[Phono-L] last Edison 82525 question

[Robert Wright]

So should it be considered notable that the handwritten matrix on this 
record is 889-A-1-6 instead of -B?  Any chance I have a substantially less 
common take of Destinn's Suicido?

Thanks again,
Robert


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DanKj" <edisone1 at verizon.net>
To: <esroberto at hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison 82525 question


> It should be Matrix 889-B , recorded December 15, 1911 by Emmy Destinn
>
> Yours is an early pressing, issued without Harry Humphrey's "Explanatory 
> Talk" on the flip side, which wasn't recorded until early 1914.
> Edison put out these single-faced discs in a rush to get some selections 
> to the dealers along with the new machines