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?

 

 

 

[RodPickett]

Of the 10 private BA’s from the 1915 recording session for Henry Ford, contributors have provided transfers of 4.  Although all 10 are in the Henry Ford Museum, Henry was known to have duplicates recorded and given to local schools which are likely the source for these.

 

There were 17 private BA’s from the 1925 recording session with 4 later being cataloged and offered for sale on BA.  Some may have also later become available on disc.  One, not released on BA has been transferred as well.

 

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