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Here are a couple of selections in honor of Independence Day:

"The Fourth of July Patrol" (With Chorus) Band
Blue Amberol 2325

http://www.box.net/shared/9hu1bt6t3j

And another favorite of mine:

"The Star-Spangled Banner" (John McCormack) Victor 64664

http://www.box.net/shared/xog9krstf8

Happy Fourth of July!
Bob

Nice recording Bob, especially the 4th of July Patrol. How where they reproduced here? Original equipment? What kind of phono, reproducers if so? Thanks, Bruce

Thanks for the comments, Bruce. The blue amberol was recorded using a handmade pickup by John Petty, back in the 1980's I think. Here is a link to an article explaining more, including design variations. My pickup is the one on the blue countertop.
http://www.christerhamp.se/phono/petty.html

I used a well-running amberola 50 machine and ran the pickup lead directly to a digital recorder. The WAVE file was then run through the Diamond Cut DC 7 noise-reduction program.

The Victor recording was taken directly off an Edison C2 electic pickup lead using a regular soft tone steel needle.

Bob

Thanks alot Bob,

If you happen to have it, and given that 4th of July is just aroung the corner, please consider posting the Blue Amberol version of "Stars and Stripes Forever" by Sousa's band. I'm sure other's would enjoy it.

I don't have an electric pickup setup for cylinders but this song played on my Amb 1B, (with a well tuned reproducer) is crystal clear and rattles windows!

Happy July 4th, 2011, everyone!
Bob

We played it this morning as part of our Fourth of July cobservance. Thanks for sharing the record.

A great tune on any day of the year! Lot's of bang for the buck there with a 4 min BA. I bet those piccolo and trombone players were tired after that one.

Today (7/4) I'm playing through a stack of marches. Mostly Victor bat wings, played on a horn machine with a loud tone needle.

Happy Fourth you folks down there! Hope you have lots of lemonade and hotdogs! I played The Fourth of July at Punkin Centre today and I have to say it amuses me!

Jim