[78-L] Can anyone recognize or ID this old Christmas greeting?

[Michael Biel]

Like Royal, I don't think this was port of a toy or mechanism, but was
part of a card.  Especially if this is lateral.  Most toy records are
vertical.  Are there perhaps two staple holes in the center area?  This
sounds almost acoustical or early electrical.  In the mid-1920s there
was a company, Advertisers Recording Service, I think, that stapled
records like this to post cards.
Are there any markings at all?  A tiny matrix number?  

By the way, your noise reduction was quite good for an item like this. 
No bad artifacts like ringing or warbeling. 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  

-------- Original Message --------
From: Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com>
I wonder if it wasn't included in some special greeting card?
I did manage to make out all the words....

'My gift to you....from out God's hand I choose your gift, dear
friend....one that is priceless and beyond compare....from out the
omnipresent good I send peace, love and joy to be your daily fare.'

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Rod Brown <raudiobrown at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Holiday greetings to one and all!
>
> Earlier this year, when I found this little toy-sized 78 at an estate sale,
> of course I had to buy, digitize, and clean it up. There is no label on the
> disc, so I had no idea what I would hear.
>
> I'm guessing this was originally part of a wind-up music box, or a Santa
> Claus doll. The record is made of blue plastic, maybe vinyl, about 3.25
> inches in diameter, and is thin enough that it is now curling up at the
> edges. Step one, just to make the record playable, was to tape said edges
> down to the turntable's platter.
>
> I shot a video, now edited down to a little over one and a half minutes,
> which shows the record being played into the computer. Lots of scratches
> and surface noise is heard throughout. After that, I play a restored
> version. I admit I did more noise-reduction than necessary. Bear with me,
> please. The main purpose for this video was to make a holiday greeting I
> could send to friends and family, and I wanted the voice to be
> understandable. I'll go back to being more conservative with the noise
> reduction after this, I promise (and of course the flat transfer still
> exists).
>
> I hope you enjoy this little blast from somebody's past, and I hope you've
> all weathered the holidays happily!
> Here's the link:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roOwOhsVbzI&context=C3ab99e4ADOEgsToPDskL7oOc6iXwKvf5yGzPiTEZV
>
> Best,   Rod Brown