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

[Rod Brown]

I continue to be impressed by the breadth and detail of expertise available
on this listserv. Yes to the staple holes, and a matrix number:  810-1

I probably should have mentioned those! Didn't mean to be cagey. I
shouldn't compose emails late at night, because I always wind up omitting
something relevant. In any case, there are no other clues that I can see.

I think my first hint that this record was *not* in fact part of a
mechanism (doll or music box) is the standard-sized spindle hole!

Many thanks, and continued good wishes,
Rod



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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
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> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:06:18 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Can anyone recognize or ID this old Christmas greeting?
> 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
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