Dating Diamond Disc Records

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Edisonh19
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Dating Diamond Disc Records

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I have found several spreadsheets online that are overly complicated with information about recording dates, etc of Edison Diamond Discs. Is there a more simplistic listing that helps to date when particular runs of discs were released? For example:

Disc 1-300: 1916
Disc 301-600: 1917
Disc 601-900: 1918

I know that's overly simplified, but I am looking for release dates to help simplify my cataloging method for my Diamond Discs (I like to organize my records by year of release). Can anyone help me out? I thought that I had seen such a listing at one time, but cannot locate it again. I know that dating is somewhat complicated because of the 80000 series vs the 50000 series, but I'd certainly appreciate a simpler listing if anyone has one.

Thank you!
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Here's one for the 50000 series, plus some cylinder info too:

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... lit=+chart

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Thank you! Very helpful!

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Re: Dating Diamond Disc Records

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The excellent book "Collector's Guide To Edison Records" by Copeland and Sherman goes into great depth on the subject of dating Edison DD records.

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