Edison Sample Record No. 12 1926

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Edison Sample Record No. 12 1926

 

00:00 Bring Back Those Minstrel Days 51832 by Al Campbell and Jack Kaufman

01:18 Zip Coon 51830 by Hindermyer and Tuckerman (Goldy and Dusty)

02:27 Jersey Walk 51841 by Johnny Marvin

03:35 Because I Love You 51843 by Charles Harrison

04:54 There’s A New Star In Heaven To-Night 51827 by Vernon Dalhart

06:18 Crazy Quilt 51845 by Constance Mering

07:26 Trudy 51828 by B. A. Rolfe and his Palais d’Or Orchestra

08:41 Laughing Eyes 51839 by the Aloha Hawaiian Orchestra

09:51 Scatter Your Smiles 51836 by Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orchestra

11:06 Moonlight on the Ganges 51840 by Duke Yellman and his Orchestra

 

This record is a dealer sample record to promote record sales that was not available to the public. It was intended to be used in a record/phonograph store. It contains five excerpts dubbed from records on each side. The samples are dubbed from the originals and the record is noisy and recorded quite softly. The sound is nothing as good as the real record. I wonder if it actually helped sell anything at all. The announcer calls out each song and its catalog number before the sample plays.

 

There are no grooves on the record between samples. The stylus gets stuck for a bit between tracks on my Diamond Disc machine. On a modern turntable the stylus just moves forward to the next track with the momentum of the record movement.

 

 

Edited June 8, 2020 by melvind