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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.
Edison Records continued selling cylinders until they went out of business in 1929, but for the last decade these were simply dubs of their commercial disc records intended for customers who still used cylinder phonographs purchased years before.
The masters for the Edison Records back catalogue were purchased by Henry Ford, and became part of the collection of the Henry Ford Museum.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edison_Records   (1057 words)

  
 Marston - In Their Own Voices
Sound was recorded in much the same way as on the phonograph with the difference that the cutting stylus was oriented to produce a side-ways or lateral vibration within the groove.
The exact date of the recording session is uncertain, but we know that sometime during the month of May, Harold Vorhese, a member of Edison’s recording department, was dispatched to Lincoln, Nebraska for the purpose of recording Bryan at his residence.
It is not surprising that Edison was the first to promote their Taft cylinders, and the August issue of the Phonograph Monthly includes, once again, a detailed report on the making of the Taft recordings by Walter Miller, manager of the Edison recording department.
www.marstonrecords.com /voices/voices_ward.htm   (3229 words)

  
 Edison:The History of the Edison Cylinder Phonograph
Edison immediately tested the machine by speaking the nursery rhyme into the mouthpiece, "Mary had a little lamb." To his amazement, the machine played his words back to him.
Edison increased the entertainment offerings on his cylinders, which by 1892 were made of a wax known among collectors today as "brown wax." Although called by this name, the cylinders could range in color from off-white to light tan to dark brown.
The Edison Concert Phonograph, which had a louder sound and a larger cylinder measuring 4.25" long and 5" in diameter, was introduced in 1899, retailing for $125 and the large cylinders for $4.
lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/edhtml/edcyldr.html   (2285 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Edison Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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.
The thick Edison Discs recorded the sound vertically in the groove rather than laterally, and could only be played to their full advantage on Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs.
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.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Edison_Records   (1036 words)

  
 Part IV: Series Notes - The Edison Papers
Edison responded to some of these letters with marginal notations, in which he expresses his views on topics such as religion and spiritualism, hearing impairment, aviation and aerial navigation, and wireless telegraphy.
Edison also received a substantial amount of correspondence from the general public as a result of his solicitations for information about the location of gold dry placer mines (1901-1904) and inexpensive supplies of cobalt ore (1906-1907).
Included are copies of letters from Edison, William L. Saunders, and the Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co. The correspondence pertains to the assignment of Edison's patent for reheating compressed air and Saunders's patented method for improving the efficiency of motor fluids.
edison.rutgers.edu /sernote4.htm   (4928 words)

  
 Thomas Edison and His Papers
Because the arrangement of the documents on the microfilm parallels the organizational structure of the archive itself, it is helpful to understand how the records of Edison's laboratories and companies were generated during his own lifetime and how the archivists entrusted with their guardianship have subsequently treated them.
Edison and his associates also used numerous loose pieces of paper to record ideas in the midst of research.
In June 1946 the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation was incorporated as a nonprofit organization, and on February 11, 1948—the 101st anniversary of Edison's birth—the Foundation opened the library and laboratory to the public and assumed responsibility for the operation of the museum and the administration of its collections.
edison.rutgers.edu /papers.htm   (2630 words)

  
 Edison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
His recording techniques made use of the vertical "hill & dale" style of recording which was used on his cylinder records.
To further complicate things, Edison records were almost four times as thick as other records, and utilized a microgroove which required a diamond stylus and special sound box.
Of course, the Edison records were no doubt the finest example of acoustic recording technology for its time.
www.shellac.org /wams/wedi.html   (539 words)

  
 Marston - Three Edison Tenors
Edison was both the inventor of the cylindrical phonograph in 1877 and also one of the most colorful characters related to its history.
As is typical of Edison records of the period, the “orchestra” consisted of a string quartet, harp, and an occasional wind instrument, Edison preferring this soothing combination to whatever the composer may have intended.
Edison felt, upon reviewing one of Bonci’s Fonotipia records, that he was a “good tenor, sweet voice—good range.” However he concluded Bonci’s “tremolo very considerable” and determined that he would be “valuable for advertising purposes” only.
www.marstonrecords.com /3_tenors/3tenors_liner.htm   (2241 words)

