Hi Frank,

If you are talking about recording with a microphone facing the speaker: 
Bad idea! The results will, no doubt, sound like a recording made 
acoustically from a speaker. Unless, of course, that is the sound you 
are trying to achieve. And, as Tom Fine often says: The console that you 
inherited from your grandfather is probably a "record wrecker". I would 
suggest enlisting the help of someone set up to properly digitize the 
records without the possibly of further damaging them.

Cheers!

Corey
Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
www.baileyzone.net

On 7/13/2016 12:52 PM, Frank Strauss wrote:
> Hi Mickey-What lovely sound. I was fortunate enough some years ago to
> inherit a Diamond Disk console from my grandfather, as well as about 150
> Diamond Disks. I listen now and then to them, but am hoping someday to find
> a way to digitize some of them. I won't be able to use your kind of
> equipment, but I was thinking of setting up my trusty Zoom H1 on a quiet
> day and going from acoustic to digital direct. To answer Lou's question, I
> bought Volume 2 a few minutes ago, and am listening to it as we speak.
> Payment through PayPal and download were effortless. Dropped into iTunes
> without a problem. I don't know why I picked Volume 2, but I am probably
> destined to have all of them.
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Lou Judson<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>
>    
>> Excellent sound! Will these be available as downloads? I have no need for
>> new CDs except when I buy them from the artists :-)
>> <L>
>> Lou Judson
>> Intuitive Audio
>> 415-883-2689
>>
>> On Jul 13, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Mickey Clark<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> Hi-I just finished this 7 disc set of Edison diamond Disc dance bands -
>>>        
>> I have included other instrumental tracks including four by Lou Chiha
>> "Friscoe" - one of the earliest vibraphone artists - here is a link to a
>> 1927 electrical Diamond Disc track - enjoy-  Mickey Clark
>>      
>>> https://soundcloud.com/mickey-clark/the-calinda
>>> I used a little science to get around the rumble issue with these
>>>        
>> vertical cut Edison Diamond Disc records. I use a very special vintage
>> tonearm made by Pickering - the 190D. The arm has no vertical travel aside
>> from a very light assembly holding the cartridge. Because of enertia, when
>> the record is played at a low speed, the small assembly can move up and
>> down with the irregularities, reducing the rumble. However, the bass
>> frequencies were reduced due to the extremely low mass of the cartridge
>> assembly. The solution was adding some mass to the assembly, which, because
>> of enertia, the added mass serves to stabilize the cartridge, and extract
>> the lower frequencies. I started this project about 30 years ago, and had
>> recorded about 20 of my Edison Diamond Disc records and passed them on to
>> other collectors, so for those I had to rely on my original transfers. The
>> rest are fresh transfers from records still in my collection. The resulting
>> warmth and depth of sound is really amazing.
>>      
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Edison Dance Bands #1 CD176A
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I want to start my background of the Edison Phonograph Company with an
>>>        
>> explanation of the technical challenges in transferring these early hill
>> and dale records. Dr. Jonas Aylsworth was a chemist at Edison and developed
>> a plastic material using phenol and formaldehyde, mixed with a sawdust
>> filler. When these records were new and had not been exposed to air, they
>> were totally flat and would play quietly. With sustained exposure to air,
>> the organic filler would absorb moisture and swell, resulting in the
>> characteristic rumble associated with these records. By slowing the
>> transfer speed and adapting a very special tone arm, I found an organic way
>> to reduce rumble and allow greater depth of fidelity while minimizing the
>> rumble. Each record played this way took 22 minutes to transfer.
