Catalog Explore books, music, movies, and more; Databases Locate databases by title and description; . The Edison Diamond Disc Recordis a type of phonograph recordmarketed by Thomas A. Edison, Inc.on their Edison Recordlabel from 1912 to 1929. World War I pressings are known to have poor sound quality, and these were only transferred if later copies werent available. At first, costly wet-cell-powered, electric-motor-driven machines were needed to play them, and the customer base consisted solely of entrepreneurs with money-making nickel-in-the-slot phonographs in arcades, taverns, and other public places. Contact: Jerry Fabris, TENHP Museum Curator, 201-421-8774, 211 Main Street 211 Main Street MGV-8204 The Jazz Rhythms Of Gene Krupa 1956+. She later sang for the Chicago Opera and returned to Italy. 51601-2 (16 CDs) | $ 185.00. Three Monthly Suppplements - Jan, Feb, March 1923 - Edison Blue Amberol, BE271: Edison Amberol Records - Phonograph - Catalogue / Brochure, RARE 1924 The NEW Edison Records book Completely Classified Catalog Cylinders, Pair Of 1926 Edison Bell Record Catalogue Supplements, Catalogue of Edison Phonographs Records Accessories 1910 National Co Orange NJ, 1977 PHONOGRAPHS & GRAMOPHONES EDISON EXHIBITION SOFTCOVER RECORD PLAYERS MUSIC, Edison Wax Moulded Records Domestic Selections April 1903 Early Scarce Catalog, GIRARD BARNES Vertical-Cut Cylinders and Discs Catalogue DISCOGRAPHY Records, Pre CATALOG Edison Diamond Disc 1912 No 50045 DEMONSTRATION CUT Collins HARLAN, BE282: Edison Dealers Supplement - All Records issued since the 1928 catalogue, RARE 1924 The NEW Edison Records Book Completely Classified Catalog Cylinders, "Edison Amberol Records" Nov. 1920. An on-line discography of Edison records is available here http://www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm. West Orange, New Jersey 07052 This isn't described in the preface, but the book is split into two sections, the first . Thomas Edison NHP's catalog records in NPS LIBRIS include MARC-format data for the 11,000 cylinder records and 39,000 disc records preserved at the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey. Unfortunately, the Edison Diamond Disc collection at the Library of Congress does not contain a large selection of the foreign language and ethnic recordings. If a ranger is unavailable to take your call, we kindly ask that you leave us a detailed message with return contact information and we will be happy to get back to you as soon as possible. Phones are monitored as staff are available with messages being checked Wednesday - Sunday. Etiquette Blues / Eat And Grow Thin The Hypochondriac, Four Little Blackberries / A Bunch Of Roses, Where The Gates Swing Outward Never / The City Unseen, The Toymaker's Dream / Underneath the Russian Moon, Olaf (You Ought-a Hear Olaf Laff) / Nothing To Do - But Think Of You, B. NJ Guido Ciccolini, an Italian tenor, came to the U.S. after the outbreak of World War I, and sang with the Boston Theatre Opera Company, the Chicago Opera Company, as well as on vaudeville stages. Thousands of sides from UCSBs collections have been digitized, most of which are dealers stock from the Ogden, Utah jobbers warehouse that is well known to collectors. Upon entering a career pathway, your classes build toward industry-recognized certificates, technical degrees or transferable associate degrees. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Topical songs were also popular, and no event was more noteworthy than World War I during the Diamond Disc period. By 1910, the Edison company was reorganized, and following the decline of the cylinders in face of discs, Edison started manufacturing discs in 1913, though the company would still issue cylinders until 1929 and its demise. 