My First Diamond Discs

[neophone]

Gents,

Just for the sake of redudancy I thought I'd post a link to my thread about my first Diamond Discs from the Vic Board and reprint the latest batch here.

sonoraman.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1152181022

Gents,

I just picked up ten more DD's at the P.O. that I've been waiting for since the end of May!

(The seller sent them out Priority and sent along a generous discount for the delay! I'm impressed, but not as impressed as I would have been had I got them three weeks ago. )

Etched labels:

50617 R "Good-Night, Dinny, and God Bless You", tenor w/ Orch. Geo McFadden
L"Everybody Loves an Irish Song", Tenor w/ Orch. John Finnegan

80612 R "Irish Rose O' My Heart", Tenor w/ Orch. Allen McQuhae
L "When I Dream of Old Erin", Male Voices w/ Orch. Apollo Quartet Of Boston
[This one has the Edison name on the top on the "R" side with TAE on the left & the Shield design w/o number or "L" anywhere on the "left" side. Is that common?]

Paper label "Re-Creations":

50933 R "I Ain't Nobody's Darling", Piano Solo Ray Perkins
L"On A Little Side Street", Piano Solo Ernest L. Stevens

51026 R "Red Moon Waltz", Ernest L. Stevens' Trio
L "If I Had My Way, Pretty Baby", Fox Trot same

51033 R "My Old Hawaiian Home", Palakiko's Hawaiian Orch.
L "Eleanor", Fox Trot Imperial Marimba band [This side looks damaged ]

80313 R "Swing Along!", Male Voices The Orpheus Male Chorus
L "Kentucky Babe", Male Voices Manhattan Male Quartet

Paper Label "Records":

Red Star;
51126 R "Bring Back The Sunshine You Took Away", Fox Trot Stevens' Dance Quartet
L "Lady Of The Lake", Waltz same

51219 R "Marcheta (A Love Song Of Old Mexico)", Tenor Walter Scanlan
L "Say It With A Ukulele", Tenor Duet Bailey And Bent

Red Star;
51281 R "Dream Daddy", Fox Trot California Entertainers
L "Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away", Fox Trot same

82316 R "Marchéta" Violin Albert Spalding
L "(A) Le Cygne (The Swan) (B) Valse In G Flat, Op. 70, No. 1", Violin same [This side looks damaged ]

So do I have anything good? I am really looking forward to hearing these for the first time!!!!

Regards,
J.

[pathe]

i like the violin solo by albert spalding. strings ,classical and marches are my interest. edison seems to have sold alot of fox-trots,one steps religous and hawaiin all ok but they tend to start sounding alot the same after a while. harder to find other types of music like classical, rag, well known popular songs and opera

[maroongem]

Hi there!

I have a goodly number of DDs for sale if you are interested. Drop me a line @ [e-mail] and we can go from there.

Bill

[rocky]

John, what a coincidence! I just won Edison 51281 by the California Entertainers a few days ago.

Be aware that Diamond Discs are very addictive! Even more than cigarettes! And be careful that the weight of the DDs doesn't cause your house to sag and become lopsided! ;D Rocky

[neophone]

Rocky,

It's a pretty good one. I don't know where I'm going to put all my records!I am just about out of space. Hell's Bells I didn't even have room for my second Granada. I had to put that in my parents' garage for now!

Regards,
J.

But I'll make room!!!!!! ;D

[neophone]

Gents,

I got two more interesting DDs in my last lot of records.

80798-R "The Church In The Wildwood" Aida Brass Quartet
-L "Recessional" same

51924-R "The Little White House" (At The End Of Honeymoon Lane) Frederick Kinsley on the Midmer-Losh Pipe Organ
-L "Roses Remind Me Of You" same

Very nice discs. I especially like the second one. The organ records very well. I do love the Wurlitzer Victors. Did Jesse Crawford ever record for Edison?

Regards,
J.

[Matt Brown]

You won't find any Jesse Crawford on Edison, sorry. BUT, if you like pipe organ music, and you like Edison DD records, you're in luck! Check this out:

homepages.bw.edu/~rdensmor/EdisonOrganArticle/

Matt

[gramophoneshane]

This one has the Edison name on the top on the "R" side with TAE on the left & the Shield design w/o number or "L" anywhere on the "left" side. Is that common?

Ive got 4 like this out of about 200 records. Ive also got about 5 that have the "no number" label on both sides. I found these really annoying until Phil O keefe put me onto
the Edison TruSound On-Line Discography at:

www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm

[neophone]

GS,

Thanks for the link! ;D

Regards,
J.

[gramophoneshane]

Your most welcome. I cant thank Phil enough for this one. Ive referred to the info heaps in only about two weeks! If only this sort of information was available for all records.