[78-L] Charlie Chaplin autograph in dead wax of Emerson No. 548

[David Weiner]

I think Patti & Melba signed a few of their 1904-1906 discs. And I have an
American Victor by Feodor Chaliapin of "Song of the Flea," recorded in Tokyo
in 1936 and signed in the wax with extravagant flourishes by the singer. 

Dave Weiner

>> --- On Mon, 9/1/12, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Charlie Chaplin autograph in dead wax of Emerson No.
>> 548
>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Date: Monday, 9 January, 2012, 4:21
>>
>>
>> Signed waxes were fairly common in the 1910s (and earlier?), lots of them
>> on
>> Columbia..Casals, Hofmann, Weber and Fields come to mind, comedian Billy
>> Williams on Jumbo, Walter Gieseking on Homochord (I think) in the 20s,
>> Stravinsky on Telefunken in the 30s. Who else?
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 1/8/2012 10:48 PM, Dennis Flannigan wrote:
>>> This evening, a fellow gave me the 6" Emerson, No. 548, "The Peace
>> Patrol,"
>>> with music composed by Charlie Chaplin, and played by Metropolitan
>> Military
>>> Band (Irony right there). Noticed the dead wax includes more than the
>>> matrix number, it has Charlie's autograph stamped on to the disc as
well.
>>> Was this common, done by other performers, composers? From about 1916,
>> but
>>> unsure of date.
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>> __________________
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