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12-10-2012, 02:29 AM
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Found an old record in my attic. It's a 45, has Manfred Mann Doo Wah Diddy on one side, completely flat on the other. No clue why, but it's made of metal!  The groves are painted on. Knickerbocker label. The painted groves are flaking terribly and some chips fell off just from holding it. Any ideas if it would damage my turntable? (Couldn't decide if this was misc. or off topic, so I flipped a coin.) |
12-10-2012, 02:29 AM
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12-10-2012, 06:46 AM
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12-10-2012, 10:40 AM
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12-10-2012, 01:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | That sounds like a metal master. You pour liquid vinyl into that to make a 45 disc. The other side would get pressed with another master.
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12-10-2012, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua  That sounds like a metal master. You pour liquid vinyl into that to make a 45 disc. The other side would get pressed with another master. |
Plus one. yep...it's a master used for pressing vinyl copies.
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12-10-2012, 01:48 PM
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12-10-2012, 04:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: In My House | | | Woah, a master? I remember my neighbor giving it to me with a bunch of other records when he moved, but how on earth would he have a master copy? Maybe if it wasn't shot it would be worth something... |
12-10-2012, 04:20 PM
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12-10-2012, 04:26 PM
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HPF Technology: Protecting the Pocket since 2007 | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Madison WI | | | As I recall when I was a kid, there were companies that could make a one-off master disc, and it was in the format as described by the OP: Some sort of shellac on metal. I knew somebody who was in a figure skating competition and had to bring their music in this format. It seems possible to me that the OP's disc is a demo. |
12-10-2012, 04:54 PM
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12-10-2012, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by dalkowski What's the best record for metal? | This joke hasn't been appreciated enough.
Laugh at it, quote it and post lol, carry on with your life.
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12-10-2012, 05:06 PM
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12-10-2012, 05:19 PM
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12-10-2012, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by mjac28 I give the OP credit for at least asking first because this could have had a completely different ending and the title could have been "Anyone recommend a good turntable cartridge for xy turntable". | Agreed. I wouldn't bother playing a shellac 45 like that unless you have an old Wilcox-Gay Recordio or similar with a steel spike stylus... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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