Question, were lacquers made by the "Audiodisc" company REGULARLY used for professional disc mastering for mass production?
Or were they mainly just for home recorders, radio stations, studio "demos", and "low-budget" indie labels (where you can actually see the slight impression of the taped-over additional holes in the label area of the final pressing)?
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blacknwhite
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blacknwhite
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Re: Question, were lacquers made by the "Audiodisc" company REGULARLY used for pro disc mastering for mass production?
OOPS, nevermind. . . .
as someone once said, "here, let me google that for you". . .
"Yes, Audiodisc (Audio Devices, Inc.), the company, made professional blank lacquer discs (often called "acetates") used as masters for vinyl pressing and for studio/radio reference cuts, with their "Red Label" discs being the professional grade for master processing, eventually becoming Apollo Masters before the lacquer manufacturing industry consolidated"
as someone once said, "here, let me google that for you". . .
"Yes, Audiodisc (Audio Devices, Inc.), the company, made professional blank lacquer discs (often called "acetates") used as masters for vinyl pressing and for studio/radio reference cuts, with their "Red Label" discs being the professional grade for master processing, eventually becoming Apollo Masters before the lacquer manufacturing industry consolidated"
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Re: Question, were lacquers made by the "Audiodisc" company REGULARLY used for pro disc mastering for mass production?
Audio Devices (Audiodiscs, AudioTape) were bought out by Capitol in the late 60s or early 70s and moved from New York to Connecticut. Then sometime in the early 80s AudioTape was discontinued and AudioDisc was bought out again and moved to California where it became Apollo Masters. Up until the end they provided rolls of the Audiodisc labels for sale as well as lacquers.
There were a few different grades available - blue-on-white label discs had a thin aluminum base, black-on-yellow labels had a thicker base (black-on-pink for large-hole 45s), and there were also black-on-white label reference discs, red-seal dubs, and master lacquers with no guide pin hole and only a date code embossed. After the 70s it was cut down to just the master lacquers, and dubs that started as master lacquers but didn't pass QC.
There were a few different grades available - blue-on-white label discs had a thin aluminum base, black-on-yellow labels had a thicker base (black-on-pink for large-hole 45s), and there were also black-on-white label reference discs, red-seal dubs, and master lacquers with no guide pin hole and only a date code embossed. After the 70s it was cut down to just the master lacquers, and dubs that started as master lacquers but didn't pass QC.