Edison Indestructible Record: Date?

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Edison Indestructible Record: Date?

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I have an Edison (Medium Blue) Indestructible Cylinder Record. #3411 Twilight (Orchestra) I have looked online on the Cylinder Archive, in books, etc. to find the date that this was produced, can't find it. Can anyone direct me to the proper source for researching this? :? Thanks!

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One thing I can tell you is that it's not an Edison record, it's an Indestructible, which is not an Edison company. The Indestructible records in the 3000 series are 4 minute records. I have confirmed this by looking in Sutton's Blue Amberol book, which show BA 3411 as being by Rachel Grant and Billy Murray.

I do not personally own any references for Indestructibles, so I can't help further than that. Perhaps someone else can chime in with details.

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Here are a few photos. Thanks! :)
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Tim Gracyk's book lists it under both artist and title, but I find no indication for date range: https://archive.org/details/CylinderLis ... 9/mode/2up

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According to Indestructible and U-S Everlasting Cylinders, by Nauck and Sutton, @2011, pg. 142 this cylinder was "Released c. 1917". That cylinder is the first one of eighteen listed under that heading.

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Thank all of you very much for the information!
Lee :)

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