Audiodisc

DO NOT USE. Audiodisc was not a Mastering facility, Recording Studio or Record Label and should not be used for these roles. To document acetates cut on Audiodisc-branded blanks:
- Enter Made By - Capitol Magnetic Products as stated on labels.
- Add to Notes - "Cut on an Audiodisc acetate blank"
- Audiodisc is not a Label. Not On Label should be entered if no other suitable label can be found
- Any Atlantic (or sub-label) retail releases with Lacquer Cut At credits for Audiodisc should have those credits removed and "W etch in runout denotes lacquer cut using an Audiodisc blank" entered in Notes.

Audiodisc was an American brand of blank acetate discs made by Audiodisc AB, which often hand etched "Audiodisc" in the runout area followed by a date.

Audio Devices merged with Capitol Records in 1968 to create Apollo Masters. Apollo Masters Corporation is currently one of only two manufacturers of lacquer discs remaining in the world today.

History: Acetate lacquer discs are used for instantaneous playback records and master discs for manufacture of records. Blank discs are placed on the turntable of the disc cutting lathe and a music groove is cut into the blank surface. Prior to widespread usage of magnetic tape, radio stations and studios all used disc cutting lathes. It was not unusual for an artist to leave the recording studio with an "acetate" under their arm or record company staff to have a few discs cut to rush them to radio stations for promotional use. "Actetates" are lathe-cut records. They are not record pressings and they have never seen the inside of a record press.