>>      
>>> I have catagorized my collections by dance bands, vocalists, military
>>>        
>> bands and Opera, all recorded in separate sets. The first artist in this
>> album is by Jaudas' Society Orchestra - Edison's studio orchestra starting
>> in 1900, who accompanied many of the vocalists in the vocal set. Eugene
>> Jaudas was born in 1869 and had training as a violinist. Some of the very
>> ealrist records to incude the word "Jass" of course the spelloing changed
>> to 'Jazz" I have included four tracks by Lou Chiha "Friscoe" in this
>> compilation. An early soloist on both xylophone and vibrophone, his
>> performance was used in Edison's early tone tests - where he played in
>> fornt of a curtain, then quit playing, when the curtain was opened
>> revealing an Edison Phonograph playiong the same music to the astonishment
>> of the audience. Pietro Frosini, born 1885- was playing the accordion at
>> the age of six, and his records were very popular. To this date, there is a
>> Swedish based "Frosini Society"
>>      
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Edison Dance Bands #1 CD176AN
>>>
>>> TITLE ARTIST LAB SERNUM RECDAT MATRIX COMPOSER
>>>
>>> 1-MILLICENT-WALTZ JAUDAS SOCIETY ORCHESTRA ED 50226 01/01/15 3510 MCKEE
>>>
>>> 2-THE CARNIVAL-ONE STEP JAUDAS SOCIETY ORCHESTRA ED 50226 01/01/15 3509
>>>        
>> POLLACK
>>      
>>> 3-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WALTZ JAUDA'S SOCIETY ORCHESTRA ED 50326 11/09/15
>>>        
>> 4263 BARRY
>>      
>>> 4-BRIDAL BLUSHES JAUDA'S SOCIETY ORCHESTRA ED 50326 11/09/15 4262 SCHMID
>>>
>>> 5-SEXTET-LUCIA LOU CHIHA "FRISCO" ED 50342 01/01/16 4452 DONIZETTI
>>>
>>> 6-SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD LOU CHIHA 'FRISCO' ED 50342 01/01/16
>>>        
>> 4453 REXFORD-DANKS
>>      
>>> 7-A GAY GUSSOON VESS OSSMAN ED 50377 04/25/16 4644 KENDALL 96
>>>
>>> 8-KEEP OFF THE GRASS VESS OSSMAN ED 50377 04/25/16 4680 VON TILZER 96
>>>
>>> 9-NEW YORK BLUES FROSINI-ACCORDION ED 50454 09/01/16 4998 FROSINI
>>>
>>> 10-NIGHT TIME IN LITTLE ITALY FRISCO JAZZ BAND ED 50515 06/04/17 5602
>>>        
>> FISHER-MCCARTHY
>>      
>>> 11-DRY TOWN BLUES LOU CHIHA "FRISCO" ED 50515 06/10/17 5631 CHIHA
>>>
>>> 12-SAXOPHONE SOBS RUDY WIEDOEFT ED 50454 08/01/17 5744 ERDMAN
>>>
>>> 13-MARY TUXEDO ORCHESTRA MALE VOCAL DUET ED 50549 03/20/19 6680 FREY
>>>
>>> 14-TEARS TUXEDO ORCHESTRA MALE AND FEMALE VOCAL DUET ED 50549 03/27/19
>>>        
>> 6688 WARREN-HENRY
>>      
>>> 15-RAINY DAY BLUES YERKES SAXOPHONE SEXTETTE ED 50632 03/28/19 6691
>>>        
>> WARSHAUER
>>      
>>> 16-PETER GINK TUXEDO DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 50622 04/25/19 6749 COBB-GRIEG
>>>
>>> 17-FLUFFY RUFFLES GREEN BROTHERS MARIMBA BAND ED 50579 05/13/19 6786
>>>        
>> GREEN
>>      
>>> 18-SAL-O-MAY BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 50874 10/18/21 8255 STOLTZ
>>>
>>> 19-WABASH BLUES BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 50874 10/18/21 8256 MEINKEN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Edison Dance Bands #2 CD176BN
>>>
>>> The Louisiana Five first recorded Yelping Hound Blues as a 12"Emerson.