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 collection also includes some Edison-era recordings released by competing companies. In an attempt to compete with Victor's overwhelming advantage in this market, it was decided at Edison that the Diamond Disc should contain concert music to showcase its advantages in comparison to other discs. Extremely offensive to contemporary ears, usage of the word "coon" to refer to a black man in songs goes back as early as the 1880s and was found in the minstrel shows. Thomas Edison National Historical Park's sound archive holdings database is available for public searches on-line, as a part of the National Park Service Library Program's "NPS LIBRIS Discovery Portal" at https://www.library.nps.gov/. Essentially, these two singles are not collectible though. Dinosaur Discs Some of these songs would express a nostalgia for an old way of life, particularly in the South. Edison routinely issued multiple takes, and alternate takes for classical, jazz, country, and ethnic were transferred if possible. For all cylinders up to catalog # 8748 that contain recordings made prior to early 1904, first pressings are on unmarked flat-end cylinders. and operatic records in the A-K range, D-prefix, B-prefix and 28,000, 30,000, 35,000 and 40,000 series. Thomas A. Edison, though, disliked Rachmaninoff's style which he likened to "pounding," and Rachmaninoff was kept for only ten Edison recordings. and are manufactured at facilities that are ISO 9000 certified. (PC), EDISON AMBEROL RECORDS London catalogue 1910 - faithful reprint 1973 by Fagin's, Gramophone Japan Exhibition Program Book CD from SP Record Credenza Decca Edison, Edison Diamon Disc Phonograph Records Catalog October 1919, Edison Phonograph The New Phonogram Records Catalog September 1907, Original 1924 1925 Edison Phonograph Dealer's Supplement Record Catalog 21024~ac, 1919 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORD CATALOG - Incomplete But Very Interesting, National Phonograph Co. / 1910 catalog of Edison Phonograph Records, CATALOGUE PHONO cylindres edison record 1908 original, CATALOGUE PHONO cylindres edison gold moulded record 1907 original, EDISON PHONOGRAPH RECORD #3708 THE FARMER AND BUSINESS MAN Theodore Roosevelt, 12 RARE PLAYABLE Black & Blue Amberol EDISON Phono Cylinder Records & Cases, 3634 MURRAY CHO MANDY YIP YIP YAPHANK EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER RECORD #144, RAY WILE Collection Pre-CATALOG Edison Diamond Disc 1912 50045 DEMONSTRATION, Edison 2 Minute Brown Wax German Cylinder Record - #12037, 3 Antique Edison Cylinder Records w boxes 8502 8734 9485 (lot#23), Early Edison Bell 2 Minute Wax Cylinder Phonograph Record - #10213, Rare Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Phonograph Record 5398 Le Cid by V. Herbert, Edison Blank Cylinder Phonograph Record for home recording, 13 PLAYABLE Black & Blue Amberol EDISON Phono Cylinder Records & Cases Hawaiian, Elder science magazine cylinder record type Edison gramophone Japan Book. 973-736-0550 Also, exhibition ballroom dancing was a staple of vaudeville and musical shows during this period. An Edison Disc Phonograph is distinguished by the diaphragm of the reproducer being parallel to the surface of the record. The inventor of the phonograph, Thomas A. Edison, appears on his only commercial disc recording, urging Americans not to forget our allies in the war that was just fought. on December 10, 2016. Unfortunately, Edison records are hit-and-miss with respect to collector interest. Vintage William A Ritt Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Record 1931 Bulletin/Catalog, Edison Amberol Records Catalog Book 174 Pages Music Catalog 1920, Pre-CATALOG 1912 Edison Diamond Disc 50045 Preliminary Coupling Collins HARLAN, 258m. "Tim Gracyk's Phonographs, Singers, and Old Records Edison Diamond Discs: 19121929", Library of Congress: History of the Cylinder Phonograph, "Very rare reproducer made for Victrola machines to play Edison DD records", "Tim Gracyk's Phonographs, Singers, and Old Records Brunswick Phonographs and Records", "EDISON DIAMOND DISC MANUFACTURING PROCESSES - By Paul B. Kasakove / THOMAS A. EDISON, INC", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edison_Disc_Record&oldid=1150924841, This page was last edited on 20 April 2023, at 20:35. Welcome to Edison State Community College! Will Oakland sang about That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone, and Billy Murray sang Are You From Dixie? By the late 1890s, relatively inexpensive spring-motor-driven