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18.1. Cylinders, Ed. Discs, Pathes, Pp 7-22 VOCAL CYLINDERS 2M WA = 2-minute wax, 4M WA = 4-minute wax, 4M BA = Edison Blue Amberol, OBT = original box and top, OP = original descriptive pamphlet. Repro B/T = Fine quality reproduction Edison orange box and printed top. All others in clean, used boxes (possible lt. wear). Any mold on wax cylinders is always described . All grading is visual and refers to the cylinders rather than the boxes. Any major box problems are noted. CARLO ALBANI [t] 1037. Edison BA 28127. AFRICAINE: O paradiso (Meyerbeer). Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 1032. Edison BA 28141. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: O tu che seno agli’ angeli (Verdi). Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $30.00. PAUL ALTHOUSE [t] 1041. Edison BA 28209. BEFORE THE DAWN (George Chadwick). Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $12.00. BLANCHE ARRAL [s] 1007. Edison BA 28125. MIGNON: Polonaise (Thomas). OBT. Just about 1-2. $20.00. DAN BEDDOE [t] 1018. Edison BA 28203. IL TROVATORE: Se m’ami … Ai nostri monti (Verdi). In English. With MARGARET KEYES [c]. Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $12.00. ALESSANDRO BONCI [t] 1027. Edison BA 29004. LUCIA: Fra poco a me ricovero (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $25.00. LUCREZIA BORI [s] 1040. Edison BA 28122. LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Repro B/T. Cons. 2. $25.00. FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t] 1031. Edison Wax Amb. B163. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah, lève-toi soleil (Gounod). Announced by Constantino. In French. OBT. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 1009. Edison BA 28161. AIDA: Se quel guerrier … Celeste Aida (Verdi). Announced by Constantino. OBT. Just about 1-2. $20.00. ERNESTO CARONNA [b] 1035. Edison BA 28130. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Repro B/T. Small outside rim split not to grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00. ERNESTO CARONNA PETER DAWSON [bs-b] 1001. Edison BA 23065. CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet). In English. OBT. Just about 1-2. $10.00. MARIE DELNA [c] 1023. Edison BA 27126 [take 1]. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyerbeer). OBT. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1036. Edison BA 28126 [take 1]. Same as preceding listing but Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1008. Edison BA 28135 [take 1]. ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Che farò senza Euridice (Gluck). OBT. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1022. Edison BA 28135 [take 2]. Same as preceding listing but different take and Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $20.00. YVONNE DE TRÉVILLE [s] 1028. Edison BA 28248. MANON LESCAUT: L’éclat de rire (Auber). Repro B/T. Trans. from otherwise unpublished Diamond-Disc. Just about 1-2. $20.00. CARLO GALEFFI [b] 1034. Edison BA 28115. LA TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi). Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $20.00. - 7 - Vocal CYLINDERS MARIA GALVANY [s] 1012. Edison BA 28123. LA SONNAMBULA: Come per me sereno … Sovra il sen (Bellini). OBT. Minor top wear. Cylinder just about 1-2. $50.00. CHARLES HACKETT [t] 1011. Edison BA 28155. MARTHA: Lost, Proscribed (Flotow). With THOMAS CHALMERS [b]. With OBT, OP. Just about 1-2. $8.00. CHARLES W. HARRISON [t] 1000. Edison BA 2184. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). In English. OBT. Just about 1-2. $8.00. ORVILLE HARROLD [t] 1033. Edison BA 28129. MARY [KIND AND GENTLE IS SHE] (Richardson). Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $8.00. AGNES KIMBALL [s] 1010. Edison BA 1502. FAUST: Final Scene through Trio (Gounod). In English. With REED MILLER [t], FRANK CROXTON [bs]. OBT. Just about 1-2. $8.00. SELMA KURZ [s] 1013. Edison BA 28133. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Repro B/T. Minor chipping of plaster at end (harmless), otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. 1017. Edison BA 28133. Same as preceding item (#1013). Later “pressing”. Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1030. Edison BA 28147. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini). In Italian. OBT. Just about 1-2. $20.00. RICCARDO MARTIN [t]. Hopkinsville, KY, 1874- New York City, 1953 . SELMA KURZ as Lakmé 1024. Edison BA 28113. IL TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi). Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1025. Edison BA 28158. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Preludio e Siciliana (Mascagni). OBT. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1039. Edison BA 28167. GOOD BYE (Tosti). OBT. OB (minor tears). Just about 1-2. $20.00. CHRISTINE MILLER [c] 1004. Edison BA 28172. GOOD BYE, SWEET DAY (Vannah). OBT. OP. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1005. Edison BA 28194. THE LAWN SWING (Tolman). With Chorus. OBT. OP . Just about 1-2. $8.00. GIOVANNI POLESE [b] 1020. Edison BA 28118. THAÏS: Alessandria! (Massenet). Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 1026. Edison BA 28160. PEARL FISHERS: Aria di Nadir (Bizet). Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $25.00. MARIE RAPPOLD [s] 1021. Edison BA 28101. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Barcarolle (Offenbach). With THOMAS CHALMERS [b]. OBT. Just about 1-2. $6.00. HENRI SCOTT [bs] 1029. Edison BA 28274. ON THE ROAD TO MANDALAY (Kipling-Speaks). Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $8.00. MAGGIE TEYTE [s] 1042. Edison BA 4797. INDIAN LOVE LYRICS: Pale Hands I Love (Woodforde-Finden). Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $12.00. - 8 - VOCAL, INST. and PERSONALITY CYLINDERS; DIAMOND-DISCS ANTON VAN ROOY [b] 1038. Edison 2-M Wax B-10. CARMEN: Chanson du Toréador (Bizet). In French. In regular Gold-Moulded box/top. Just about 1-2. $40.00. Instrumental CYLINDERS HOFFMANN STRING QUARTET 1003. Edison BA 28168. STRING QUARTET, Op. 11: Andante cantabile (Tschaikowsky). OBT. Just about 1-2. $15.00. ALBERT SPALDING [violinist] 1002. Edison BA 28102. THAÏS: Méditation (Massenet). Piano acc. André Benoist. OBT. Just about 1-2. $12.00. ARMAND VECSEY and HIS HUNGARIAN ORCHESTRA 1006. Edison BA 28181. COPPÉLIA: Entr’Acte and Waltz (Delibes). OBT. Just about 1-2. $12.00. Personality CYLINDERS POLK MILLER’S OLD SOUTH QUARTET [entertainers]. Prince Edward County, VA, 1844-Richmond, VA, 1913. Miller learned to play the banjo from slaves on his father’s plan- tation. His original career was as a druggist, beginning in 1860. During the Civil War, he served as a Confederate artilleryman. Known from his earliest years as a talented entertainer and musician, he began performing professionally in 1892. He was white and was assisted by a backup group of four African-American male singers, called the Old South Quartet. They toured both the north and south of the U.S., with enthusiastic reception by their audiences as well as occasional problems with racial discrimination. 1016. Edison BA 2176. LAUGHING SONG (Trad.). OBT. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1014. Edison BA 2177. WHAT A TIME (Trad.) Repro B/T. Very small (harmless) plaster chip end side, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00. 1015. Edison BA 2178. WATERMELON PARTY (Trad.). Repro B/T. Just about 1-2. $12.00. THEODORE ROOSEVELT [U.S. President]. 1019. Edison BA 3709. SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL JUSTICE (Speech). OBT (top some- what worn). Includes original text sheet. Just about 1-2. $35.00. EDISON DIAMOND-DISCS SS =early “smooth surface” (laminated “etched” label area, 1912-1915); RC= “Edison Re-Creation” Paper Label (1921-1924); ER = “Edison Record” Paper Label (1924-1929). All others (1915-1920) have various forms of “etched” black centers. All explanatory talks are by Harry E. Humphrey unless specifically identified as John Charles Thomas (who recorded a few in 1914, just as his singing career was developing). Edison discs pick up marks and rubs easily, so unless really extraordinary, top copies will probably be graded “cons . 2”. There should be no difference in sound between records graded “ just about 1-2” and those “2”, as well as any with “superficial” connected to the grading. The same applies to all the other recordings listed in this catalogue. As Edison often issued multiple takes (the letters following the matrix numbers indicate the take), collectors may find comparisons of these interesting. Sometimes the different takes were made during the same session, but other times there could be months or even years separating them. Likewise the takes can be remarkably similar or noticeably different. It’s often possible to observe physically, in comparing multiple takes, that one might be shorter than another. Vocal EDISON DIAMOND-DISCS PAUL ALTHOUSE [t] 1078. RC 82306 [3092-A/8435-B]. DREAM FACES (Hutchinsen) / CAROLINA LAZZARI [c]. SOME DAY I’LL WANDER BACK AGAIN (Huntley). Cons . 2. $12.00. GIUSEPPE ANSELMI [t]. 1132. SS 83004 [1373-A/2710-B]. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) / EXPLANA- TORY TALK. Side one just about 1-2. Side two cons . 2. $15.00. - 9 - Vocal EDISON DIAMOND-DISCS 1133. RC 83004 [1373-B/2710-A]. Same as preceding listing but different takes both sides. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1082. SS 83015 [1378-A]. MIGNON: Ah, non credivi tu (Thomas ). Early single-sided edition. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1051. RC 83015 [1378-B/2555-A]. Same as preceding listing but different take side one. Cons . 2. $15.00. 1085. RC 83018 [1377-B/2699-A]. LUCIA: Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali (Donizetti) / EXPLANATORY TALK. Just about 1-2. $15.00. DAN BEDDOE [t] 1096. SS 80210 [3197-B/3290-B]. A DREAM (Bart- lett) / ELISABETH SPENCER [s]. I HEAR YOU CALLING ME (Marshall). This rarity, Beddoe’s only published Edison disc, was issued in 1915 and deleted less than a year later, remade at that time by tenor Hardy Williamson. Just about DAN BEDDOE in the 1930s 1-2. $35.00. TORCOM BÉZAZIAN [b].
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