Edison Dance Bands #3 Recorded 1921 - 1923 176cmp

Edison Dance Bands #3 CD176C

I used a little science to get around the rumble issue with these vertical cut Edison Diamond Disc records. I use a very special vintage tonearm made by Pickering - the 190D. The arm has no vertical travel aside from a very light assembly holding the cartridge. Because of enertia, when the record is played at a low speed, the small assembly can move up and down with the irregularities, reducing the rumble. However, the bass frequencies were reduced due to the extremely low mass of the cartridge assembly. The solution was adding some mass to the assembly, which, because of enertia, the added mass serves to stabilize the cartridge, and extract the lower frequencies. I started this project about 30 years ago, and had recorded about 20 of my Edison Doamond Disc records and passed them on to other collectors, so for those I had to rely on my original transfers. The rest are fresh transfers from records still in my collection. The resulting warmth and depth of sound is really amazing. I only wish I'd kept the records for my original selection to do the fresh transfers for them too. They still sound pretty good regardless.

Edison was one of the few companies to use a permanent stylus in their Phonographs. Pathe used a sapphire ball for their vertical cut/hill and dale recordings, but the width of the groove, they didn't allow for as much time as the Edisons. Thomas Edison himself claimed that one of his records could be played 1,000 times with no wear. In volume one liner notes I talked about the issue of rumble due to the outside swelling of the organic core of Diamond Disc records with exposure to moisture and air. I had tried years ago to eliminate the rumble by slowing the transfer so that the cartridge had time to move with the irregularities and reduce the rumble, but found that the bass frequenies were compromised. The answer was adding additional mass to my cartridge assembly, and adjusting tracking weight to compensate for the additional weight. Because of inertia, the addional mass stabilizes the cartridge, resulting in smoother bass response.The process was further enhanced because of the Pickering 190D tone arm that I use that has no vertical motion aside from the very light assembly holding the cartridge. When the whole arm has to move vertically, as in a regular type tone arm, the enertia will cause the rumble to be recorded. It is said that the Broadway Dance Orchestra is a pseudonym for Vincent Lopez - but also have information citing an augmented Original Memphis Five. Hazay Natzy's Biltmore Hotel Orchestra was first directed by Natzy himself, in 1917 but direction was taken over by Jack Green. Featuring William Scotti on ts, little else is known about this band, which recorded extensively for Pathe, Columbia, Emerson,Okeh, and Gennett, up till 1925. Don Parker was a well known soprano and alto sax player from New York, recording for Pathe and Edison till 1924. He played also with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. ~ Mickey Clark

Edison Dance Bands #3 CD176C

1. PAPER DOLL GREEN BROTHERS MARIMBA ORCHESTRA ED 50789 04/12/21 7914 DAVID
2. JUST LIKE A RAINBOW HARRY RADERMAN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA ED 50798 05/03/21 7957 EARL-FIORITO
3. YOU'RE THE SWEETEST GIRL IN ALL THE WORLD HARRY RADERMAN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA ED 50798 05/03/21 7958 STANFORD-DAVIS-ROBERTSON
4. CUTIE-MEDLEY HARRY RADERMAN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA ED 50930 01/26/22 8351 RUDOLPH FRIML
5. VIRGINIA BLUES BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 50930 02/08/22 8362 MEINKEN
6. PICK ME UP AND LAY ME DOWN IN DEAR OLD DIXIELAND DON PARKER TRIO ED 50963 03/28/22 8398 KALMAR-RUBY-DA COSTA-JEROME
7. ON THE ALAMO HARRY RADERMAN ED 50963 04/03/22 8403 KAHN-JONES
8. SUPPOSE THE ROSE WERE YOU ERNEST STEVENS TRIO ED 50984 05/06/22 8445 DONNI
9. IDOLA HAZAY NATZY'S ORCHESTRA ED 50984 05/09/22 8446 WILKIE-BRADLEY
10. SWEET INDIANA HOME BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 50990 05/25/22 8467 DONALDSON
11. COO COO GREEN BROTHERS NOVELTY ORCHESTRA ED 50990 05/31/22 8472 JOLSON-DE SYLVA
12. EVERYTHING IS K.O. IN K-Y DAVE KAPLAN'S MELODISTS ED 51073 02/03/23 8837 WHITING
13. ROSE OF BOMBAY RUDY WIEDOEFT'S CALIFORNIANS ED 51020 06/16/22 8495 WARD-DYSON
14. ROSE OF THE RIO GRANDE BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51066 03/14/23 8868 WARREN-GORMAN
15. RUNNIN' WILD BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51066 03/03/23 8869 GIBBS
16. BEALE ST.MAMA BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51069 03/07/23 8870 TURK-ROBINSON
17. DEAREST BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51069 03/07/23 8871 AKST
18. YOU'VE GOT TO SEE MAMA EV'RY NIGHT BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51073 03/14/23 8878 ROSE-CONRAD
19. WHEN JUNE COMES ALONG WITH A SONG BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 50941 06/28/23 9052 GEORGE M.COHAN
    

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