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Post by gramophoneshane on Feb 5, 2007 8:34:03 GMT -5
Bill, Do you know how many opera recordings with explanatory talks were made all up, and do they all have no label on the "talk" side?
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Post by maroongem on Feb 5, 2007 9:38:48 GMT -5
Hi Shane,
Yes I was aware of that as I have a couple in my collection including 84001, The Rigoletto Quartet that I previously mentioned. If you are lucky enough to get these with the original paper sleeves, they will have pasted on labels with the info of each side. Harry Humphrey seemed to do a lot of the "speaking" recordings for Edison, such as 'Lincoln's Gettysburg address and' 'The Night Before Christmas.'
Bill
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Post by gramophoneshane on Feb 5, 2007 13:01:44 GMT -5
I thought you would know Bill, thats why I was asking you how many were released, and if they all have blank labels on the talk side.
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Post by maroongem on Feb 5, 2007 13:42:20 GMT -5
I can't speak for all of them Shane, but the ones I have just say "Explanatory Talk" in the label area. I'll dig up a few and post some pix. As for how many were released, I'll have to see if I can get an approx. number.
Bill
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Post by gramophoneshane on Feb 8, 2007 8:35:47 GMT -5
Hi Bill, If you get a chance, do you what to have a look and see if you have 82540- "O du mein holder Abendstern"- Tannhauser. I've got this one, but the talk side has no label. It's blank from the end of the recording to the spindle hole, apart from the matrix number being scratched into the dead wax, as is normal. I was just wondering if all of this disc number was issued without the "Explanatory talk" label you spoke of. I was thinking it might be one of the earlier releases of this sort of talk and music record, and they mightn't have been given a label to start with, unless somehow a few slipped through without one, though weren't the labels part of the recording stamper anyway?
BTW: No hurry of course- just next time you've got to go through them for some reason. I know how time consuming it can be, when you've got hundreds of records to look through.
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Post by maroongem on Feb 8, 2007 13:05:13 GMT -5
Hi Shane,
That disc was released in 1916 and was never cut out and apparently was made up until 10/29. Is yours an incised or a paper label?
Bill
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Post by gramophoneshane on Feb 8, 2007 14:14:35 GMT -5
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Post by maroongem on Feb 9, 2007 2:10:15 GMT -5
I have that disc in the collection, I actually may have another copy if interested. When I get a chance, I look up the others I have and give info on what's on the blank side, if anything.
Bill
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