[Dixielandjazz] Glass Records

[Ron L'Herault]

The folks on the 78 collectors list might give you a more thorough answer,
but what I have gleaned from them is that these are lacquers, glass based
because of war time metal shortages.  The thin lacquer coating is what the
sound was cut into.  They are fragile and easily damaged.  It is best if you
copy the music onto some other medium for safe keeping.  You are pretty
lucky to have them.   They may be copies of a radio broadcast, making them
more or less one of a kind, or dupes of recordings that may now be hard to
obtain.

If you can figure it out, please submit messages to the group in plain text.
thanks,

Ron L
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Glass Records


I'm very new to the internet - approx three months and at last have found a
site that interests me.  I have been following the various 'threads' for the
past few days and cannot wait to return home each evening to read and learn
more about this wonderful music.

I have an extensive jazz record collection and some years ago I purchased
the remaining stock of jazz records from a local used record vendor - he was
going to concentrate on the more lucrative area of old popular music!

Amongst these records I found a number of glass records.  Some are of
completely transparent glass and others of a stained brown glass.  They are
all Long Play i.e. 33.3 rpm and all feature Eddie Condon and his orchestra.

I have often wondered if anyone could help with the history and/or purpose
of these recordings and if anyone out there can shed some light on these, I
imagine, fairly unusual items it would be appreciated.