  
 Oldest Facilities on South, West Sides, Edison's Reliability is Still in Doubt; Secret Pact With City Hides Answers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Edison's critics say that public confidence in the utility was seriously damaged by the flouts and by the utility's record $572 million rate increase in March.
Edison crews combated equipment failures during 1988's record hot summer by using water from fire hydrants to cool down overheated electrical equipment, a practice experts consider unorthodox and potentially dangerous.
There were no senior Edison officials around to shut down power to the plant, so fire officials had to abandon their search for the cause of the blaze until the power was turned off, according to the reports.
www.chicagoreporter.com /1991/06-91/comed0691.htm   (3196 words)

  
 The Edison Shop - Cylinder Phonograph Reproducers
The short coming to this reproducer was that to change from a 2-minute record to a 4-minute record, the reproducer had to be removed from the phonograph so that the central part of the weight could be rotated to the correct position.
The Amberola I was the first Edison phonograph since the Tinfoil model to have the record move laterally under the reproducer as opposed to having the reproducer move.
An article on cylinder reproducers for use on Edison Phonographs would not be complete without commenting on some of the modern devises which have been manufactured for facilitating electrical playback of cylinder records.
www.edisonshop.com /reproducers/ducer.html   (2697 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 Amberol records were not known for their durability or sound quality, and they couldn't compare to the plastic indestructible records that were being offered by competitors.
www.engineeringexpert.net /cylinder.htm   (2683 words)

  
 Edison Phonology - Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sound was recorded on the record surface purely through mechanical means and entirely by the energy contained within sound waves eminating from musical instruments and peoples' voices.
Edison Cylinder Records, 1889-1912, With an Illustrated History of the Phonograph, by Allen Koenigsberg, APM Press, New York, 1990.
In this age of compact discs and digital recordings, the phonograph is becoming almost unheard-of by the general public...
www.engineeringexpert.net /edphono.htm   (720 words)

  
 The Cylinder Music Shop at tinfoil.com - Edison Cylinder Records, 1889-1912
Those interested in the earliest commericial brown wax recordings – those made by Edison for the North American Phonograph Company – will be delighted pouring over complete reprints of Edison recording engineer A.
This treasure details the earliest recording sessions during the birth of the wax recording industry from mid-1889 to 1892.
Edison Cylinder Records, 1889-1912 makes a perfect addition to any phono-enthusiast's library, and is a must-have for the serious collector.
www.tinfoil.com /bk-ECR.htm   (272 words)

  
 tinfoil.com - Tinfoil Resource Center
Records with such markings are molded-era cylinders dating from around mid-1902 to 1904.
However, many pre-1900 brown wax recordings were recorded at other odd speeds, often to meet the time requirement of the recording.
One approach that works with vocal recordings is to find a known-speed recording by the same performer, and match it to the unknown brown wax recording.
www.tinfoil.com /trc-do.htm   (1732 words)

  
 Edison Disc Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Edison's decision to make his records incompatible with the competition's poised his newly reorganized Thomas A. Edsion Inc. for disappointing disc sales.
Edsion was banking on the superior sound quality inherent in his vertical groove recording system to propel his company ahead of the competition.
He was intently devoted to the highest possible sound quality of his records and went further to only allow the highest calibur of performers and selections to be recorded under his label.
pages.emerson.edu /students/jeremiah_dow/disc.htm   (160 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.
When it came to operatic records, Edison was very opposed to any singer having excessive vibrato or tremolo in his or her voice, even a renowned artist.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/edhtml/edgenre.html   (3775 words)

  
 Silly Bird Records • pHoaming Edison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
His fourth release under the pHoaming Edison moniker is a widely varied collection of ingenious twists and turns on familiar themes, skewed noise bits, and some damn fine rockunroll.
He's clearly a bubbling well of ideas and the guy deserves to be a hell of a lot better known.
pHoaming Edison's music runs the gamut between lo-fi rock and hard-edged, unyielding noise, but most of the songs fall into the infinitely more interesting grey area between those poles.
www.sillybirdrecords.com /artists/phoaming_edison.html   (241 words)

  
 1899 in music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records and Berliner Records
- banjo Vess L. Ossman on Edison Records
- Len Spencer on Berliner Records and Columbia Records
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1899_in_music   (462 words)