>>>        
>> This Edison was recorded soon after, and because of the longer playing
>> time, it fit on a 10" record. Clarinetist Alcide Nunez was born in 1884,
>> playing first the guitar, then switching to clarinet by 1902. Pee Wee
>> Russell claimed that Nunez was the best jazz clarinetist in the world. By
>> 1905, he was playing with Papa Jack Laine's band but in 1916 left for
>> Chicago with Stein's Dixie Jass Band, later to be renamed the Original
>> Dixieland Jazz Band. Before their first recording, he left to join Tom
>> Brown's band until he, with drummer Anton Lada left to form the Louisiana
>> Five. Trombonist Harry Raderman, born in 1883 was a prolific recording
>> artist but very little is known about the musicians in his band. Pianist
>> Vincent Lopez's first band was formed with clarinetist Billy Hamilton.
>> Tommy Gott-t/ Harold Geiser-tb/ Tony White-d was the rest of the ensemble.
>> I have included two titles listed in Rust's Jazz Records - Patches and
>> Bo-La-Bo. Born in 1878, Julius Lenzberg was musical director at B.F.Keith's
>> Riverside Theatre by 1918 and was the pit orchestra for the Broadway
>> musical Nikki in 1931. Saxophonist Rudy Wiedoeft performs the challenging
>> "Saxema". He later recorded this at a slower tempo for Victor I imagine to
>> enable musicians to learn the piece. The Tuxedo Dance Orchestra's first
>> recording was Mary -included in volume one of this set. It seems that the
>> Dorsey Brothers recorded much later with this band but little else is
>> known, but Harry Reser directed some sides around 1924.Recoerded in 1920
>> The Three Vagrants was one of the earliest ensembles to feature the guitar.
>> Nicolas Orlando recorded a number of sides from 1919 - 1927 but little is
>> known about his band.
>>      
>>> 1-YELPING HOUND BLUES LOUISIANA FIVE ED 50622 09/12/19 6929
>>>        
>> LADA-NUNEZ-CAWLEY
>>      
>>> Charles Panelli-tb/Alcide Nunez-cl/Joe Cawley-pKarl Berger-bj/Anton
>>>        
>> Lada-d-ldr
>>      
>>> 2-WHO WANTS A BABY? LENZBERG'S RIVERSIDE ORCHESTRA ED 50632 11/21/19
>>>        
>> 7027 OLMAN-YELLEN
>>      
>>> 3-SWEET AND LOW TUXEDO DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 50643 12/02/19 7040
>>>        
>> JOHNSON-LEIGH
>>      
>>> 4-JUST LIKE THE ROSE/FRECKLES ALL STAR TRIO ED 50643 01/08/20 7095
>>>        
>> BRIDGES/TERRISS
>>      
>>> 5-MAKE THAT TROMBONE LAUGH HARRY RADERMAN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA ED 50637
>>>        
>> 01/09/20 7102 SCHARF HD
>>      
>>> 6-YELLOW DOG BLUES HARRY RADERMAN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA ED 50650 01/09/20
>>>        
>> 7103 HANDY HD6
>>      
>>> 7-DARDANELLA HARRY RADERMAN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA ED 50637 01/13/20 7107
>>>        
>> BERNARD-BLACK-FISHER HD
>>      
>>> 8-PATCHES LOPEZ&  HAMILTON'S KINGS OF HARMONY ORCHESTRA ED 50650
>>>        
>> 02/03/20 7143 ROBERTS-CALLAHAN HD
>>      
