Yeah, I've noticed quite a few color variations on BA cylinders and wondered about that. Nothing like the variations in brown wax color, of course. ----- Original Message ----- From: <crankemup at comcast.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison Royal Purple Question > Kevin, > > The Royal Purple series ran from 29001 to 29077. The first series 29001-29005 were originally released as the Grand Opera series in 1913 and were re-released when the Royal Purple series started in 1917. The first 6 were also direct recordings and the later ones were dubbed from DD masters. The first 6 can be found in blue or Purple, depending if they are 1st or 2nd series. I don't know the ratio of blue to purple in later ones nor the reason that they were released in both colors in the later series. I have one released in 2/1920 that is blue! Yet is 29044 and is Simon The Cellarer by Arthur Middleton. 29077 was released in June 1921 and ended the series. These records cost more than the regular series, $1.50 as opposed to .50 and were supposed to attract the "more sophisticated." > It's too bad Edison wasn't crazy about opera, as the first were opera and after you can find some opera pieces interspersed with some truly run of the mill recordings that could be found on DDs. As far as the color of that record you mentioned, it could be caused by exposure to the sun or just the way the dye was mixed that day! > Bill > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > Phono-L at oldcrank.org > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >