I found a bunch of home recording acetate discs at a thrift store once and was disappointed to find that they were mostly blanks. I can confirm that these had indeed been manufactured before 1976.

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Posted by Loopy and Opa Opa on January 18, 2023 at 16:12:42 EST in reply to Just hit record! (n/t) from a-star.

I found a bunch of home recording acetate discs at a thrift store once and was disappointed to find that they were mostly blanks. I can confirm that these had indeed been manufactured before 1976.

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Do you know what kind of machine was used to record on them? Were they 12”? The only acetate discs I’ve seen were cut on normal record lathes. There was at least one f0rm of aluminum transcr1ption discs used in the Lomax days where the mechanicals weren’t too huge but still professionally priced for sure.

(SignOfZeta)

(10:57:05 01/21/23 EST)

These were for a home setup, not professional. I'm sure the prices were insane for the time, but there's always rich people who are willing to buy things like this. The discs I had were 7" and white (or kind of cream colored, but maybe originally white). They were made out of fiberglass or something with an acetate surface layer as far as I could tell. I later gave all the blank ones to a friend who had found a recorder at a thrift store, though it wasn't working. I did keep a couple that had been recorded onto (nothing interesting, they were just personal letters or memos and had been recorded in the late 1950s). I don't know what ever happened to the ones I kept, I don't think I have them anymore, but they were [a lot like this if not identical](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wilcox-Gay-Record-Disc-Hank-Snow-Written-on-Label/353413096868).

(Wilcox Gay and Opa Opa)

(14:19:19 01/21/23 EST)

That's not how you make link here. Well, you'll figure it out.

(Markup and Opa Opa)

(14:19:57 01/21/23 EST)

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