I bought one of these same advertising cylinders back in the 1990's. I was so happy to finally own ANY copy of the cylinder...and then I played it.AmberolaAndy wrote:It’s this light brown color. I think it might be wax. The transfer is kinda faint and there is a bit of surface noise. I guess this was early on and they haven’t worked out all the kinks yet..
I was so disappointed with the weak sound and surface noise that I didn't even play it all the way through. I put it back in the box and have never played it again. I immediately thought to myself, "well there's another purchase blunder I made". Every time I look at that cylinder today I'm compelled to toss it out but then I remember that I paid a premium price for it (can't recall how much but it wasn't cheap) so it remains a shelf queen. It's possible that mine was simply a poor transfer and some copies are better. I can only speak for mine.
Several years later I was fortunate to find an original Edison Advertising Record in a large group of cylinders I purchased. Now that was exciting and it was very enjoyable too!
Doug