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  Edison Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edison Records was the first record label, pioneering recorded sound and an important player in the early record industry.
In 1913 artists' names began to be added to the records; previously, Edison's policy was to promote his cylinders based on the recognition of composers and the works recorded theron in lieu of the performers themselves.
Edison Laboratories had been experimenting with disc records for some 3 years, as the general public seemed to prefer them to cylinders.
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 Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph
The laminated surface of the discs also had a tendency to detach from the core material, and surface noise was frequently apparent, which contradicted the aim of perfection that the company was trying to achieve with its recordings.
Edison recording artists would sing along with a disc recording of their voices, daring the audience to be able to tell the difference.
Edison made Diamond Discs in ten-inch and twelve-inch sizes; but, owing to the unusual playing length of the ten-inch record, it will only be necessary to make twelve-inch records of compositions of extra length.
www.bucyrusonline.com /bhs/gallery_articles/edison_disc_phonograph.htm   (1006 words)

  
 EDISON DIAMOND DISC RECORDS: A Short History, Part 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The new Edison Disc Phonographs were unveiled to the trade in July 1911 at the Fifth Annual Convention of the National Association of Talking Machine Jobbers in Milwaukee.
Before 1914, Edison discs were produced using the so-called transfer process, a laborious and time-consuming procedure in which the pressing was made onto thin resin sheets, which were then bonded in a separate step to the thick, fibrous cores.
Discs 50001 through 50050 were pressed in small quantities, primarily for dealers as demonstration discs, and as a group are rare today.
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 Wikinfo | Edison Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Edison Records continued selling cyliners until they went out of business in 1929, but for the last decade these were simply dubbs of their commercial disc records intended for customers who still used cylinder phonographs purchased years before.
In October of 1913 the Edison Diamond Disc Record was introduced.
The audio fidelity was often comprable to the best of other record companies of the time, but they sold poorly as Edison's market share had declined to the point where it was no longer one of the leading companies and Edison had few distributors compared to leaders like Victor, Columbia, and Brunswick.
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 Mt. Lebanon: Collection traces progression of sound recording
The Victrola, phonograph, tape recorder and stereo, as well as the 78s, the 45s and the 33 1/3 records, are antiquities to the younger generation.
Yessler said the earliest records were produced on cylinders of wax and tin foil as early as 1895.
Edison and others improved on the cylinder, but by 1908, disc technology was moving into the music recording scene.
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 My Edison Diamond Disc Machines
The cabinet was available in brown mahogany and Edison Brown, and sported a central flap lid, and two record cupboards set on either side of the motor compartment, with a capacity for 38 records.
Edison discs are stored in a single record drawer with cards and indices for filing.
The most noticeable contrast to the P-1 and P-2 Edison portables would certainly have to be the lengthwise opening of the machine, similar to other Prime portables sold under different names.
www.misterphonograph.com /EdisonDD.htm   (1113 words)

  
 Thomas Edison Holding Disc Record in 1916
1916: Thomas Edison Holding an Edison Disc Record
Edison introduced Blue Amberol cylinders in 1912 that had better sound than discs when played with the recommended diamond stylus, but he hedged his bets by introducing Diamond Disc records in 1913, that also used the diamond stylus.
After this the disc gained increasing popularity over the cylinder, until the cylinder finally died in 1925 when superior Orthophonic phonographs using electrically recorded discs became available.
www.cedmagic.com /history/edison-with-disc.html   (88 words)

  
 Edison Diamond Discs: 1912 - 1929   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Edison himself saw nothing ironic about working closely with sound, claiming that he was driven to improve the phonograph until the results satisfied his defective hearing.
Edison's company eventually made changes to keep up with competitors, even by late 1927 adopting the electric recording process and by 1929 making "needle-type" discs that could be played on competitors' equipment.
Edison's tone-tests in the late 'teens and the early 1920s were successful because the machines really did sound like the artists who were standing next to the machines.
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 Edison:The History of the Edison Disc Phonograph
The new Edison Disc Phonograph was shown for the first time publicly at the Fifth Annual Convention for the National Association of Talking Machine Jobbers at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 10-13th, 1911.
Additional advertising for the Diamond Disc was secured through promotion of the Edison film The Voice of the Violin, made in 1915, which featured a Tone Test by Anna Case.
The early disc issues contained the Edison trademark, Edison's image, the title of the selection, and the composer, all pressed into the glossy fl surface of the disc using a half-tone electrotype.
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 Edison Diamond Discs - Diamond Cut User Forum
Edison cylinders used the hill and dale method of recording (vertically modulated).
Edison Diamond Discs should NEVER be played on old acoustical lateral cut record players like the old wind up Victrola's.
The Diamond Disc consisted of an inner core which was coated with an outer surface layer on which the actual recording was stamped.
www.diamondcut.com /vforum/showthread.php?t=1792   (667 words)