phonographs were available and becoming a fixture in middle-class homes. EDISON GOLD MOULDED RECORD 1905 cylinder 3915 CAROLINA SUNSHINE, EDISON AMBEROL RECORD 1908 cylinder 1771 JUST PLAIN FOLKS, EDISON BLUEAMBEROL RECORD cylinder 4090 THE AMERICAN LEGION MARCH 1914. Some Edison artists later achieved wide celebrity. Lonely Little Cinderella / Song Of The Sands, I Want To Meander In The Meadow / Peace Of Mind, Painting The Clouds With Sunshine / Sweet Madelon, Hittin' The Ceiling / Painting The Clouds With Sunshine, I Want To Meander In The Meadow / Someday Soon, Smiling Irish Eyes / Where The Sweet Forget-Me-Nots Remember, Red Hair And Freckles / The Red Hot Trumpet, I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues / Campus Rush. Vernon Dalhart became a successful country music pioneer in the mid-1920s, but the selections featured here, Carolina Rolling Stone and Lorraine (My Beautiful Alsace-Lorraine), are two of his early non-country, popular songs. Need help? (For an example, see the Opera and Concert section.) The diaphragm of a reproducer used for playing lateral records is at a right angle to the surface. We have retained Edisons original take designations in DAHR rather than using the A, B, C, takes found in other listings. (Edison Records of Music That Lives), The Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra was an Edison favorite, heard here in Myona-Hawaiian Waltz. This is your chance to design the curriculum to meet your personal career path needs. National Park Service Subscribe | What is RSS News Release Date: February 28, 2022 Contact: Jerry Fabris, TENHP Museum Curator, 201-421-8774 There are no reviews yet. Diamond Discs enjoyed their greatest commercial success from the mid-1910s to the early 1920s, with sales peaking in 1920. Click here for a list of current compact discs that include recordings from the Thomas Edison NHP sound archive. The right to inspect and review their education record within 45 days of Edison State receiving a request for access. more information on current conditions http://www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm. When you buy books using these links the Internet Archive may earn a small commission. Alternate takes of other materials may be added at a future time. Both Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan were vaudeville performers, as well as recording artists. It was not until mid-decade that he reluctantly ceded control to his sons. Phones are monitored as staff are available with messages being checked Wednesday - Sunday. This sound box, made of cedar, is fixed below the strip of wood which is struck by a hammer, having a head, usually of soft India rubber. 0:00 0:00 Download (John Harvith and Susan Edwards Harvith, Edison, Musicians, and the Phonograph: A Century in Retrospect, p. 4) Walter H. Miller, manager of Edison's recording department, wrote in 1911 in a letter to the managing director of phonographs and records in London, "Mr. Edison just now does not seem to think we require any talent with reputation, and until he changes his mind in this matter it seems almost useless to bid for talent." West End Blues / Have You Ever Felt That Way? In the nineteenth century, the United States witnessed a resurgence of religious fervor through revival meetings and temperance gatherings. Over 250 people were in attendance, which awarded one lucky ticket holder the $10,000 grand prize. Everybody, Heigh-Ho! As an Edison catalog explained: Quite suddenly, Hawaiian singers and dancers began to appear in vaudeville; Hawaiian songs were sung in the restauarants; ukuleles, almost unheard of a year before, were advertised and sold everywhere. The team was very popular in radio during the 1920s as the Happiness Boys, and later as the Interwoven Pair. DISCOVER; DONATE; . Click below to START exploring a Career Pathway. The marimba style was very popular with buyers of Edison records according to catalogs of the time. Start at call number: ML156.2 .C39 1963 V.1. on the Internet. The lady is a tramp (Decca Matrix 89823, take [A] was recorded by Carmen Cavallaro in New York, New York ). Portrait of Mr. Edison