>>> 9-MY ISLE OF GOLDEN DREAMS TUXEDO DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 50649 02/04/20 7145
>>>        
>> BLAUFUSS
>>      
>>> 10-BO-LA-BO-EGYPTIAN FOX TROT LOPEZ AND HAMILTON'S KINGS OF HARMONY ORCH
>>>        
>> ED 50649 02/05/20 7146 FAIRMAN
>>      
>>> 11-SAXEMA RUDY WIEDOEFT ED 50862 02/13/20 7161 WIEDOEFT 89
>>>
>>> 12-SWANEE LENZBERG'S RIVERSIDE ORCHESTRA ED 50665 03/11/20 7208
>>>        
>> GERSHWIN-CAESAR
>>      
>>> 13-VENETIAN MOON LENZBERG'S RIVERSIDE ORCHESTRA ED 50665 03/11/20 7209
>>>        
>> GOLDBERG-MAGINE-KAHN
>>      
>>> 14-RETURN OF SPRING THREE VAGRANTS ED 50862 07/28/20 7469 WALTEUFEL
>>>
>>> 15-WHY DON'T YOU? LENZBERG'S RIVERSIDE ORCHESTRA ED 50733 12/07/20 7667
>>>        
>> TIERNEY
>>      
>>> 16-AS GOOD AS GOLD MAX FELL'S DELLA ROBIA ORCHESTRA ED 50733 12/10/20
>>>        
>> 7674 KENDIS-BROCKMAN-HOFFMAN
>>      
>>> 17-PALESTEENA GREEN BROTHERS NOVELTY BAND ED 50725 12/11/20 7678
>>>        
>> CONRAD-ROBINSON
>>      
>>> 18-HUMMING ORLANDO'S ORCHESTRA ED 50725 12/11/20 7680 BREAU-HENDERSON
>>>
>>> 19-PUCKER UP AND WHISTLE HARRY RADERMAN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA ED 50789
>>>        
>> 04/12/21 7906 VINCENT-FRANKLYN
>>      
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Edison Dance Bands #3 CD176C
>>>
>>> Edison was one of the few companies to use a permanent stylus in their
>>>        
>> Phonographs. Pathe used a sapphire ball for their vertical cut/hill and
>> dale recordings, but the width of the groove, they didn't allow for as much
>> time as the Edisons. Thomas Edison himself claimed that one of his records
>> could be played 1,000 times with no wear. In volume one liner notes I
>> talked about the issue of rumble due to the outside swelling of the organic
>> core of Diamond Disc records with exposure to moisture and air. I had tried
>> years ago to eliminate the rumble by slowing the transfer so that the
>> cartridge had time to move with the irregularities and reduce the rumble,
>> but found that the bass frequenies were compromised. The answer was adding
>> additional mass to my cartridge assembly, and adjusting tracking weight to
>> compensate for the additional weight. Because of inertia, the addional mass
>> stabilizes the cartridge, resulting in smoother bass response.The process
>> was further enhanced because of the Pickering 190D tone arm that I use that
>> has no vertical motion aside from the very light assembly holding the
>> cartridge. When the whole arm has to move vertically, as in a regular type
>> tone arm, the enertia will cause the rumble to be recorded. It is said that
>> the Broadway Dance Orchestra is a pseudonym for Vincent Lopez - but also
>> have information citing an augmented Original Memphis Five. Hazay Natzy's
>> Biltmore Hotel Orchestra was first directed by Natzy himself, in 1917 but
>> direction was taken over by Jack Green. Featuring William Scotti on ts,
>> little else is known about this band, which recorded extensively for Pathe,