  
 Brunswick Phonographs and Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Edison had a relatively small piece of the market by this time.
Early Brunswick discs were not sold in the U.S. due to an agreement with the Pathe Phonograph Company, which opened recording facilities in New York City in 1914 and a large pressing plant in Belleville, New Jersey.
When Edison discs are played, record grooves must move the stylus and heavy reproducer across the disc since no gearing mechanism from the motor advances the tone arm (as is the case in Edison models).
www.garlic.com /~tgracyk/brunswick.htm   (1293 words)

  
 Three (3) Antique Celluloid Edison Cylinder Records - RL-FW-00176
These three Edison 4 minute cylinder records are a fine example of that time.
This recording was made between 1912-1920 by George Ballard.
These three cylinder records are in good shape with minimal plaster loss and no serious splits.
www.rubylane.com /shops/frauwulf/item/RL-FW-00176   (184 words)

  
 Label discographies E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
EDISON (U.S. 1898), an unusual photograph of Vess L. Ossman recording at the Edison studios in 1898, reproduced in In The Groove Mar 1997, p.
EDISON (U.S. 1910's cylinder) "The Amberol Controversy (June 1910)," Hillandale News, June 1979.
EDISON (U.S. 1920's), "The Last Edison Recording Studio," by Ronald Dethlefson, reprints the blueprint for the studio at Fifth Avenue and 29th Street, New York City, opened in January 1929, In The Groove Jul 1997, p.11-13
www.hensteeth.com /e_discog/labels_e.html   (3466 words)

  
 EDISON RECORDS: Edison recording studio photographs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Young recording a cylinder at the West Orange studio, early 1900s.
Eugene Jaudas conducts the studio orchestra; note the horned Stroh violins, needed to boost volume for the acoustic recording technique.
Tenor Jacques Urlus recording a disc at Edison's Fifth Avenue studio, New York, in 1916.
www.mainspringpress.com /edisonstudio.html   (98 words)

  
 1920 to 1930's 78 RPM Edison Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cylinder records and early 78 RPM disc records - From 1890 to about 1929 - Most of these disc records are one-sided
PostWar (1940's-1960's) Labels often issued records in both 45 and 78 RPM formats are wanted
buy and sell 78 rpm and 45 rpm collectable old recordings
78rpms.com /html/labels_20s30s_edison2.html   (83 words)

  
 Vintage Edison Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Edison Records, or Re-Creations were available from the Thomas Alva Edison, Inc. Company, and catalogues listing the available records were produced.
Our collection contains 11 catalogues spanning years from 1903 to 1928.
If your browser has trouble with the above link, click here.
www.menloparkmuseum.com /catalogues   (62 words)

  
 Edison Records Category list, Maine Antique Dealer Directory
Edison Records Category list, Maine Antique Dealer Directory
List of dealers who maintain a stock of Edison records, phonographs, and related items.
List includes dealer name, shop location, telephone number, and a brief description of items in stock.
www.metiques.com /catlist/edisonrecord.html   (77 words)

  
 Mayor Jun H. Choi welcomes you to Edison, New Jersey - Birthplace of Recorded Sound
New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center and the Edison Arts Society Conference Center at Raritan Center
www.edisonnj.org is brought to you by Mayor Jun H. Choi and the Edison Municipal Council
The site includes recording project cylinders and dozens of vintage Edison recordings.
www.edisonnj.org   (159 words)

  
 Babson Records - Listen to original Edison cylindrical records.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Babson Records - Listen to original Edison cylindrical records.
Additional recordings will be added as they become available.
Click on the Title to play a recording.
www.babsonrecords.com   (138 words)

  
 Antique 78 rpm Records, Radios, Phonos ,& Trains   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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The Phonograph Ring welcomes sites dealing with early phonographs, gramophones, cylinders, 78s and recorded sound in general.
This website was exclusively designed for Antique Edison by Web E Z. Email rblank@web-e-z.com for more information.
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 Combustible Edison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Shortcuts to the Good Stuff: The Tour Schedule, the Vertigogo Story
Nota Bene: Some pages in the Combustible Edison universe have been enhanced with UltraDimensional SuperVision.
If the page carries this logo, it is safe to don your 3D glasses and view the full effect.
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