This Diamond Disc Classics series is dedicated to my Mother - Betty Clark 1929 - 2016 - an insiration to many in the arts community in Penticton B.C., since she started the Folk-Art Show in the early 70's. I joined the Madrigal Singers with her at the age of 16 and have sung ever since. She went on to chair the B.C.Festival of the Arts and the Okanagan Symphony Society amongst many other volunteer activities. As she was getting frail, I took the challenge to tackle this project. Edison Diamond Disc records are one of the most difficult to get full tone without the characteristic rumble associated with these historic recordings. The material used to press Diamond Discs was phenolic - a resiliant material with a very high melting temperature. The major drawback was the use of sawdust as a filler inside the record. As the edges were not sealed, exposure to air and moisture caused the material to swell. With hill and dale recordings, this introduces rumble - more at the outside of the record, lessening toward the middle. I have developed a process of transfer to organically reduce the rumble by playing slow. Each side takes 11 minutes to transfer this way - 22 minuted per disc. I modified a very special tone arm - a Pickering 190D with a very light assembly with vertical travel which I temporarily modified to add mass,while adjusting tracking force to optimum. This mod allows lower frequencies to be recorded while the cartridge and stylus move in unison, reducing the rumble. I have equalized for the most natural tone. The rumble can be heard at times at the beginning of the record, but when about 1/4 has been played, the rumble is almost gone and the warmth of the music shines through. Please see behind the disc for the artists. Edison 82266 has the Sextet from Lucia twice - with slightly different singers, recorded almost a year apart. Born in 1882, Guido Ciccolini known to be an equivalent to Caruso, recorded the 1917 Lucia Sextet and in 1919.He made his debut in Bologna as Alfredo in 'La Traviata’ in 1907. ~ Mickey Clark
KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN-4080-B-11-8X THOMAS CHALMERS ED 80064 09/20/12 4090 CROUCH
SWEET GENEVIEVE-C-2-19 VERNON ARCHIBALD ED 80069 10/14/13 2491 HENRY TUCKER-COOPER
BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE-3769-A-6-37 JOHN YOUNG-FREDERICK WHEELER ED 80064 05/01/15 3769 FEARIS
ALICE,WHERE ART THOU?-C-2-3 JOHN YOUNG-FREDERICK WHEELER ED 80069 05/01/15 3814 ASCHER
HOME,SWEET HOME BETSY LANE SHEPHERD ED 80489 07/02/16 4843 PAYNE-BISHOP 189
CALM AS THE NIGHT BETSY LANE SHEPHERD ED 80489 10/01/16 5075 CARL BOHM 189
SEXTET-LUCIA-A-2-9 MARIE RAPPOLD-MARGARETT MATZENAUER-GIOVANNI ZENATELLO-ARTHUR MIDDLETON-THOMAS CHALMERS-ENRICO BARONI ED 82266 12/20/16 5224 DONIZETTI
SEXTET-LUCIA-A-3-9 ALICE VERLET-GUIDO CICCOLINI-ARTHUR MIDDLETON-HENRI SCOTT-MERLE ALCOCK-ENRICO BARONI ED 82266 09/14/17 5787 DONIZETTI
WHENEVER I THINK OF YOU BETSY LANE SHEPHERD ED 80450 01/14/18 5970 GRANT
EXPLANATORY TALK-C-10-24 HARRY E.HUMPHREY ED 82549 02/05/18 6000
AVE MARIA(MASCAGNI)-F-6-16 MARY ZENTAY FRIEDA HEMPEL ED 82549 02/01/18 5272 MASCAGNI
ANY PLACE IS HEAVEN IF YOU ARE NEAR THOMAS CHALMERS ED 80464 06/17/18 6233 HERMANN LOHR
YOUR VOICE CAME BACK TO ME GLADYS RICE ED 80464 09/04/18 6348 CLINTON KEITHLEY
SOMETIME LEOLA LUCEY & CHARLES HART ED 80447 12/02/18 6487 RUDOLPH FRIML
DONNA NO VIDI MAI-MANON LESCAUT TAKE A-2-2 GUIDO CICCOLINI ED 82210 02/26/19 6641 PUCCINI
PARTED-H-2-1 GLADYS RICE-ELIZABETH LENNOX ED 80499 06/02/19 6847 GLOVER
CRUISKEEN LAWN-O-11-1 LEOLA LUCEY ED 80499 07/01/19 6860 BENEDICT
KENTUCKY BABE-B-5-6 FRIEDA HEMPEL-LYRIC MALE QUARTET ED 82189 01/07/20 7092 GEIBEL
Lyric Male Quartet Personnel
Robert Duenweg-Cliff Whitcomb-ten/Benn Carswell-BAR/Jack Bruns-BASS-Michael Lubalin-piano
BY THE WATERS OF MINNETONKA/LULLABY-C-5-4 FRIEDA HEMPEL ED 82189 01/07/20 7104 LIEURANCE Available Options:
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