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Post by donaldpttee on Jan 22, 2009 5:01:25 GMT -5
i am sure i've read why they are there but can't remember help !!!  |
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Post by matty on Jan 22, 2009 5:15:53 GMT -5
The red star labels were titles edison thought would not sell, and once a dealer ordered them they could not be returned.
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Post by donaldpttee on Jan 22, 2009 6:47:26 GMT -5
thanks Shane ! Don "panatrope"
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Post by MordEth on Jan 22, 2009 7:43:59 GMT -5
If you are interested, you can read more about that here. One of the members on The Talking Machine Forum had me cut out one to use for his avatar. If I did not know better, though, I would have thought that these were the popular ‘singles’, to use more modern popular music parlance.  — MordEth |
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Post by agesagomusic08 on Aug 5, 2009 23:40:00 GMT -5
i have a dozen or so red starred DDs in my collection and i find them rather facsinating tunes to listen to...One that i cant believe is a red star is BILLY JONES TUNE IN ON LOVE...still cant figure out why edison red starred a Billy Jones record? thats odd to me because he was one of edison most favorite performers. (flipside is in NINENTEEN NINTEY NINE by AL BERNARD)
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Post by PhenolResin on Apr 29, 2010 12:18:32 GMT -5
I've got that record too - fun listening!! It's probably red starred because of the 'radio' theme and that Edison himself hated radio, deeming it as a mere fad that would die off with the Ovaltine company!! Needless to say we can STILL buy radios AND Ovaltine, but not so much as a graphite pencil with the Edison name on it - shame shame  |
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