  
 For the record: Tidy sums paid for Edison disc phono
Unlike conventional shellac records, the Edison disc was a made of a core material of "molded phenol and formaldehyde mixed with wood flour and a solvent into a heat-resistant disc," covered with Condensite, a phenolic-resin varnish.
Edison shied away from contracting with popular artists.
Today, Edison Diamond Disc phonographs in original condition are scarce.
www.azcentral.com /home/design/articles/0821azantiques21.html   (458 words)

  
 The Disc Doctor : Record Cleaning Instructions
THE DISC DOCTOR'S MIRACLE RECORD BRUSHES are designed for a life time of use, have replaceable working surfaces, and are available in sizes matched to every disc format for the safest, most efficient cleaning.
options include a piece of heavy plastic table cloth or oilcloth to protect the record and prevent wetting the table itself; the ribbed pad accompanying the dish drainer; a soft vinyl sink protector mat with raised ribs to channel water from the underside of the record.
removed from disc recordings as effectively by either manual methods or with the assistance of a vacuum driven pickup.
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 Duus' Antique Record Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
It is so called because, rather than using the steel needles required to play most disc records of the day, Edison's discs required a diamond stylus.
Like the early cylinder records, diamond discs were recorded in the "hill and dale" method, meaning the indentations in the grooves went up and down.
Diamond Discs had excellent sound quality and were considered a premium product.
home.flash.net /~duus/phono_records.htm   (181 words)

  
 Edison:Instumental Selections on the Edison Diamond Discs (1912-1929)
To modern audiences, this recording is jarringly offensive, but it would be misrepresentative of history not to acknowledge the existence of these recordings and the fact that they were accepted as mainstream popular entertainment and were produced by nearly every popular record label.
Thus, the foreign language and ethnic recordings served a double purpose: they could be sold abroad to foreign audiences or to immigrant groups here in the U.S. For the immigrant, sound recordings offered a way of maintaining one's culture amidst a larger society, and perhaps offered some solace to those who missed their homelands.
The Edison label arranged to have "Tone Tests" of the new Diamond Discs where an artist such as Marie Rappold or Anna Case would sing with a phonograph recording of her voice before a large audience.
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 The Disc Doctor
Every record, even if thought to be cleaned, is soiled with a wide range of dirts and contaminants, including mold and mildew.
Contaminants between the groove and diamond stylus or steel needle cause mistracking and are abrasive resulting in unnecessary, excessive wearing of both record and stylus.
Dry brushing with a carbon fiber brush for vinyl or velvet duster for shellac, acetate and Diamond Discs is all the maintenance necessary.
discdoc.com   (953 words)

  
 eBay - diamond disc record, Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone, Records items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Edison Diamond Disc Record #80802 Criterion Qtte Mandy
Edison Diamond Disc Record #80849 Kinsley Pipe Organ
Edison Diamond Disc Record #51618 Jones Hare Grey Mare
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 Ragtime Vaudeville Show
The Palace opened in 1913 and with the advent of radio and talking pictures in 1927 was forced to close its doors, as a vaudeville house, in 1932.
These recordings were transferred from several different types of recorded media.
disc record, the cylinder record, and the Edison diamond disc record.
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 popsike.com - EDISON DIAMOND THICK RECORD 52364-R 7 BLUES BABIES - auction details
In October of 1913 the Edison Diamond Disc Record was introduced by Edison Laboratories.
Edison Discs, about a quarter of an inch thick, recorded the sound vertically in the groove rather than laterally, and sounded best when played on Edison's Diamond Disc Phonographs.
Edison's records didn't play well on competitor's home record systems and both Edison's phonographs and records were more expensive.
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 Edison Diamond Disc Re-Creations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Originated by the Edison Psychological Research work, Mood Music is being talked about a great deal just now, and many of us have discovered that our emotional state may be changed through the subtle influence of music quite independent of our will.
But from ancient times it has been known that dance tunes have the power to make us feel happy, that we undergo both mental and physical transformation under their spell, even if we do not trip the light, fantastic toe, and are content to dance in our minds only.
The mechanical factors of the Edison reproducing practice have been scientifically synchronized with the microscopic sound-wave undulations, in the spiral record groove on the Re-Creations, as produced by the exclusive method employed in recording at the Edison Recording Laboratories.
copperas.com /edison   (467 words)

