Shortage of lacquer cripples record production worldwide
The record industry faces a lacquer shortage as two of four global suppliers halt shipments. US firms Capitol Magnetics and Transco struggle with flawed formulas, while European producers offer insufficient volume. Warner Bros and EMI America source any usable lacquer, risking recuts and poorer sound quality.
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Bob Cosulich
Transco
U.S
Cosulich
Capitol Magnetics
Ed Outwater
Warner Bros
EMI America
Paul West
Galapagos novel reviewed as dull polemic by Vonnegut
AP Books critic Kurt Vonnegut’s Galapagos is described as a largely dull read despite moments of wit. The tale opens in 1986 with a doomed Nature Cruise, war in South America, and a shipwreck that strands survivors on the Galapagos. A ghost narrator records humanity’s decline and a new race emerging.
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Kurt Vonnegut
Galapagos
Vonnegut
Ecuadorian
Guayaquil
Peru
Ecuador
Galapagos Islands
Michael Jackson Stamp Series Saved by Nevis Release
A British Virgin Islands stamp print run honoring Michael Jackson was shelved due to rules restricting living honorees. Nevis will issue the stamps instead in a future release, part of St. Vincent Island’s Popular Musician series following an Elvis Presley debut.
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Michael Jackson
Jackson
Caribbean
British Virgin Islands
Nevis
St. Vincent Island
Elvis Presley
Video on Buses Brings Studio Licensed Films
New York firm Travel Video plans to show studio licensed movies on long distance buses using videotapes. The company says it will operate with film studios and pay rights, unlike some firms that already display tapes without permission. Rick Brough, Travel Video president, says several studios have offered first run features.
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New York
Travel Video
Rick Brough
Road to Paradise Island by Victoria Holt
Victoria Holt crafts a romantic suspense tale set on tropical islands near Australia. Annalice Mallory and her brother Philip seek the missing Paradise Island after finding an ancestor’s murder diary and a map to a non existent isle. Danger follows as they pursue truth and love amid conspiracy.
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Paradise Island
Victoria Holt
Doubleday
Australia
Holt
Annalice Mallory
Annalice
Philip
Para
Dise Island
Isle of
Cariba
Raymond Billington
Milton Harrington
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Phil Thomas
Delacorte
Archy
Roaches
Prufe
Paul Harvey
Park Ave
Dial
Holt’s
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Associated Press
Bath Mill
Hwy
Bath, S.C
Harris Tweed
McCall
Bric
USCA
LIBRA
Wednesdees
Aiken
Augusta
Hans
Classified Department
Aiken Standard
P.O
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Standard Classified Department
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