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

[Christopher Steward]

I did wonder about the matrix numbers: H 20784/5 (preceded by an encircled W); is that a Homochord recording?
Chris

--- 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, 14:11


I believe the Parlophone disc in question was originally from Homochord (or 
some other label). The signature was still visible on American Decca issues, no?

dl

On 1/9/2012 5:12 AM, Christopher Steward wrote:
> Gieseking on Parlophone, too.
>
> Chris
>
> --- 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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