I agree with you entirely Oliver, when you say 'they stand up perfectly well to playing on acoustic machines'.Menophanes wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 6:20 amI too have a couple of these, one being a potpourri from Verdi's Rigoletto played by a very respectable orchestra (band and conductor both unidentified). This is pressed in dark-green translucent plastic, the other (two military-band marches) being pink. I am surprised that these flexible records were not more successful; they have quieter surfaces than many conventional discs of the period, and they stand up perfectly well to playing on acoustic machines. Their only drawback is that they tend to distort if not stored either horizontally or with something (I use another record) included within the sleeve to keep them rigid.poodling around wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 11:58 am I have some 'Filmophone' records. Absolutely amazing, surreal colours ! The 'When We Were Very Young' 'Now We Are Six' three set is my favourite !
In terms of content, perhaps my oddest record is a Favorite, from 1908, of two English hymn-tunes played on the carillon of the Town Hall (Rathaus) of Munich, Germany – forty-three tower bells, played from a keyboard. I have digitised one of the sides on my web-page http://www.horologia.me.uk/discs.html (near the bottom).
Oliver Mundy.
I too am surprised 'that these flexible records were not more successful; they have quieter surfaces than many conventional discs of the period,'
Maybe they lasted too well, so other companies 'got rid of them'. A bit like if someone invented an everlasting light-bulb.
The 'mgthomas' website considers as to whether they essentially 'curled' too much, but with respect I am not entirely convinced by this view.
http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/Records/Label ... ophone.htm