Recorded July, 1913 - in London, issued on British Blue Amberol 23145 . Like other 'Foreign' Edisons, it was readily available from West Orange, and I think this one was even listed in a Christmastime supplement. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Barna" <ryansrecords1 at hotmail.com> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 1:27 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] A Big Royal Purple Thank you > This is Hardy Williamson (tenor). Your particular cylinder is not listed > in Allan Sutton's Edison Blue Amberol Records: A Discography (1912-1929) > (Mainspring, 2005). I'm guessing that your cylinder was directly recorded > years earlier, perhaps originally issued on a four-minute wax Amberol, as > you indicated that it sounded so good (not dubbed?). I'm not certain > because I don't have a complete listing of Edison four-minute wax Amberols > to check, but Williamson's version was definitely not released on Blue > Amberol in the U.S.; Vernon Dalhart sang it on BA 3333, dubbed from disc. > It is also possible that he recorded it directly on Blue Amberol, but not > released in the U.S.-Ryan