My BEST Find at Orlando 2015

[Curt A]

I have looked for this record for 20 yrs. and have only seen two in person and one on eBay - all way out of my price range. On Friday, I found my record along with a nice selection of center start Pathés... all within my price range.

[Starkton]

I have looked for this record for 20 yrs. and have only seen two in person and one on eBay

I have seen a larger number of these over the years, including Carusos. But the recording surface was always more or less crazed, flaking off on bad copies. Only the best specimen seem playable.

[VintageTechnologies]

Great find! Those first Pathé disks are scarce as rooster's teeth. I have seen only pictures, never an actual record. I understand they are made from a cement compound and have a thin wax coating that always disintegrates. How thick is the record?

[Curt A]

The record is approx. 3/16 thick and made of the cement like compound that was mentioned... This example doesn't have any of the recording left on the other side, but I was just happy to find one in any condition that I could afford. This came from Jean Paul Agnard... The two that I saw in Paris were also missing most of the recording surface and were at Phonogalerie.