Frontispiece Standard Electric Phonograph, Type M 8, 14 . Still, several of the Edison artists were talented and distinguished. [5] Although they arguably had better audio fidelity, they were more expensive than, and incompatible with, other makers' products and ultimately failed in the marketplace. First START BIG Three Edison Diamond Disc Catalog Supps - June, July &August 1923, November 1908 Edison Records Supplement Catalog Minstrel cover Oconto Wi~au, April 1912 Edison Supplement of Records Catalog Charles Hackett Two Rivers Wi~bg, May 1912 Edison Supplement of Records Catalog Agnes Kimball Two Rivers Wi~bf, June 1912 Edison Supplement of Records Catalog De Cisneros Two Rivers Wi~bh, January 1901 small catalog New Phonogram Edison records Orange NJ Amberola, Edison Gold Moulded Records Cylinder echo all over the world catalogue # 8854, COLUMBIA DISC PHONOGRAPH RECORD SALES PAMPLET CATALOG , DEALER STAMP MT. (Edison Records of Music That Lives). At that time, with the notable exception of Path Records, which used yet another incompatible format, a disc's groove was normally of constant depth and modulated laterally, side-to-side. Part two of Duane Deakins' "Comprehensive Index of Cylinder Records". Novelty pianist and composer Zez Confrey performed his most famous piece, Kitten on the Keys, for the Edison label, a piano solo which he also recorded for other labels such as Victor and Columbia. "I shall yet put before the world a phonograph that will render whole operas better than the singers themselves could sing them in a theaterI shall do this by virtue of the fact that with a phonograph I can record the voices better than any person in a theater can hear them." 973-736-0550 The Edison Diamond Disc Record is a type of phonograph record marketed by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. on their Edison Record label from 1912 to 1929. They consisted of a thin coating of a phenolic resin virtually identical to Bakelite on a core of compressed wood flour, later also china clay, lampblack for color, all in a rabbit-hide glue binder. West Orange, Military marches were also popular during this period, and are represented here by The U.S. Field Artillery March, Sousa's arrangement of E. L. Gruber's song The Caissons Go Rolling Along, played by the New York Military Band, and by True to the Flag March, performed by the United States Marine Band. In the late summer and early fall of 1929 Edison also briefly produced a high-quality series of thin electrically recorded lateral-cut "Needle Type" disc records for use on standard record players. 211 Main Street and operatic records in the A-K range, D-prefix, B-prefix and 28,000, 30,000, 35,000 and 40,000 series. Edison had previously made only phonograph cylinders but decided to add a disc format to the product line because of the increasingly dominant market share of the shellac disc records (later called 78s because of their typical rotational speed in revolutions per minute) made by competitors such as the Victor Talking Machine Company. The Edison catalog relates, "It has more 'life' and 'go' to it than most music of this character. The hourly fee will take into account the technical work of reformatting and/or duplicating the audio recording, as well as the additional time needed to fully process the request. Bessie Couldn't Help It / My Wife is On A Diet, The Wedding Of The Painted Doll / Here We Are, Singin' In The Rain / Some Day You'll Realise You're Wrong, Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips With Me / In The Hush Of The Night. Piano pieces were another key category in Edison instrumental recordings. Then the phonograph took up the propaganda and soon Waikiki Beach became nearly as famous as Coney Island. See each listing for international shipping options and costs. Upon approval of the request forms and receipt of fees, requestors should allow up to 2 weeks for delivery, perhaps longer for large orders. That may be because it was composed by Carey Morgan and Anatol Friedland, who are far from being native Hawaiians, yet have a decided flair for their music.". Phones are monitored as staff are available with messages