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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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edison_Records (1129 words)

	Phonograph cylinder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Early cylinder records would commonly wear out after they were played a few dozen times; the buyer could then either bring the worn cylinders back to the dealer to be traded in as partial credit for purchase of new recordings, or have their surface shaved smooth so new recordings could be made on them.
		The ability to record as well as play back sound was an advantage to cylinder phonographs over the competition from cheaper disc record phonographs which began to be mass marketed at the end of the 1890s, as the disc system machines could be used only to play back pre-recorded sound.
		Disc records were also easier and cheaper to store in bulk, as they could be stacked, or when in paper sleeves put in rows on shelves like books.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phonograph_cylinder (2111 words)

	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 Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		After inventing and patenting the phonograph, Edison and his laboratory turned their attention to the commercial developmentof electric lighting, playing no further role in the developmentof the phonograph for a decade.
		Edison Records continued selling cyliners until they went out of business in 1929, but for the last decade these were simplydubbs of their commercial disc records intended for customers who still used cylinder phonographs purchased years before.
		With World War I various materials used in Edison Discs came in shortsupply, and many discs pressed during the war were made in part with such make-shift materials as could be acquired at the time.This resulted in problems with surface noise even on new records, and Edison's market share shrank.
	www.therfcc.org /edison-records-32162.html (972 words)

	EDISON DIAMOND DISC RECORDS: A Short History, Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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.
	www.mainspringpress.com /edisonDD.html (1664 words)

	-Edison Model C-200 "Adam" Disc Phonograph-
		Nevertheless, Edison stubbornly insisted that cylinder phonographs were superior to disc phonographs and balked at the idea of developing a line of disc phonographs to compete.
		Because of the small record grooves and the lateral play in the floating weight reproducer, the tone arm in the Edison Disc Phonograph was not moved by the diamond stylus as the record played.
		Edison was purported to have actually listened to records by digging his upper teeth into the cabinet of a phonograph to allow the sound vibrations to pass into his inner ear through the bones in his skull.
	www.engineeringexpert.net /c200.htm (2161 words)

	Starr Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Starr Records was a record label manufactured by the Starr Piano Company of Richmond, Indiana, which was also the parent company of the better known Gennett Records.
		The company's first "Starr Records" were vertical cut disc records in the mid 1910s, based on Edison Records standard.
		An unrelated Starr Records made records in Australia, which were sold in the Coles chain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Starr_Records (118 words)

	Thomas Edison Holding Disc Record in 1916 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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.
		These discs were made of a plastic called Condensite and were about 0.25 inches thick.
		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)

	My C19 Chippendale Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph: A Brief History and Restoration Photos
		Edison was a proponent of cylinder technology because of the uniform groove speed of cylinders.
		The Edison disc player used a gear mechanism to advance the reproducer across the record, rather than forcing the record grooves to bear the weight of pulling the reproducer.
		Edison was the acknowledged master of the art of acoustical recording.
	homepages.bw.edu /~rdensmor/BriefHistory (1227 words)

	MenloParkMuseum.com: Thomas Alva Edison Recording Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Thomas Alva Edison Recording Project was started in July of 1999 to mirror a similar project conducted by Thomas Alva Edison.
		We have made a practice of recording great individuals of the 20th century on one of the instrument of Thomas Edison's genius, the phonograph.
		Thomas Edison's dream was to record the great voices of his time with the phonograph.
	www.edisonnj.org /menlopark/recordingproject (247 words)

	Part IV Preface (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The introduction of the four-minute Amberol record in 1908 failed to reverse the decline in sales brought about by the Panic of 1907 and the popularity of Victor's disc records, and by the end of the decade Edison had turned his attention to developing his own method of producing disc records.
		Edison's attorneys continually defended his interests in matters of trademark, sales rights, price fixing, and musical copyright and instituted numerous infringement suits in an effort to control key patents.
		Edison envisioned a variety of uses for his cement, including the construction of low-cost houses that would make life more pleasant and affordable for working class families.
	edison.rutgers.edu /part_iv_preface.htm (1114 words)

