Video : Astor Records, Australia. (1967)
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Video : Astor Records, Australia. (1967)
Astor Records was the recording division of manufacturing group Radio Corporation Pty Ltd. This company was later bought out by Electronic Industries, which in turn was bought out by the multinational Philips conglomerate in the early 1970s. Radio Corporation produced consumer electronic goods under the Astor brand from the mid-1920s until the mid-1970s. Philips unexpectedly closed the plant in the early 80s and merged Astor Records with Phonogram (later PolyGram).
Astor Records were the Australian distributors at one time or another for Pye (UK), Mercury (USA), Elektra (USA), MCA (USA) and others. Full story here : http://www.milesago.com/industry/astor.htm
In this video :
Neumann AM32B lathe with ZS 90/45 cutterhead
Silvering the lacquer disc WITHOUT a silvering machine
Galvanic plating with agitating plating baths
Pressing on manual presses (rather like Finebilt but hard to see - I suspect these are Johns presses, made in Australia.
Astor's own cassette duplicatin machines
Check out the jacket folding and glueing machine!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBTBuG4xqU
Astor Records were the Australian distributors at one time or another for Pye (UK), Mercury (USA), Elektra (USA), MCA (USA) and others. Full story here : http://www.milesago.com/industry/astor.htm
In this video :
Neumann AM32B lathe with ZS 90/45 cutterhead
Silvering the lacquer disc WITHOUT a silvering machine
Galvanic plating with agitating plating baths
Pressing on manual presses (rather like Finebilt but hard to see - I suspect these are Johns presses, made in Australia.
Astor's own cassette duplicatin machines
Check out the jacket folding and glueing machine!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cBTBuG4xqU
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The music is probably spooky during the silvering because this is sometimes considered a "black art".
That silvering process is excatly like developing silver prints. Someone asked about it here some time ago and I thought that video might be useful to see how its done.
That silvering process is excatly like developing silver prints. Someone asked about it here some time ago and I thought that video might be useful to see how its done.
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