- blacknwhite
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Metal core laminated pressed 78? (London, c. 1955)
Metal-core laminated pressed 78? (London, c. 1955)
Just curious... anyone know if there ever was such a thing? Or maybe a metal reinforcement ring on the outer edge in an attempt to prevent chips / breakage? It could be done by just dropping a 9-7/8" metal ring in the press with the biscuit... bizarre
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160262679628
Just curious... anyone know if there ever was such a thing? Or maybe a metal reinforcement ring on the outer edge in an attempt to prevent chips / breakage? It could be done by just dropping a 9-7/8" metal ring in the press with the biscuit... bizarre
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160262679628
The photo isn't that large, but are you sure you're not seeing a kraft paper laminate layer? This pressing looks like something similar to a Columbia of the same era; these were a 5 layer pressings with a tough inner "core" covered with two layers of kraft paper, then the two high quality material playing surfaces. Sometimes when the edges of these get chipped you can see the kraft paper underneath the playing surfaces which may have a copper like appearance due to it's color. I'm not aware of commercial pressings with any sort of metal core, but such a beast may exist...
- Dub Studio
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There are some more metal discs here, but they are all home/department store recording discs I think: http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/metal.html
- Aussie0zborn
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- Perisphere
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Yes, you're probably seeing paper. They also did what perisphere said, put a metal reinforcement grommet in the center for a while. I guess to keep people from pulling the disks off the turntable spindle at an angle and breaking out the center hole. All the reinforcement did was make a bigger hole and voila - you have a Standard disc!! Or worst case scenario an Aretino disc! (Sorry...)
- cuttercollector
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Nothing standard at all and yes, I've seen the "enlarged" hole Victor's and Columbia's for those who got burned by a jobber or door to door salesman with an overstock of Standard talking machines. Aretinos look like giant 45's with their 3 inch center hole and I have a couple Uniteds that have a 1.5 inch hole (if I remember correctly) and I'm sure everybody's seen a Busy Bee with the standard hole and punchout so only their records could be played on their machines. Most Busy Bee slugs got ground off the turntable so the owner could play "regular" records, but since Busy Bee's were cheap knockoff machines anyway most wouldn't play all the way through a 10 inch disk because the motor wasn't strong enough.