>> Columbia, Emerson,Okeh, and Gennett, up till 1925. Don Parker was a well
>> known soprano and alto sax player from New York, recording for Pathe and
>> Edison till 1924. He played also with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
>>      
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Edison Dance Bands #3 CD176C
>>>
>>> 1-PAPER DOLL GREEN BROTHERS MARIMBA ORCHESTRA ED 50789 04/12/21 7914
>>>        
>> DAVID
>>      
>>> 2-JUST LIKE A RAINBOW HARRY RADERMAN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA ED 50798 05/03/21
>>>        
>> 7957 EARL-FIORITO
>>      
>>> 3-YOU'RE THE SWEETEST GIRL IN ALL THE WORLD HARRY RADERMAN'S JAZZ
>>>        
>> ORCHESTRA ED 50798 05/03/21 7958 STANFORD-DAVIS-ROBERTSON
>>      
>>> 4-CUTIE-MEDLEY HARRY RADERMAN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA ED 50930 01/26/22 8351
>>>        
>> RUDOLPH FRIML
>>      
>>> 5-VIRGINIA BLUES BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 50930 02/08/22 8362 MEINKEN
>>>
>>> 6-PICK ME UP AND LAY ME DOWN IN DEAR OLD DIXIELAND DON PARKER TRIO ED
>>>        
>> 50963 03/28/22 8398 KALMAR-RUBY-DA COSTA-JEROME
>>      
>>> 7-ON THE ALAMO HARRY RADERMAN ED 50963 04/03/22 8403 KAHN-JONES
>>>
>>> 8-SUPPOSE THE ROSE WERE YOU ERNEST STEVENS TRIO ED 50984 05/06/22 8445
>>>        
>> DONNI
>>      
>>> 9-IDOLA HAZAY NATZY'S ORCHESTRA ED 50984 05/09/22 8446 WILKIE-BRADLEY
>>>
>>> 10-SWEET INDIANA HOME BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 50990 05/25/22 8467
>>>        
>> DONALDSON
>>      
>>> 11-COO COO GREEN BROTHERS NOVELTY ORCHESTRA ED 50990 05/31/22 8472
>>>        
>> JOLSON-DE SYLVA
>>      
>>> 12-EVERYTHING IS K.O. IN K-Y DAVE KAPLAN'S MELODISTS ED 51073 02/03/23
>>>        
>> 8837 WHITING
>>      
>>> 13-ROSE OF BOMBAY RUDY WIEDOEFT'S CALIFORNIANS ED 51020 06/16/22 8495
>>>        
>> WARD-DYSON
>>      
>>> 14-ROSE OF THE RIO GRANDE BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51066 03/14/23
>>>        
>> 8868 WARREN-GORMAN
>>      
>>> 15-RUNNIN' WILD BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51066 03/03/23 8869 GIBBS
>>>
>>> 16-BEALE ST.MAMA BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51069 03/07/23 8870
>>>        
>> TURK-ROBINSON
>>      
>>> 17-DEAREST BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51069 03/07/23 8871 AKST
>>>
>>> 18-YOU'VE GOT TO SEE MAMA EV'RY NIGHT BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51073
>>>        
>> 03/14/23 8878 ROSE-CONRAD
>>      
>>> 19-WHEN JUNE COMES ALONG WITH A SONG BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 50941
>>>        
>> 06/28/23 9052 GEORGE M.COHAN
>>      
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Edison Dance Bands #4 CD176D
>>>
>>> It seems that Dave Kaplan played piano on at least a few of the records
>>>        
>> labelled "Atlantic Dance Orchestra". Marcheta is labelled "McNalpak's D.O"
>> and is actually Kaplan's Melodists.
