Chart: Edison cylinder and Diamond Disc release years

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Chart: Edison cylinder and Diamond Disc release years

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I had tried to post this before, but cut-and-paste messed it up a lot. Here's a PDF version that I hope will be useful. Please let me know if you have questions. This only covers the "popular" US series and is simplified so dates are approximate.

Primary sources are Koenigsberg, Dethlefson, and Wile.

Enjoy!
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Fascinating that in terms of the Diamond Disc popular series the less they sold the more they issued. Seems kind of counterintuitive, but then a lot of what Thomas A Edison Inc. did was that way, bless their little hearts. :D Havcing said that, Victor and Columbia's popular issues rather fell off during WW 1 as well, so perhaps I shouldn't be too flippant.

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Thank you! That's very helpful!

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This chart is great...if it's easy, would you please add:

- cutoff points or catalog number ranges for direct cylinder recordings vs dubs

- disc recording release dates for the classical and light classical series

- cutoff points or catalog number ranges for electrical vs acoustic diamond disc recordings, which i believe are:

classical electricals: 80885 - 80907
light classical electricals: 82351 - 82360

(I have 52089 memorized, but not the rest of 'em!)

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Thanks.

This chart will be a useful reference tool in the future.

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Thank you, Kevin, your work is appreciated!

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Yes, this chart is very helpful and thank you for sharing it.

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Edison release dates.pdf
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With author's permission, I have converted and modified his original PDF posting. Attached is the update should you prefer to use it.
Last edited by rodpickett on Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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rodpickett wrote:
Edison release dates.pdf
With author's permission, I have converted and modified his original PDF posting. Attached is the update should you prefer to use it.
Thank you Rod, that's easier for me to use.

Best,
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EDIT: Some of the text has been "chopped off?"
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Fran - thanks for noting the truncation. A new version has been uploaded - rod

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