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i was at a flea market a few months back and bought a box of about 25 ( all but one are edison) cylinders. one of those cylinders is a unmarked 1903-1904 gold molded cylinder of a band with an announcement i cant make out. any help would be greatly appreciated

i was at a flea market a few months back and bought a box of about 25 ( all but one are edison) cylinders. one of those cylinders is a unmarked 1903-1904 gold molded cylinder of a band with an announcement i cant make out. any help would be greatly appreciated PLEASE IGNORE THE FIRST POST IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE VIDEO.

Could you post a sound clip of just the announcement? I don't know the melody.

mjbarnes wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 11:31 am Could you post a sound clip of just the announcement? I don't know the melody.

the beginning is pretty moldy and you can just make out edison records at the end of the announcement but that's about it.

Neither I know the music... Have you tried Google to recognise it?

It should have the number etched in the dead wax.

Rich Gordon

the number is visible, but i cant find any record of it on the internet. it is edison gold molded cylinder 12852 and in the foreign issues series.

phonograph guy3435 wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 9:48 am the number is visible, but i cant find any record of it on the internet. it is edison gold molded cylinder 12852 and in the foreign issues series.

From Edison Phonograph Monthly (1903) --

EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTFILV. 3 SPECIAL ADVANCE LIST of British and French-Canadian Selections Edison Gold Moulded Records.
These special British and French-Canadian Records will be ready for shipment, if possible, with the December Records, providing Jobbers' stock orders have been placed prior to November 15. We reserve the right, however, to defer shipment of these Records till á later date should the demand for regular Records make it impossible to manufacture these special selections in time for such shipment.

Special supplements will be issued for these selections and will be forwarded with the Records to such Jobbers as order a supply. Jobbers are requested to order these Records on separate sheets and not on sheets with orders for regular Records or other goods. Retail dealers should place stock orders with the Jobbers at once, to insure prompt shipment as soon as Jobbers' stock is received.

12852 Selection of Popular Songs, II, British Military Band

From -- OrthoFan

The third tune seems to be the chorus of "just like the ivy" published in 1902

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recordmaker wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:00 pm The third tune seems to be the chorus of "just like the ivy" published in 1902

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yeah i was thinking it could be a medley of songs