Henry Ford Private Recordings

[RodPickett]

Allan Sutton (Edison Blue Amberol Records – A Discography 1912-1929) and Ronald Dethlefson (Edison Blue Amberol Recordings, VOL II, 1915 – 1929, p.403) documented the activities regarding the collaboration between Edison & Ford for these recording sessions.

 

From Dethlefson’s works, ©, Used with Permission:

 

 

Of the 10 private recordings from the 1st session in 1915, not released and privately held by Ford, two have surfaced recently, likely from copies given to local schools, “Lola” (number 4 sequentially) and “Believe Me”(number 6 sequentially).  Sadly, someone has glued an inner-plastic sleeve into “Believe Me” and it will not fit on a traditional mandrel for transfer.  We are working to get this transferred, but attached is a crude acoustic transfer of “Lola”.

 

Is anyone else aware of other examples of these ten recordings that can be posted to this thread?