Diamond Disc label book - question

[phonojim]

Bill, please pardon me. I was asking for information, not trying to start something. The only source material I have on DDs is the Dethlefson book which has slightly different info on the black labels. I'll be on the lookout for a copy of the Collector's Guide, although I see it's out of print.

Jim

[victorIIvictor]

I'm pretty sure Copeland and Sherman's Collector's Guide to Edison Records is not out of print… Indeed it was published in 2012. You can order it here:

http://monarchrecs.com/upcoming.html

Best wishes, Mark

[phonojim]

Thanks. According to Amazon it's out of print; I guess they don't know about the new edition.

Jim

[FloridaClay]

Just picked up one more. 50854

Clay

[Edisone]

50857, here (and others, but this one is sitting out where I can see it)

[52089]

I take it that you are referring to the four volume "Edison Diamond Disc Record Labels & Discography" by Charles Gregory. I do not own it. However, I trust you are also familiar with Tim Brooks' review of it, found here:

http://www.timbrooks.net/review-gregory ... mond-disc/

Brooks reports that these volumes contain "reproductions of thousands of 50000-series Diamond Disc paper labels, arranged in numerical order;" more specifically, according to author Gregory, 5,050 labels. Brooks mentions the white printing on black background labels in the same paragraph, and I would assume if these labels were excluded from Gregory's volumes, Brooks would mention their exclusion. However, it does not seem that every label in the 50,000 series is reproduced, so it may not contain every white printing on black background Edison label. It would probably make for a good start towards compiling a complete listing, however.

For what it's worth, in 28 years of crate-digging I've only ever turned up one of these white printing on black background-labeled Edison Diamond Discs.

Best wishes, Mark

There is a copy of this set of 4 books on ebay now with a $200 asking price. I emailed the seller and he confirmed that there are at least some of the white-on-black labels in volume 2.

I'd still like to know more about these. If anyone can add to the list posted earlier in the thread, please do so. Thanks!

[52089]

I can now confirm 50890 on the first paper label as well.