being checked Wednesday - Sunday. In 1912, Thomas Edison, who had previously made only cylinders, entered the disc market with his Diamond Disc Phonograph system, which was incompatible with other makers' disc records and players. Their quality was soon greatly improved, and by about 1910 the cylinder was clearly losing this early format war. Self published ca. By: David Seubert. Typically, popular songs were given a marimba "twist," such as the Imperial Marimba Band's unusual rendition of John Philip Sousa's Stars and Strips Forever March or its version of 12th Street Rag. Rush orders are not accepted. A. Rolfe And His Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra*, I Get The Blues When It Rains / Huggable Kissable You, I'll Always Be In Love With You / There's The One For Me, Please Don't Cut Out My Sauerkraut / The Whoopie-Hat Brigade. AIN'T IT A SHAME: Ernest Hare: DIAMOND-DISC: 51375-R; AIN'T YOU COMING OUT TONIGHT: Arthur Collins: DIAMOND DISC: 50045; AMINA (EGYPTIAN SERENADE) Sodero's Band: DIAMOND-DISC: . Edison documents show that matrixes before 2646 indicate takes with S-1, S-2, etc. Explore options that will help you find a career that aligns with your interests. All rights reserved. Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies | Digital Collections | Library of Congress Phonograph Catalog/Advertisement: The phonograph was developed as a result of Thomas Edison's work on two other inventions, the telegraph and the telephone. Rachmaninoff was subsequently signed by Victor. An explanatory talk from the reverse side is also included. 1959. West Orange, According to a company catalog published in 1924, that's 495 pages filled with tiny type that lists releases by artist name, song title and musical style. Audio files will be delivered electronically via internet download. Edison Wax Moulded Records Domestic Selections April 1903 Early Scarce Catalog Pre-Owned C $68.38 or Best Offer from United States Sponsored EDISON AMBEROL RECORDS London catalogue 1910 - faithful reprint 1973 by Fagin's Brand New C $5.86 Buy It Now +C $3.77 shipping from United Kingdom Sponsored Featured here are recordings he made of poetry recitations and monologues, including ones by Shakespeare and James Whitcomb Riley. Collins specialized in novelty and coon songs, while Harlan was a popular tenor and comedian. At this time, jazz music was starting to develop outside of its origins in New Orleans. On the first audio recording Edison recited, "Mary had a little lamb. Michael Casey As Judge In The Criminal Court, On Board The Battle Ship Oregon Before Santiago, Vespri Siciliani Overture (G. Verdi), MalagueaBoabdil (Moszkowski) / ManonSelections (Massenet), Festival Dance And Valse Of The Hours (Coppelia). Overview of the Diamond Disc Recordings by Genre Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies, Overview of the Diamond Disc Recordings by Genre (1912-1929), Early Edison Experiements with Sight and Sound, Motion Picture and Television Reading Room. A feed screw mechanism inside the Phonograph moved the reproducer across the record at the required rate, relieving the groove of that work and thus reducing record wear. View full page. I just found two Edison records in my Moms stuff trying to figure out what to do with them. EDISON PHONOGRAPH RECORD CONTAINER DEALER TAG "AMERICAN MOTOR & CYCLE CO " MICH, Edison Goldguss Walzen German Cylinder Phonograph Record - 9773 Sonniges Lachein, WIZARD CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD " EDISON ADVERTISING RECORD ", Early Edison Bell 2 Minute Wax Cylinder Phonograph Record - #10564. EDISON Record/Broadway Dance Orchestra/E!!! The character of Uncle Josh originated in a morality play know as The Old Homestead; Stewart was the understudy for the role. Like cylinder records, the sound in a Diamond Disc's groove was recorded by the vertical method, as variations in the depth of the groove cut. EDISON Record/Phil Ohman's Dance Orchestra/Green Bros. "Heart" songs tended to be sentimental ballads, often love songs. There are copies of Harvey Hindermyer's "Longing for My Dixie Home"/"Hush a Bye Ma Baby" (Edison 80379) online for $5 and under.