A 12 inch Edison Needle Type record from 1928!

[melvind]

Here is a record as rare as most any I have. It was recorded in late 1928 and likely released in 1929. It's in terrific shape and sounds amazing. Needle Type records from Edison are rare, but a 12 inch Needle Type with a gold record label are super hard to find.

 

 

This record was cur simultaneously as a Diamond Disc and Needle Type record. Here are the DAHR links for the two.

 

Needle Type DAHR Link:

https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000161489

 

Diamond Disc DAHR Link:

https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000159585

 

 

 

 

[melvind]

I also have images of the full size records. They are in such good shape I thought it might be interesting to show them here as well.

 

 

[Valecnik]

You are right Dan.  Very rare record and in excellent condition.  Could you elaborate on how you recorded it and what equipment you used?  Thanks!

 

[melvind]

I use a modern turntable with a new old stock stanton 500 cartridge with a 4 mil stylus. I also use a preamp/dsp that is terrific called the Puffin by Parks Audio. It allows for getting the sound just as I like it before transferring. The Puffin has tons of settings that allow for processing both lateral and vertical records with a stereo cartridge.

The Puffin has been replaced by a newer version called the Waxwing that is basically the same thing with more bells and whistles. https://parksaudiollc.com/

 

On my mac I use Audacity to transfer the recording and I take full advantage of Audacity's Noise Reduction feature to get rid of most of the background noise. I always try to get 2 or 3 seconds of the lead in sound before the music starts to use for Noise Reduction.

 

Here is my setup:

[Valecnik]

1 hour ago, melvind said:

I use a modern turntable with a new old stock stanton 500 cartridge with a 4 mil stylus. I also use a preamp/dsp that is terrific called the Puffin by Parks Audio. It allows for getting the sound just as I like it before transferring. The Puffin has tons of settings that allow for processing both lateral and vertical records with a stereo cartridge.

The Puffin has been replaced by a newer version called the Waxwing that is basically the same thing with more bells and whistles. https://parksaudiollc.com/

 

On my mac I use Audacity to transfer the recording and I take full advantage of Audacity's Noise Reduction feature to get rid of most of the background noise. I always try to get 2 or 3 seconds of the lead in sound before the music starts to use for Noise Reduction.

 

Here is my setup:

Well you've certainly got it down.  Is there an amp in there somewhere too?

 

[melvind]

I have really nice stereo equipment elsewhere, but not for this purpose. I bought a cheap little amp and speakers (that sound pretty good) from Amazon a few years ago that let me hear what's going on while I play the records. Nothing to write home about though.

 

BTW, I also sometime use a very old, perhaps no longer available, program for click removal. It is called Click Repair and will only run in Windows. For some reason it quit working on a mac even though it is self contained JAVA code and should work equally on both. It does the best job of removing clicks that I have found. The feature for that in Audacity is pretty hard to use and is very manual and time consuming.