The couple decide they have to escape from London, and shatter Arthur's stock of fragile shellac discs.

A public appeal resulted in the donation of thousands of shellac discs, which started off the collection.

The first mass recordings of Jùjú music were made by Parlophone of the EMI group, starting in 1936, released on 78rpm shellac discs.

Careful handling of shellac discs is standard conservation procedure.

The final, negative, "plate" from which shellac discs were pressed was called a "stamper."

This means that the earliest disc recordings most music lovers will hear are shellac discs made after 1900, after more than ten years of development.

Distinctive, red paper information labels affixed to the centre of the two affiliated companies' black shellac discs inspired the name.

Although brief, Leno's recording period (1901-1903) produced around thirty recordings on one-sided shellac discs using the early acoustic recording process.

It initially gained recognition for its highly acclaimed series of CDs featuring transfers of historic classical music performances that originally appeared on 78-rpm shellac discs.

It originally specialised in the sale of phonographs, cylinders and shellac discs.