I think people are talking about item number is 190141312482 -- "estott" <[email protected]> wrote: Vocallion did issue vertical cut recordings, so I think the seller is trying to connect that aspect to Edison.
Otherwise, this is a test pressing- it looks just like some Columbia tests I've seen from around 1917 (Margaret Woodrow Wilson's- they're in the Wilson House in DC) in that they have plain labels and rather wide margins- on the Wilson discs the name of the artist and selection is inscribed the the wax around the edge. Presumably issued discs would lack this. Eric Stott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Wright" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:30 AM Subject: [Phono-L] what's the deal with this record? > Is this seller completely full of it or what? I've never heard of > Vocalion having anything to do with Edison. My one Edison jobber disc > from 1922 was a normal 10" that was one-sided, and my Edison test > pressings (some with no label or paper base where the label would go) are > also normal 10" pressings. This record does indeed look like it's 12" (I > guess), and though the picture doesn't show thickness, its margins do look > very DD. > > Does anyone know more details than the listing offers, and whether or not > the seller's just filling in the gaps with fabricated info? > > > Thanks, > Robert > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From [email protected] Wed Aug 15 12:29:18 2007 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Wed Aug 15 12:31:45 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Linenoid horn// Message-ID: <[email protected]> In a message dated 8/15/2007 1:29:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > > This Horn appears to date to 1918 if I am not mistaken. > > Bruce > ***** The 1918 internal ref was to a diff patent, applied for during the application of 1,651,841. Allen www.phonobooks.com <BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour</HTML> From [email protected] Wed Aug 15 13:27:51 2007 From: [email protected] ([email protected]) Date: Wed Aug 15 13:30:15 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Linenoid horn/ In-Reply-To: <002401c7df5f$49b5b200$6401a...@custom> References: <[email protected]> <002401c7df5f$49b5b200$6401a...@custom> Message-ID: <[email protected]> The Linenoid Horn was advertised in the "Talking Machine World" from 11/05 to 2/09 (but only 3 times as far as I can tell). George Paul ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. From [email protected] Wed Aug 15 21:21:14 2007 From: [email protected] (Bruce Mercer) Date: Wed Aug 15 21:24:46 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Vocalion Test Pressing Message-ID: <000f01c7dfbc$e4f67030$bfad3...@vaio> I asked the seller about this disc. It is 12". It is only as thick as a standard 78 and from what they could tell, was not laminated and was typical shellac. Definitely nothing to do with Edison other than it being a vertical recording. Bruce From [email protected] Thu Aug 16 02:03:05 2007 From: [email protected] (Robert Wright) Date: Thu Aug 16 02:07:25 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Vocalion Test Pressing References: <000f01c7dfbc$e4f67030$bfad3...@vaio> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Thanks, Bruce -- the surest way to solve the mystery. Now we know! best, r. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Mercer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:21 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Vocalion Test Pressing I asked the seller about this disc. It is 12". It is only as thick as a standard 78 and from what they could tell, was not laminated and was typical shellac. Definitely nothing to do with Edison other than it being a vertical recording. Bruce _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
