[Phono-L] Edison 82525 question

[Andrew Baron]

Is it possible that it could have been produced by Edison personnel at  
the factory, as a gag or experiment?
Does the spoken content refer specifically to it having been recorded  
at a retail store, or in what locale?
The real mystery is what the heck it was recorded on, since it's disc  
and not cylinder, and we're not aware of recording apparatus having  
been used to record DD records outside of the factory.

I suppose it's conceivable that it was recorded on a Pathé or other  
machine with vertical capability and a tone-arm feed, but even this  
would have required a limited yielding cutting stylus and possibly  
additional steady force applied; essentially converting the reproducer  
to a recorder.

A transcript of the spoken content would be fascinating.

Andy Baron
Santa Fe

On Dec 27, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Zonophone2006 at aol.com wrote:

> hi
> this is an edison record vertical not lateral
> the back is blank and it was recorded at the store selling edisons
> it has a guy talking and cussing at the end and a piano solo
> they must have used this to promoted the disc as it is a paper label  
> not  the
> etched
> and it looks like any other paper label other than the type written  
> name  and
> date it was recorded
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/27/2008 11:14:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> Aph4990 at aol.com writes:
>
>
> In a  message dated 12/27/08 4:09:52 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> Zonophone2006 at aol.com writes:
>
> hi  robert
> i have one like  that
> mine was recorded at a dealer
> its one  sided with an edison  hand typed label with people singing  
> and
> speaking on it
> it  was done in iowa and at the end one guy is singing i  dont give  
> a  damn
> about iowa i am from missouri
> its   funny
> zono
>
>
>
> This information begs the question:  Were  dealers able to  record  
> on Diamond
> Discs?  I've only seen  pictures of recording equipment  used at the  
> Edison
> plant.  I  didn't know this was lent or sold to  dealers.
> If it  wasn't--could someone have used even Victor or other  lateral
> recording
> equipment on a blank Edison disc?  How weird would that   be?
> ---Art Heller
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