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  4th Mar 2013, 5:19 PM
Jock_Girl

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Whyperion wrote:
Into the LP era , I was always told that Red Seal records used inferior or regraded/reused vinyl , is that correct. More to me would be discount versions of tunes that had already sold well on a premium price division.

You may be thinking of re-issues on Victrola and RCA Camden. Red Seal if I recall was known for using what is termed Z shellac

To quote this page: http://www.norpete.com/au1ep78auph.html

Z Shellac - relates exclusively to the best pressings ever produced by Victor, mid-1930's, found on PW, Orth (Orthophonic), but primarily on Scroll Labels, always offering remarkably quiet surfaces, identifiable by the minuscule "z" found only in the upper portion of the inner margin of the shellac. In the event that there is no “z” embossed in such pressings, they will be identified as being “z-type shellac.”


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