Shellac

But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released.

At the turn of the century, the ever-expanding electrical industry was running low on shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug which could be used as an insulating material.

In 1964 Goldwater ran rambunctiously, flat-out against government. He got shellacked.

In another the Mets were shellacked, 9-1, with a stray ninth-inning home run by Strawberry after two outs, preventing a shutout.