Gelatine Foil Records

[tape]

Came across these, German brand, 'Gelatine Foil Records'
Never seen or heard anything like it. Looks like 30'ties, 4o'ties.
And as you can see they are not really playable anymore:-)

Cover says:
'Both for amatuear and finest studio recordings'
'Store cool and dry'
'Two sided, wide frequency response'
'Playable without treatment!'

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[tape]

just to be precise. these are 'laquers' to be recorded on:-)
Closest thingh to a meat record yet

[Steve E.]

wow!

[Angus McCarthy]

Intriguing. Any idea what the material is? Is it actual collagen gelatin? If you can dissolve some of it in hot water it may very well be...

[tape]

no idea, but they are quite stiff, not 'flexi'
packet only mentions 'gelatine foil'

could be a very cheap source for laquers to experiment with, if somebody has an idea how to make them

[agfamatic]

i think those gelatin blanks was farly populer for inexpencive homerecordings in europe before the war i have seen a swedish webside owned by a guy that was a radio amature during that time he used simular gelatin blanks together with a homemade lathe for recording of the radio and making copys of commercial records.

i would indeed be intresting to see someone making gelatin blanks.

[tape]

I have since seen a large collection of these types of blanks - many colours, thickness differneces etc.
in perfectly good shape, opposed to the ones in the picture.
Conclusion must be that they have been fairly common around ww2

[diamone]

You can send them here to have the sound retrieved off of them:
http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/how-edison-got-his-groove-back