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Ringo Starr - Edison Gem
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Re: Ringo Starr - Edison Gem
Cool, but I'm used to seeing him sitting behind Ludwigs... 
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Re: Ringo Starr - Edison Gem
I can't wait to see some eBay seller using this pic to prove the provenance of their UK Gem...
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Re: Ringo Starr - Edison Gem
Now there's an idea!Curt A wrote:I can't wait to see some eBay seller using this pic to prove the provenance of their UK Gem...
I have a couple of spares.
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Re: Ringo Starr - Edison Gem
Who knows what you might get for one...clevelander wrote:Now there's an idea!Curt A wrote:I can't wait to see some eBay seller using this pic to prove the provenance of their UK Gem...
I have a couple of spares.
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Re: Ringo Starr - Edison Gem
It's a very old post, but I found Ringo in another pose with the Gem.
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Re: Ringo Starr - Edison Gem
In this second image, the Gem is playing a record, and Ringo looks like most non-collectors after listening for a minute or so... 
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Re: Ringo Starr - Edison Gem
phonogfp wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:21 am In this second image, the Gem is playing a record, and Ringo looks like most non-collectors after listening for a minute or so...
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I know that face all too well
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Re: Ringo Starr - Edison Gem
There is somewhere (Getty images?) a photo of Nick Jagger with an emg... I believe I posted it herein years ago...
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What a memory... He was Brian Jones!
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What a memory... He was Brian Jones!
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Re: Ringo Starr - Edison Gem
This guy seems pretty happy. I don't recognize the machine.
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