From: utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!jwb Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: record bead Article-I.D.: mcnc.1534 Posted: Thu Feb 17 11:07:59 1983 Received: Thu Feb 24 08:21:49 1983 References: burdvax.572,eagle.777 The bead is also there because the manufacturers are making them so damn thin that they wouldn't have and rigidity otherwise.