Edison Dance Bands #7 Recorded 1926 - 1929 CD176G
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. 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.
An electrically recorded Edison !!!!! The odd thing is that the first electrically recorded Edison I acquired was a cylinder - "Me and the Man In The Moon" by Vaughn De Leath and recorded in January 1929. It had to be one of the last cylinders - alas destroyed in the fire at my shop. My Edison Diamond Discs were stored near the ceiling and although the sleeves were burning, the Diamond Discs were unscathed. The composition of Edisons was phenolic - which has a much higher melting point than shellac. The lateral "Needle Type" records didn't fare so well but I retrieved the sound from them nevertheless. The "Needle Type" Edisons are the most hard to find. The last 6 tracks are all Needle Type electrics. Thomas Edison resisted electrical recording until long after all other labels had upgraded - aside form the buget columbia series issued on Harmony, Diva, Velvet Tone etc. It is said that because of his deafness, his personal phonograph has his teeth marks in it because he clenched his teeth on the cabinet to hear it. He disliked bass because of his hearing issues. Jazz pianist Oreste Migliaccio was born in Naples, Italy in 1882 and moved to the U.S. in 1902. He first started composing in 1908, with the "Gatling Gun Rag." By 1910, he was working as a musician, directing a band at the "Peek Inn" by the early twenties. By 1926, Oreste and his Queensland Orchestra graced the stage of the Queensland Ballroom in New York . Personnel: Frank McNellis-Tom Kells-Irving Peskin-t/ Jack King-tb/ Don Murray-Jimmy Dorsey-cl/ Hal Stumkoff-ts/ Ralph Esposito-bj/ Joe Tarto-bb Known vocalists with this band were Vic Hall and Ken Christie. It is said that Red Nichols-c also played with his band but is not confirmed. Ralph Esposito's first instument was the violin, and it seems that he was fairly accomplished as he played "The Flight Of The Bumble Bee", but his solo in Hello Swanee Hello got my attention, and the solos throughout the arrangement are first class to my mind.
Edison Dance Bands #7 Recorded 1926 - 1929 CD176G
TALKING TO THE MOON B.A.ROLFE AND HIS PALAIS D'OR ORCHESTRA ED 51757 05/17/26 10986 LITTLE-BASKETTE
HELLO,SWANEE,HELLO ORESTE AND HIS QUEENSLAND ORCHESTRA ARTHUR FIELDS ED 51886 11/19/26 11323 COSLOW-BRITT
SOME DAY DUKE YELLMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA JOHN RYAN ED 51886 11/20/26 11324 SPIER-POLLA
HERE COMES THE SHOW BOAT VAUGHN DE LEATH ED 52104 09/01/27 11890 ROSE-PINKARD
THE CALINDA LOUIS LILIENFELD AND HIS BILTMORE HOTEL ORCHESTRA ED 52128 10/05/27 11933 HUPFELD
MY BLUE HEAVEN AL FRIEDMAN AND HIS 'YOENG'S ORCHESTRA VAUGHN DE LEATH ED 52128 10/27/27 11986 DONALDSON-WHITING
WHEN YOU'RE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE FLORIDA FOUR ED 52231 02/17/28 18243 ETTING-BAER-GILBERT
RAMONA FLORIDA FOUR ED 52231 02/17/28 18244 GILBERT-WAYNE
THAT'S MY WEAKNESS NOW B.A.ROLFE AND HIS PALAIS D'OR ORCHESTRA JACK KAUFMAN ED 52343 06/12/28 18574 GREEN-STEPT
JUST LIKE A MELODY OUT OF THE SKY B.A.ROLFE AND HIS PALAIS D'OR ORCHESTRA ED 52343 06/12/28 18575 DONALDSON
A PRECIOUS LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ED KIRKEBY ED 52547 03/16/29 19108 DAVIS-COOTS
DREAM TRAIN CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ED KIRKEBY ED 52547 03/18/29 19110 NEWMAN-BASKETTE
HUGGABLE KISSABLE YOU CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS E.KIRKEBY ED 14005 05/02/29 N-870 BIBO
SPANISH DOLL B.A.ROLFE AND HIS LUCKY STRIKE DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 14020 05/23/29 N-914 LEWIS-SHERMAN
I GET THE BLUES WHEN IT RAINS ED KIRKBY ED 14005 05/28/29 925 KLAUBER-STODDARD
WISHING AND WAITING FOR LOVE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ED KIRKEBY ED 14020 06/04/29 N-938 CLARKE-AKST
SONG OF THE BLUES CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS PHIL DEWEY ED 14045 08/01/29 N-1053 JONES-GROSSMAN
BROKEN IDOL CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ED 14045 08/01/29 N-1054 EGAN-SQUIRES Available Options:
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