	-Problems With Edison Diamond Disc Records-
		Edison Diamond Discs were made by laminating an early plastic called "Condensite varnish" over a blank (core) comprised of materials like woodflour, chalk, china clay, phenol resin, cotton flock, lamp fl, gas fl, and denatured alcohol.
		Edison Diamond Discs were designed to play ONLY on an Edison phonograph with a floating weight reproducer with a diamond stylus.
		I've gotten shiny, clean looking Diamond Discs with no visible defects, only to discover that the volume was weak with a lot of static, and there were skips at various points of the recording where the sound kept repeating.
	www.engineeringexpert.net /problems1.htm (1186 words)

	Chronology: 1879-1931 - The Edison Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The chronology of Edison's first three decades is fuller than that for the rest of his life because the editors have researched those years in more detail, as reflected in the volumes of the book edition.
		Edison's ore separator is used by the Edison Ore Milling Company to separate iron ore from fl sand at Quonocontaug, Rhode Island.
		Edison's eldest son, Thomas A. Edison, Jr., and Marie Louise Toohey are married in the Roman Catholic Church, two days after announcing that they had secretly married in November.
	edison.rutgers.edu /chron2.htm (4879 words)

	Edison National Historic Site
		By the time Edison built his West Orange lab complex, men came from all over the US and Europe to work with the famous inventor.
		Since he never worked with Edison at the Menlo Park or West Orange laboratories, however, he is not technically a "mucker." As far as we know, there were no African-American muckers.
		As manager of the Recording Department and Edison's primary recording expert, he ran the New York City studio where recordings were made.
	www.nps.gov /edis/edifun/edifun_hschool/muckers.htm (817 words)

	V-Disc Records: 1943-1949 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Such recording sessions are the hallmark of V-Disc Records, a label whose seven-year existence in the 1940's produced a treasure trove of rare jazz and big band tunes, patriotic marching music and world-class classical orchestral performances.
		The record companies quickly ran out of pre-strike unreleased material, and the demand for new songs was increasing dramatically (Decca, for example, had the rights to release the soundtrack to the popular show "Oklahoma!" - but no musicians would cross the picket line to record the album).
		Because of the AFM strike, Petrillo asked that the recordings not be used for any commercial purposes; that the records not be sold; and that all V-Discs were to be destroyed after the war.
	members.aol.com /boardwalk7/vdisc/vdisc.html (5313 words)

	CYLINDER RECORD IDENTIFICATION!
		The 2 minute wax records are 100 grooves per inch, and the grooves are 40 thousandths of an inch wide they play with a reproducing ball of 36 thousandths.
		A wax harder than the master or a cut record is poured into the mould, and the record that issues has the grooves moulded into it.
		That means the singers sing into a recording horn, and the sound pressure viabrates a diaprhagm.
	members.tripod.com /%7EEdison_1/id16.html (589 words)

	History of Recorded Sound (Antique Phonograph Books Edison)
		While Edison and Columbia (and some smaller companies) competed with rival hit-lists of the latest cylinder records, a relatively unknown inventor, with some success in the infant telephone industry, began to develop a new form of record - the disc.
		The thought was not entirely new, as disc records of the early nineties were of such low clarity that labels were used to type out the lyrics - even for a spoken recording of The Lord's Prayer.
		All disc records were one-sided for many years before a man named Ademor Petit saw the wisdom of placing selections on both sides.
	members.aol.com /allenamet/BirthRec.htm (2801 words)

	-Edison Cylinder and Disc Record Development-
		Edison invented the cylinder phonograph in 1877 when he was 30 years old, but that was not the end of the story.
		Edison granted a license to Columbia to use the Edison solid wax cylinder, tapered phonograph mandrel, and jeweled stylus.
		The Edison Disc records were much different than those of competitors, in that they were 0.25 inches thick and they were designed to play up to five minutes at 80 rpm.
	www.engineeringexpert.net /cylinder.htm (2683 words)