>>      
>>> Al Burt's Orchestra featured Vic D'Ippolito-Billy Asmus-t/ Louis De
>>>        
>> Sentis-tb/ Joe Wirshup-as/ Joe Dubin-ts/ Ray romano-p/ Frank Di Prima-bj/
>> Connie Traeger-bb/ Johnny Hoffman-d On Fuzzy Wuzzy Bird a slapped sax -
>> either bass or baritone plays toward the end. Pianist Ernest L.Stevens had
>> both a trio and full band. The trio featured himself, Frank Crum-as/ Neal
>> Litt-bj. The full band you hear on Dirty Hands Dirty Face is Red Nichols-c/
>> Chuck Campbell-tb/Frank Crum-as-ts/Bill Morse-vn/ Dusty Rhoades-d. Please
>> note that as Red Nichols was born in 1905, he was only 18 when this was
>> recordsd. Chuck Campbell's name is pencilled in in Rust's Jazz discography
>> for the "All Star Orchestra". He accompanied Gene Austin on "The Voice Of
>> The Southland" in 1928 and Without That Gal in 1931. A Brunswick session
>> with Campbell in 1934 featured the Boswell Sisters and musicians Bunny
>> Berigan-t/Jimmy Dorsey-cl/ Larry Binyon-cl. A session with Bix Beiderbecke
>> in 1928 by the Broadway Bell Hops for Harmony started off with Bix-c/ Bill
>> Rank-tb/ then for the final cut in the session the lineup was Mannie
>> Klein-t/ Chuck Campbell-tb/ along with a steller roup of musicians.He also
>> played with the California Ramblers, Colonial Club Orchestra, Grey Gull
>> Studio Bands, the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, backed up Jane Green on Vic
>> 20509, the High Hatters, Sam Lanin's Ipana Troubadours, Johnny Johnson,
>> Roger Wolfe Kahn, George Olsen, Sid Phillips, Ben Selvin, Nat Shilkret, a
>> session for Gennett in 1922 with the Syncopating Seven, with Kay Thompson
>> in 1937, the Varsity Eight, the Virginians, and played in the Victor Light
>> Opera medleys - a man to watch!!! ~ Mickey Clark
>>      
>>>
>>>
>>> Edison Dance Bands #4 CD176D
>>>
>>> 1-WE TWO DAVE KAPLAN'S MELODISTS ED 50941 07/03/23 9057 FRIML
>>>
>>> 2-SAY IT WHILE DANCING BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA BILLY JONES? ED 51020
>>>        
>> 07/11/22 8528 DAVIS-SILVER
>>      
>>> 3-LONESOME MAMA BLUES FRED VAN EPS ED 51089 10/05/22 8618 BROWN
>>>
>>> 4-FROLIC OF THE COONS FRED VAN EPS ED 51089 10/12/22 8635 GURNEY
>>>
>>> 5-YOU ARE MY RAIN-BEAU ATLANTIC DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51094 11/10/22 8661
>>>        
>> HIRSCH
>>      
>>> 6-BEES KNEES ATLANTIC DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51094 11/10/22 8662 LEWIS-LOPEZ
>>>
>>> 7-WHISPERING PINES AL BURT'S ORCHESTRA ED 51118 12/14/22 8693
>>>        
>> CUNNINGHAM-IRVING WEILL
>>      
>>> Vic D'Ippolito-Billy Asmus-t/ Louis De Sentis-tb/ Joe Wirshup-as/ Joe
>>>        
>> Dubin-ts/ Ray romano-p/ Frank Di Prima-bj/ Connie Traeger-bb/ Johnny
>> Hoffman-d
>>      
>>> 8-FUZZY WUZZY BIRD AL BURT'S ORCHESTRA ED 51118 12/14/22 8694 WEEKS
>>>
>>> 9-CAROLINE ATLANTIC DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51150 03/20/23 8884
>>>        
>> KUNNEKE-GOODMAN
>>      
>>> 10-SUN-KIST ROSE DAVE KAPLAN'S MELODISTS ED 51150 03/26/23 8891 DE VOLL
>>>
>>> 11-HI LEE HI LO BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA vocal ED 51211 07/12/23 9069
>>>        
>> SCHUSTER
>>      
>>> 12-ROSES OF PICARDY ATLANTIC DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51205 07/17/23 9079
>>>        
>> WOOD-WEATHERLY
>>      
>>> 13-IN A TENT ATLANTIC DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51205 07/17/23 9080
>>>        
>> KOELER-MAGINE-LYONS
>>      
>>> 14-LOUISVILLE BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51211 07/20/23 9090 CAESAR
>>>
>>> 15-MARCHETA DAVE KAPLAN'S ORCHESTRA(MCNALPAK'S DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51225
>>>        
>> 08/02/23 9113 SCHERTZINGER
>>      
>>> 16-PRETTY PEGGY ADRIAN SCHUBERT(WILLIE CREAGER) ED 51225 08/03/23 9117
>>>        
>> CARROLL
>>      
>>> 17-I LOVE YOU BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51249 09/13/23 9156 HARRY
>>>        
>> ARCHER
>>      
>>> 18-DIRTY HANDS! DIRTY FACE! ERNEST STEVEN'S DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51249
>>>        
>> 09/24/23 9176 MONACO
>>      
>>> 19-YOU DIDN'T WANT ME WHEN I WANTED YOU ERNEST STEVENS TRIO ED 51290
>>>        
>> 12/01/23 8798 STERN
>>      
>>> Edison Dance Bands #5 CD176E
>>>
>>> This album features two very early Leedy vibraphone Lou Chiha "Friscoe"
>>>        
>> recordings from 1924. As a collector, I have only found British electrical
>> recordings of this instrument, by Ray Starita dating from 1930. However, it
>> would have been the later generation of vibes - with the damper pedal .
