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Posted: **Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:27 am**

Vulcan and Berlin cylinders are great. I bought one week ago this edition of Caruso's "La donna è mobile" on a yellow plastic cylinder by Berlin. A very good preservation work.

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Posted: **Sun Jul 31, 2016 7:43 pm**

It is not on Norman's current list. Is it a previous issue that you bought in the after market?
Thanks.

Posted: **Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:43 am**

I know the author of the thread. He is looking for more traditional cylinder music, certain titles that would be on cylinders, not the hot jazz and fanciful titles wanted, but certain titles he heard in his youth. The author however has been looking for certain titles for many years. I have made a few of these titles for him. You might want to list some titles you are looking for and see if some list members have them. http://www.78rpm.com/ Is a good auction to start to look for titles.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:02 am**

billybob62 wrote:It is not on Norman's current list. Is it a previous issue that you bought in the after market?
Thanks.

Yes. I found it in a local antique shop.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2016 2:56 pm**

doublemike wrote:
billybob62 wrote:It is not on Norman's current list. Is it a previous issue that you bought in the after market?
Thanks.
Yes. I found it in a local antique shop.

I bought my copy of that Caruso yellow cylinder for about 110.00 on ebay last year. I think someone is selling these in Germany, not sure if it is Norman. This is truly a nice 2 minute opera cylinder. I do not think this was an originally released cylinder. I believe this is taken from a Victor recording on red seal record.

Norman has 3 re-issues of Caruso on cylinder which I also have. These are nice copies of the originally recorded cylinders by Caruso.

Caruso's work will mostly show up on Victor 78's.

Posted: **Tue Aug 02, 2016 4:16 pm**

Available on eBay Germany Here.

Here's how Google Translate renders the description:

Here is a virtually indestructible newly manufactured 2-minute roll in the exquisite color yellow "The Berlin Phonograph Works" LA PREGIATA (the Precious) offered.
Cylinder Phonograph Record - La Pregiata: La donna e mobile "Rigoletto" (Giuseppe Verdi) sung by Signor Enrico Caruso- recorded in 1908 - No. 6033

This roller enables the unique experience, the great tenor Enrico Caruso Signore to enjoy a dubbing of the original shellac records recording from 1908 on your phonograph.

It provides an accurate electrical transfer, directly from the original shellac disc. The roller is made in limited small series.

You are receiving this exceptional Arie incl. Title Certificate with songs text in Italian in a box with Caruso special label. forget there is the rare production of this Cylinder Records in Yellow !!!!!!!

Through its special nature, this roll also uses, frequent play virtually from no.

This casting roll is made of a particularly robust synthetic resin and with almost all popular 2-minute phonographs playable: Spindle Guided roll players like Edison, Columbia, Excelsior as well as spindle-less phonograph such as the puck phonograph

So yes, it's transcribed from a 1908 disc, not one of Caruso's original cylinders.

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