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Hi, can anyone let me have a list of the Special Blue Amberol titles from A-H ?
Thanks

Hello Gramtastic

Here you go:

Special A The Four Jacks
Special B Father's Eccentricities
Special C If I Must Say Farewell, Kate, Let Me Kiss Your Lips Good-bye
Special D The Ninety and Nine
Special E Scenes That Are Brightest
Special F Two Rubes Swapping Horses
Special G I'm Looking For A Sweetheart And I Think You'll Do
Special H Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
Special K The Peerless Minstrels
Special J Hermit's Bell Overture

Hope this helps you.

John

Thanks John !
Best wishes
Andrew

gibsonj wrote:Hello Gramtastic

Here you go:

Special A The Four Jacks
Special B Father's Eccentricities
Special C If I Must Say Farewell, Kate, Let Me Kiss Your Lips Good-bye
Special D The Ninety and Nine
Special E Scenes That Are Brightest
Special F Two Rubes Swapping Horses
Special G I'm Looking For A Sweetheart And I Think You'll Do
Special H Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
Special K The Peerless Minstrels
Special J Hermit's Bell Overture

Hope this helps you.

John

Those are, of course, the same selections used for the wax Special Amberols: probably from the same masters.

Bill

Just curious: What's a "Special Blue Amberol?"
-Michael

The 'Special' series, with letters rather than numbers, were supplied with combination kits to upgrade existing 2 minute machines to 2&4 minute. It was an extra sales inducement to get a set of records to use immediately with the updated phonograph. These records were not sold individually.

Here are some pics of them.. This is the original 4 minute Wax Series... Later on, There was a Blue Amberol Series which came in similar but Orange containers.

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Tony K.

Edison Collector/Restorer

NEFaurora wrote:Here are some pics of them.. This is the original 4 minute Wax Series... Later on, There was a Blue Amberol Series which came in similar but Orange containers.

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Tony K.

Edison Collector/Restorer

Just to clarify, the Specials A through K in both the wax and Blue Amberol series came in blue boxes.

However, there was a separate series of 24 wax Amberols (D-1 through D-24) that came in orange boxes. These were never sold. Instead, someone who referred a friend to a dealer was given their choice of 6 of the orange box records if the referral resulted in a sale. The orange box "D" series specials are all rare and completing the set is extremely difficult.

Yes, That's correct.

Thanks for the correct elaboration!

Does someone have a listing of the D1 thru D24 4M wax cylinders??!?? I had in my mind that they were Blue Amberols and not wax ones. Good catch. Did they make a Blue Amberol version of the "D" Series Specials?..like the other A thru J Specials?? I can't remember.. I'd have to look it up..

I don't have the "D" Series Specials list handy.. It would be a great addition to this thread!

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Thanks,

Tony K.

Edison Collector/Restorer

D01 Happy-Go Lucky Two Step New York Military Band J. Bodewalt Lampe
D02 I'll Wait At The Golden Gate For You, Counter Tenor Will Oakland Jas. Brachman
D03 Joinin De Church, Vaudville Sketch Golden & Hughes
D04 I Fear No Foe, Baritone Solo Edwin Skedden Pinsutti
D05 Scherzo-Tarentelle, Violin Solo Albert Spalding Wieniawski
D06 Kissing, Serio Comic Song Ada Jones Joe Maxwell
D07 No Sorrow There, Sacred Anthony and Harrison Geo. C. Stebbins
D08 The Ghost Of The Banjo Coon, Coon Song Arthur Collins Anna Caldwell
D09 Reminiscences Of Scotland Victor Herbert And His Orchestra Godfrey
D10 He Was A Soldier Too, Comic Song Billy Murray Victor Herbert
D11 The Light Of The World Is Jesus, Sacred Edison Mixed Quartette P. P. Bliss
D12 Silver Threads Among The Gold, Sentimental Ballad Marie Narelle H. P. Danks
D13 African Dreamland, Characteristic New York Military Band Geo. Atwater
D14 Where The Ivy's Clinging, Dearie, 'Round The Old Oak Tree Manuel Romain J. Fred Helf
D15 Smile! Smile! Smile, Conversational Duet Ada Jones, Billy Murray and Chorus Max Hoffmann
D16 Flanagan Entertaining The Club, Talking Steve Porter Porter
D17 Dreams Of Childhood, Waltz New York Military Band Waldteufel
D18 You're Just A Little Bit O' Sugar Cane, Darkey Song Joe Maxwell Maxwell
D19 Swingin' In De Sky Collins and Harlan Edith Kingsley
D20 Halli-Hallo Medley, two yodel songs George P. Watson
D21 XYLO Medley, Xylphone Solo Charles Charles Daab Tom Short
D22 Because Of You, Sentimental Ballad W. H. Thompson Dexter Stocking
D23 There Are Fifty-Seven Ways To Catch A Man, Comic Song Stella Mayhew John. W. Bratton
D24 Camp Meeting Julilee, Male Voices Peerless Quartette