>> They both depended on an electric motor driving the butterfly valve,
>> creating the tremolo. First developed in 1921, it used steel bars and had
>> no sustain pedal. J.C. Deagan, Inc.'s Chief Tuner, Henry Schluter,
>> introduced aluminum bars and the pedal in 1927, creating the instrument as
>> it is structured today. Louis Armstrong used it in "Song Of The Islands" in
>> 1929. The title that inspired this re-visit to a project that started about
>> 20 years ago with a shorter compilation was "There's A Bend At The End Of
>> The Swanee" By Kaplan's Melodists. I didn't have that title and sourced the
>> track from my collegue Ben Roth - he also incuded Follow The Swallow Back
>> Home - thanks, Ben. The rest of the selections come from my personal
>> collection. The Dave Harman Orchestra recorded 2 sides for Columbia in
>> 1924, 8 titles for Edison in 1924 - 1925, followed by 5 titles for Bluebird
>> in 1934. The personnel for Prince Of Wails and Nancy is: Martin Gregor-John
>> Robertson-t/ Dave Harman-tb-ldr-v/ Joe Vanucci-ss-as/ Paul Knoff-cl-as/ Cy
>> Christner-cl-ts/ Charles Young-vn-dir/ George Lewis-p/ James Barry-bj/
>> William Wyder-bb/ Ralph Livingood-d. The California Ramblers lineup is
>> Frank Cush-Bill moore-t/ Lloyd "Ole" Olsen-tb/ Jimmy Dorsey-Arnold
>> Brihart-cl-as/ Freddy Cusick-cl-ts/ Adrian Rollini-bsx/ Irving Broadsky-p/
>> Tommy Felline-bj/ Stan King-d-kazoo
>>      
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Edison Dance Bands #5 CD176E
>>>
>>> 1-YOU ERNEST STEVENS DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51290 12/21/23 9301 COOPER
>>>
>>> 2-OKLAHOMA INDIAN JAZZ TOP NOTCHERS ED 51297 01/03/24 9318 MURRIN-GUARI
>>>
>>> 3-HULA LOU NATHAN GLANTZ ED 51297 01/17/24 9335 MILTON CHARLES-WAYNE KING
>>>
>>> 4-HONEY BABE TOP NOTCHERS ED 51342 04/24/24 9479 LYMAN-JOHNSON-RAY LOPEZ
>>>
>>> 5-CIELITO LINDO TOP NOTCHERS ED 51342 04/24/24 9480 ASH-DOLIN-MILLS
>>>
>>> 6-PARADISE ALLEY HARRY RADERMAN'S DANCE ORCHESTRA ARTHUR HALL ED 51351
>>>        
>> 05/08/24 9502 ARCHER-CARLETON
>>      
>>> 7-BRINGIN' HOME THE BACON DAVE KAPLAN'S MELODISTS VERNON DALHART ED
>>>        
>> 51351 05/28/24 9536 BANNISTER-COLWELL-VAN-SCH
>>      
>>> 8-ALOHA OE LOU CHIHA 'FRISCOE' ED 51401 08/01/24 9634 LILIUOKALANI
>>>
>>> 9-GYPSY LOVE SONG LOU CHIHA 'FRISCOE' ED 51401 08/01/24 9690 HERBERT
>>>
>>> 10-FOLLOW THE SWALLOW BACK HOME ATLANTIC DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51386
>>>        
>> 08/06/24 9663 BREAU-TOBIAS
>>      
>>> 11-THERE'S A BEND AT THE END OF THE SWANEE KAPLAN'S MELODISTS ED 51386
>>>        
>> 08/07/24 9668 HENDERSON-ROSE-DIXON
>>      
>>> 12-NASHVILLE NIGHTINGALE CHARLESTON SEVEN ED 51446 11/24/24 9866
>>>        
