Just brought home a group of 11 of the Leeds Talk-o-Phone gold label discs. I have never seen so many in one place! 2 of the labels are green. don't know why.
The fellow I bought these from said he bought 45 of them at an auction and has been selling them off 1 or 2 at a time. By the time I discovered him there were only 11 left.
YeeHaa!
Gold Label Leeds Talk-o-Phone Cache
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Gold Label Leeds Talk-o-Phone Cache
Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe, Castle Rock, WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
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Re: Gold Label Leeds Talk-o-Phone Cache
Nice find...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Re: Gold Label Leeds Talk-o-Phone Cache
That is an amazing find! I hope you'll humor us with a couple of youtube postings of these!
SOUSA, The March King, says:
"Your 'VICTOR' and 'MONARCH' Records are all right."
"Your 'VICTOR' and 'MONARCH' Records are all right."
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Re: Gold Label Leeds Talk-o-Phone Cache
I have quite a few Leeds records but have never seen that attractive embossed "L & C" inside the diamond design on any Leeds record.
Doug
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Re: Gold Label Leeds Talk-o-Phone Cache
Only one of the eleven had this on the back. A couple were blank and the rest have 2 concentric circles of swirled lines.FellowCollector wrote:I have quite a few Leeds records but have never seen that attractive embossed "L & C" inside the diamond design on any Leeds record.
Doug
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Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe, Castle Rock, WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
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Re: Gold Label Leeds Talk-o-Phone Cache
Yep. That's what my Leeds records have on the back as well...either blank or the target design. Would love to own the one you have with the "L & C" back.
Doug
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Re: Gold Label Leeds Talk-o-Phone Cache
Here are the recordings, such as they are. They are heavily 'cleaned', had to do that to get the recording out from under the noise that permeated the recording. Sorry 'bout that...
http://pdx78s.cdbpdx.com/Leeds/
http://pdx78s.cdbpdx.com/Leeds/
Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe, Castle Rock, WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
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Re: Gold Label Leeds Talk-o-Phone Cache
I am really surprised these selections are so short, most under 2 minutes. Even a 2 minute cylinder runs 2 minutes, and for early brown wax cylinders a bit longer due to lower recording and playback speeds.
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Re: Gold Label Leeds Talk-o-Phone Cache
Are these 7 or 10 inch records? 7-inch Victors and Berliners were in this range, or maybe slightly longer played at authentic speed (especially for Berliners that can drop below 70 rpm), so it wouldn't necessarily be unusual.