[78-L] Electric Edison Diamond Discs

[Royal Pemberton]

I understand Edison used a GE recording system, as nobody other than
Victor and Columbia got the WE equipment.

On 3/17/09, Ron L <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:
> I've heard Electric DDs played back on both acoustical and electric
> reproducing machines and they do sound very nice, particularly on electric
> playback.   I though they sounded really nice when played through an Edison
> electric phonograph.
>
> Ron
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Robert M. Bratcher
> Jr.
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] Electric Edison Diamond Discs
>
> At 11:30 AM 3/17/2009, you wrote:
>>On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 12:25 -0500, David Lennick wrote:
>> > According to Ray Wile's "Edison Disc Recordings", popular DDs
>> from 52089 on are
>> > all electrical (last number is 52651). If so that would make
>> Edison the only
>> > label that didn't continue issuing acousticals and electricals
>> side by side
>> > till the old ones were used up.
>>
>>IIRC, Edison was down to one studio by that point, so his output was
>>easier to control. Acoustic today, electric tomorrow. Victor had studios
>>in NY, Camden, and Oakland that I know of, and electrical was phased in
>>while acoustic was still being used. Columbia likewise had NY and
>>probably Bridgeport - did they have a west coast presence then?
>
> So which system (for electric) did Edison use? Same one as Victor &
> Columbia were using or another system? Did his electrics sound better
> than the acoustical discs? Reson I'm asking is I've never heard an
> electric Edison disc.
>
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