that sounds interesting...i have never even heard of that record.I would love to hear it though!
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Re: I am the Edison phonograph
It was No. 400, if the record slip is right.gramophoneshane wrote:We've all heard the advertising cylinder "I Am The Edison Phonograph" that was released in about 1906, but has anyone heard "The Phonograph's Description Of Itself" on Edison Bell No.4000 & recorded by William Lynd & Russell Hunting in 1900/01?
I'm wondering if this record might have been the "inspiration" for Edison's famous record.
I missed it a while back and haven't heard it yet. William Lynd, M.I.E.E., F.R.M.S., was one of the earliest phonograph exhibitors in the UK, lecturing since around April 1889.
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Do you have a complete listing of Edison United phonograph cylinders? From when date the first recordings?gramophoneshane wrote:They must have left a "0" off the 400, as no.400 is Blue Danube by the London Concert orchestra, and was an 1896 release.
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Shane,gramophoneshane wrote:No, I have the "Catalogue of the first series (brown wax) Edison Bell two minute cylinder records in numerical order 1896-1902".
Out of curiosity, is this something that could easily be scanned (i.e. how many pages is it)? If I could have scans of it to work with, this would be a great OCR project for me, as I think this might be a great resource to have online.
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Shane,gramophoneshane wrote:It's a 43 page book. My scanners out of action at the moment until I get a new cartridge next Thursday too.
I’m not in any huge rush to do it, so if you’re interested in doing this, whenever you’re ready is good enough for me.
Certainly, if you’d like to send those pages to me either via e-mail or private message (or start a thread and post them as attachments), I think this would be another great resource to have online.gramophoneshane wrote:I have been meaning to reloading the Columbia catalogue I had on Dan's board, and the Indestructible cylinder release dates list here. They're already in my computer, so you're welcome to use them if you like.
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That's quite interesting. Does anyone has a transfer of this cylinder?