	National Park Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A significant portion of the renovation work that will be performed at Edison is made possible through the generous contribution of General Electric to the National Park Foundation as part of the Save America's Treasures Program.
		Thomas Alva Edison's West Orange, New Jersey research laboratory and Glenmont, the Victorian mansion where he lived, are preserved today as part of Edison National Historic Site.
		The collection includes manufactured goods such as Edison phonographs and radios, motion picture projectors, electric lighting equipment, "Edicraft" kitchen appliances, primary and storage batteries, telephone and telegraph apparatus, spare parts, the products of Edison's competitors, and a replica of the first structure built for motion picture filming.
	www.nationalparks.org /AboutUs/AboutUs-PR_2.7.03.shtml (604 words)

	Welcome to EdisonRecords.com
		He has collected early records and phonographs since 1953 and has written about Edison records and phonographs since 1980.
		He is one of the most knowledgeable sources about records and phonographs manufactured primarily before 1930.
		Edison Phonology includes interesting information about Edison cylinder and disc records, as well as Edison disc and cylinder phonographs.
	www.edisonrecords.com (304 words)

	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.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/edhtml/eddschst.html (1458 words)

	Edison Diamond Disc Record Sleeves
		dison officially unveiled the Edison Disc Phonograph at the Fifth Annual Convention of the National Association of Talking Machine Jobbers at Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 10, 1911.
		Edison changed the name several times over a period of about 17 years.
		he first disc records from Edison appeared in October 1912.
	home.earthlink.net /~gnordenstam/RecordCollection/DiamondDiscRecordSleeves.htm (239 words)

	Edison Catalog Page 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		dison Diamond Disc Records are made of a new chemistry and of so great hardness as to permit the reproduction of myriad of faint overtones which alone give quality to music.
		The method of recording these new Edison records is also new, and the processes of manufacture are unique and new in every detail.
		dison Diamond Disc Records will be made 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.
	home.earthlink.net /~gnordenstam/MiscellaneousCollection/Catalog/CatalogPage23.html (143 words)

	Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
		Edison managed to become not only a renowned inventor, but also a prominent manufacturer and businessman through the merchandising of his inventions.
		In addition, histories are given of Edison's involvement with motion pictures and sound recordings, as well as a special page focusing on the life of the great inventor.
		The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/edhtml/edhome.html (293 words)

	MMD Archives: Playing Edison Diamond Disc Records
		Actually, I have been able to play Edison Diamond Disc records -- the heavy, quarter-inch thick (6 mm) jobs -- on a 1970s vintage KLH four-speed player.
		This lets you hear the difference signal, which is the vertical or Edison signal.
		I've been amazed to find out how much deep bass is in the later Edison discs that were recorded electrically, including a couple theater organ recordings.
	mmd.foxtail.com /Archives/Digests/199904/1999.04.06.09.html (244 words)

	Edison National Historic Site
		The archive at Edison National Historic Site includes approximately 48,000 disc and cylinder records produced by Edison in West Orange, New Jersey, between 1888 and 1929.
		The subject matter of the recordings is mostly music, covering genres popular in the United States during Edison's era.
		Experimental recordings document research carried out at the Edison Laboratory to develop recorded sound technology.
	www.nps.gov /edis/edisonia/sounds.html (175 words)

	EDISON DIAMOND DISC RECORDS: The "Red Star" Labels
		Among the records that were immediately red-starred were all of the 1923 jazz and blues releases by fl performers.
		These included such potential hits as the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra's "Linger Awhile," and the small handful of vaudeville blues "race records" that Edison had made up to that point.
		But, as if this move were not enough to kill sales entirely, Edison still had one more marketing gaff up his sleeve.
	www.mainspringpress.com /edison_redstar.html (369 words)

	Pamphlets
		Instructed owners of earlier Edison Diamond Disc phonographs how to equip their machines to play Edison's new 20 and 40 minute LP records.
		Issued by the Edison Co. to help owners keep their phonographs in top mechanical shape.
		A list of Edison's popular, classical and operatic records for early 1917 and late 1916.
	www.edisonrecords.com /Pamphlets/Pamphlets.html (127 words)

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