Two Edison DD record questions

[Valecnik]

This is a very education thread if I do say so myself! Last night I re-visited my pretty large DD collection which I cataloged early this year using a lot of paper Disc-O-Files. I found 112 red star records last night. But now I have opened up another big can of worms. I have found several different varieties of the "etched labels" some without Edison's profile and some with. Some very plain jane with only the name Edison and the song title and catalog number, etc. But I also found two early etched DD that are ½ inch smaller then the rest of my collection. I never noticed this before until last night. They are both etched with his profile but are smaller than the rest. Was the factory making them smaller early on or did they shrink from age? (kidding yet serious) ?????

You need to get the new book Mike Sherman is selling. It goes into all the label variations, different sizes, thicknesses and composition of the records in excruciating detail. It's really good.

[FloridaClay]

You need to get the new book Mike Sherman is selling. It goes into all the label variations, different sizes, thicknesses and composition of the records in excruciating detail. It's really good.

I will second that, and at $15.95 it is a bargain and a half!

Clay

[TinfoilPhono]

Can you post a link where this can be ordered? I'm coming up dry on Google.

[52089]

This is a very education thread if I do say so myself! Last night I re-visited my pretty large DD collection which I cataloged early this year using a lot of paper Disc-O-Files. I found 112 red star records last night. But now I have opened up another big can of worms. I have found several different varieties of the "etched labels" some without Edison's profile and some with. Some very plain jane with only the name Edison and the song title and catalog number, etc. But I also found two early etched DD that are ½ inch smaller then the rest of my collection. I never noticed this before until last night. They are both etched with his profile but are smaller than the rest. Was the factory making them smaller early on or did they shrink from age? (kidding yet serious) ?????

Not to mention the fact that it's not all that unusual for there to be 2 different labels on a single disc!

[FloridaClay]

Can you post a link where this can be ordered? I'm coming up dry on Google.

Kurt Nauck has them.

https://www117.safesecureweb.com/78rpm/ ... y_Code=210
Clay

[edisonphonoworks]

I know I have a disc that has the early large pointed shield on one side and the square shield on the other.

[briankeith]

I also have a DD with no recording on either side, or label - a blank record of sorts. No clue as to why it is just blank?

[Valecnik]

I know I have a disc that has the early large pointed shield on one side and the square shield on the other.

This is not uncommon. According to the book, the molds were used until they wore out. If a new label design was available for one side at the time a new mold was made, they would use the new design for one side and the older one for the other side.

You can also have very early label designs pressed years after the disc was recorded. If the record was a slow seller for example, you could have a 1914 recording on a 1914 style label pressed in 1919 or so.