Favorite demo records?

[OrthoSean]

I have just listened to it and am impressed with both the performance and the reproduction from the Brunswick Ultona. The uncredited clarinettist sounded like Ted Lewis, but as far as I know he never played with the Earl Oliver band.

I will now wait patiently for someone to post the Third Alarm March.

Hmmm, if it's the Earl Oliver's "Fire" played on a Brunswick Ultona...that's my machine and my video... I'd completely forgotten I'd posted that a few years back!

Ultona reproducers sound very nice when properly rebuilt. That particular one was in exceptional condition and the diamond disc side had never seen any use judging by how clean the diamond was (no dust, dirt etc).

Sean

[Valecnik]

The Diamond Disc you posted was 82241 from 1921. Here's the 1917 version on 84001:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grPz1-BhvQ0[/youtube]

To my ears it sounds like 84001 was used for the dub to cylinder.

Sutton's book confirms that 84001 was used to dub the cylinder. It does not appear that 82241 was ever released on cylinder. The 84000 series 10 inch discs were supposed to sell at $4 each according to the prices listed on the record sleeve in the below thread. Some were priced up to $6 each!

http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... isc+prices

[epigramophone]

Edison 52623 is the "Third Alarm March" by the Goldman Band. Recorded in August 1928. Being an electric DD, I bet it's loud. It's entirely possible that I have a copy, I have one of theirs, but I'm not sure which one!

Sean

I googled "Third Alarm March" and found that this recording was also issued as a lateral cut. Here it is :

[Valecnik]

Edison 52623 is the "Third Alarm March" by the Goldman Band. Recorded in August 1928. Being an electric DD, I bet it's loud. It's entirely possible that I have a copy, I have one of theirs, but I'm not sure which one!

Sean

I googled "Third Alarm March" and found that this recording was also issued as a lateral cut. Here it is :

Rather bizarrely, towards the end, Edison was releasing some of these recordings in three formats, cylinder, diamond disc and needle cut. The costs of manufacturing and maintaining the channels must have been a huge burden.