[Phono-L] Edison 82525 question

[Robert Wright]

That's right, Glenn, there is some confusion, exactly as you point out.

First of all, thanks so much to everyone for the immediate responses about 
this disc I've found.  It is, definitively as far as I'm concerned, the Emmy 
Destinn record Ray Wile says it is, from an early pressing run -- it's 
missing the 3 indentations, the back side is smooth as glass (no label area, 
no nothin'), and the title is indeed Suicido from Gioconda, with no artist 
info listed.  It's in beautiful shape except that it's obviously been played 
with a chipped stylus, as it's a bit noisy, and there is a light coat of 
rust/brown dust in the grooves (we've all seen that before).  As it's the 
first DD I've found of that type, I'm still pretty excited about it, and 
thanks to you all, I know exactly what I have now.

Regarding Zono's one-sided DD with typewritten label, I'm pretty sure it's a 
Jobbers' record.  I was first put into contact with Ron Dethlefson (and Jack 
Palmer) by Tim Gracyk back in '94 or so when I found one of these discs in 
Tomball, TX while junking.  Mine had no label (or maybe it had come off), 
but did have a label area that looked like brown paper sack material on both 
sides.  It was one-sided and had a handwritten 63 on the playable side's 
label area.  I sent a recording of it along with its description to Tim, who 
then forwarded it to Ron and Jack, and Ron sent me a post card detailing the 
record I'd found:  a 1923 Harger & Blisch Summer Sales Contest record.  The 
5 jobbers who had won the contest got to go to Edison's studio to record 
their voices (spewing a bunch of pro-Edison propaganda in decidedly amateur 
manner) as the prize, which must've been a pretty big deal at the time.  One 
of the jobbers had written a delightfully awful song, and Edison got Vernon 
Dalhart to record it at the end of the record with piano accompaniment (thus 
Tim's fwd to Jack Palmer).  That record is, in fact, exactly the reason I 
found my way onto this very email list.

Thanks again, everyone.  This list truly is a resource to be cherished. 
Safe and happy new year to you all!

Best,
Robert


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Longwell" <majesticrecord at snet.net>
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison 82525 question


I think there's some confusion here. The original post said nothing about 
the content of the record. That was a follow up post by someone with a 
different record.

Glenn