  
 Hellthy: Early America Podcasts
Recorded selections from that concert are presented here.From the manuscript band books of the Manchester Cornet Band (founded in 1854), second set, no. 15.Goodwin was leader of the Manchester Cornet Band for several years but apparently did not follow it when its director, Walter Dignam, took the band into service during the Civil War.
Recorded selections from that concert are presented here.From Peter's Sax-Horn Journal (Cincinnati: W.C. Peters and Sons [1859]).
The piece was also published in 1856 by the same firm in a piano arrangement.This is the first of three selections for band presented on this recording that were intended not as concert showpieces but rather as functional music for amateur bands of as few as six players.
www.podcastdirectory.com /podcasts/index.php?iid=191   (743 words)

  
 Nightingale and the frog, Edison Disc, Moor & Kohon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Some record grooves are not centered around the hole in the middle of the record.
As a result, the phonograph needle moves side to side as it follows the record groove.
Edison Diamond Disc 50487-L was transferred using a 3.7 mil spherical stylus in a Stanton 500 cartridge at 80 rpm.
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 popsike.com - Edison phonograph HISTORIC SPECIAL D D RECORD - auction details
Ford went to work at one of Edison's plants and finally was introducted to Edison in 1896.
Edison listened to Ford describe the car he was working on and when Ford finished Edison slammed his fist on the table and stated "Young man, that's the thing.
Ford asked his friend to record some of his favorite tunes and they pressed a small number for Ford to enjoy and distribute to schools.
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 HELLTHY Entertainment
Featuring early music and old recordings from America including folk music, work songs, early jazz and blues, war-time brass band music and more.
Recorded selections from that concert are presented here.
This is the first of three selections for band presented on this recording that were intended not as concert showpieces but rather as functional music for amateur bands of as few as six players.
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 Record Label Guides & Histories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Additionally, brief histories of recording firms and labels are given and the complex interrelationships between them are discussed.
Dial Records was one of the first labels to be devoted to the music of bop and its leading artists.
Written by two authors who are no strangers to the record collecting community, this book brings alive the glory days of the independent labels and their colorful founders.
www.78rpm.com /pages/rescat/booklist/lblgds.htm   (841 words)

  
 Charles Gregory's Auction of Recorded Vocal Art
E- An above average record with a slight degree of groove wear, not enough to effect audio quality.
G A Good record is really not so good.
F Lowest grade of condition, only rarest records would be salable in this condition.
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 Music Related / Recordings at Unlimited, Ltd. The Antique Mall
1914 EDISON EMBOSSED DIAMOND DISC RECORD NO 80219 - This thick Edison Diamond Disc Record with Embossed Label was first issued in 1912 under their catalog number 80219.
1912 EDISON EMBOSSED DIAMOND DISC RECORD NO 80203 - This thick Edison Diamond Disc Record with Embossed Label was first issued in 1912 under their catalog number 80203.
1914 EDISON EMBOSSED DIAMOND DISC RECORD NO 80315 - This thick Edison Diamond Disc Record with Embossed Label was first issued in 1914 under their catalog number 80315.
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 Vinyl Record Collectors - The Website With Massive Information On The Vinyl Record
Also covered is an extensive catalogue of vinyl online record stores from different areas from around the world.
The inventors, producers of music, record labels and the musicians.
Contents that are inspiring and educational for the Record Collectors and for all those folks seeking knowledge and information.
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 :PodFeeder - Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This Is Hellthy: Early America, featuring early music and old recordings from America including folk music, work songs, early jazz and blues, war-time brass band music and more and is dj'ed by Nat Guy out of Brooklyn, NY.
Featuring early music and old recordings from America including folk music, work songs, early jazz and blues, war-time...
Download MP3 >>Performed by: Hann's Emperors of Song Record format: Edison Diamond Disc test pressing Matrix number: 10748-C-1-1 Recording date: January 04, 1926...
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 See Podcaster Details on PodcastAlley.com -- The place to find Podcasts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
www.Hellthy.com Presents:Artist: Edison Vaudeville Company Website Three Rubes Seeing New York Download MP3 Performed by: Edison Vaudeville Company Record format: Edison Gold Moulded cylinder Release number: 9707 (26..) Release date: November 1907 NPS object catalog number: EDIS 38839 This is a a comedy bit.
Recorded selections from that concert are presented here.From the manuscript band books of the Manchester Cornet Band (foun...
Recorded selections from that concert are presented here.From Peter's Sax-Horn Journal (Cincinnati: W.C. Peters...
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