The 4 minute Amberol wax cylinders can have very great sound if they haven't been played much. So I don't play them very often and when I do, I like to make a recording of it. Enjoy the Prologue from the one act opera Pagliacci, sung in English by Thomas Chalmers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-18ar0k2SM
Prologue to Pagliacci Thomas Chalmers on wax Amberol
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Re: Prologue to Pagliacci Thomas Chalmers on wax Amberol
I must say that this sounds absolutely wonderful. Being a wax amberol cylinder that does not suffer from the “out of round” syndrome like the Blue Amberols does help with the playback.
Too bad vinyl molding technology came a hundred years later.
Of course the 1a flywheel helps also.
Glenn
Too bad vinyl molding technology came a hundred years later.
Of course the 1a flywheel helps also.
Glenn
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Re: Prologue to Pagliacci Thomas Chalmers on wax Amberol
Thanks, Damfino. yes I was wondering why some BA's sound distorted, especially band music.
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Re: Prologue to Pagliacci Thomas Chalmers on wax Amberol
My thanks to marcapra. I am glad somebody is prepared to take wax Amberols seriously, and even to find virtues in them which the Blue Amberols (excellent though they often are) do not share! I cannot hear a trace of blasting from this powerful voice.
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Re: Prologue to Pagliacci Thomas Chalmers on wax Amberol
Agreed - wax Amberols are not for the inexperienced, the clumsy, nor the careless. But they are a fine medium for 1908-1912 recordings - - some of which are unavailable anywhere else.
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Re: Prologue to Pagliacci Thomas Chalmers on wax Amberol
4 Minute Amberol Records are the best. Yes, a little touchy to handle. But no more so than brown or black wax. And the sound quality is much better.
A record collector friend told me that of the 1157 4 minute wax records released, only 360 were later released on blue amberol. So that's a lot of music content only found on 4 minute wax.
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A record collector friend told me that of the 1157 4 minute wax records released, only 360 were later released on blue amberol. So that's a lot of music content only found on 4 minute wax.
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Re: Prologue to Pagliacci Thomas Chalmers on wax Amberol
That's 1157 records in the popular series. Don't forget the hundreds of records in the operatic, foreign, and special series that were only released on wax Amberol!Phonomark wrote:4 Minute Amberol Records are the best. Yes, a little touchy to handle. But no more so than brown or black wax. And the sound quality is much better.
A record collector friend told me that of the 1157 4 minute wax records released, only 360 were later released on blue amberol. So that's a lot of music content only found on 4 minute wax.
-Mark