"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote


The percentage of recycled vinyl had to be strictly controlled,
as the mix turned greyish, and the noise floor was affected.
It's use was mainly for budget pressings also produced
with a much faster pressing cycle. I have always assumed
this to be because each pressman was expected to turn
out a certain amount of product (in monetary terms) per
shift.



The stupid thing of course is that vinyl is naturally (??) colourless - I
was holding a 'clear' record the day before yesterday!!

Yes. Pressings coulld be of any colour
There was a British company Filmophone
in the early 1930s who set the trend with
transparent celluloid records, that were
available in different colours. They had a quieter
surface and were far more durable than
shellac.

10 inch 33 rpm vinyl pressings were actually produced
in small volume in the early 1930s, for radio use. Some
of these were colour coded (blue for jazz etc)
These are extremely rare now.


Very interesting. FWIW, I am fully confident that vinyl production will
continue at least somewhere until I am long gone!

It will see us all out, methinks.
I may be able to get someone to sprinkle my
ashes in the vinyl vat even yet:-)

A colleague of mine, was wondering if, with the
huge increase in downloads, CD sales will continue
to fall ( down 28% last year IIRC) , and how long it
will be before they drop below vinyl?

Just a silly conversation to pass the
time on the way to a gig, but food for thought:-))

Iain