried playing the records at 45 and 33, but the styli keep jumping > forward. It looks as though the grooves are jerky while the records look > brand new. > > Has anyone ever come across this problem? > > Regards, > Ben Roth > PLEASE respond to [log in to unmask] > > Thanks! >