>> CAESAR-GERSHWIN
>>      
>>> 13-TOODLES CHARLESTON SEVEN ED 51446 11/24/24 9867 GREEN
>>>
>>> 14-PRINCE OF WAILS DAVE HARMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA ED 51458 12/10/24 9902
>>>        
>> ELMER SCHOEBEL
>>      
>>> 15-NANCY DAVE HARMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA ED 51458 12/10/24 9903 BLACK-MORET
>>>
>>> 16-KEEP SMILING AT TROUBLE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ED 51491 01/19/25 9947
>>>        
>> JOLSON-DE SYLVA-GENSLER 274
>>      
>>> 17-O MABEL CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ED 51491 01/19/25 9948 KAHN-FIORITO 34
>>>
>>> 18-WALTZ IN THE MOONLIGHT AND YOU NATHAN GLANTZ ORCHESTRA HELEN
>>>        
>> CLARK-CHARLES HART ED 51495 01/21/25 9937 PARISH-SOLMAN
>>      
>>> 19-DEEP IN MY HEART,DEAR POLLA'S CLOVER GARDENS ORCHESTRA ED 51495
>>>        
>> 01/21/25 9953 DONNELLY-ROMBERG
>>      
>>>
>>>
>>> Edison Dance Bands #6 CD176F Recorded 1925 - 1926
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>>> Co-Ed was the first side recorded by Irwin Abrams-vn-ldr -Julian Hess-t/
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>> Louis Harmin-tb/ Harold Marcus-Jules Towers-cl-ss-as/ Glenn
>> Wakeman-cl-ss-as-ts/ Fred Bilotti-vn/ Elliott Jacoby-p/ Joe Felline-bj/
>> Albert R.Smith-bb/ Fred Bauer-d. Plaza, Okeh, Pathe. On later recordings,
>> the Dorsey brothers and Joe Venuti also played with this band. A Reser
>> group, the Tennesee Happy boys featured Earl Oliver-Jack Stillman-t/ Sam
>> Lewis-tb/ Nathan Glantz-as/ Ken "Goof" Moyer-cl-as/ unknown cl-ts-bar/
>> Harry Reser-bj/ Unknown-bb/ Unknown-d Benjamin Albert Rolfe was born in
>> Brasher Falls NY in 1879 and was known as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder". He was
>> the son of a music director, playing piccolo and trumpet, touring with his
>> father's band on the U.S. east coast and Europe at a young age. After
>> graduating high school, he was engaged as a musical clown befor joining the
>> Majestic Theatre Orchestra in Utica N.Y. He went on to head the brass
>> department at the Utica Conservatory of Music. He went on to producing
>> shows, leading a band, and by 1914 started his own silent film production
>> company Rolfe Photoplays Inc, producing over 50 films distributed through
>> Louis B. Mayer's Metro Pictures Corporation. He collaborated with
>> director/screenwriter Oscar A.C. Lund producing the 1916 drama Dorian's
>> Divorce starring Lionel Barrymore. His final efforts was a 15 episode
>> series - the Master Mystery in 1919, starring Harry Houdini. After working
>> with Vincent Lopez - another Edison recording artist, in 1924 but left to
>> lead "B.A. Rolfe (Trumpet Virtuoso) and his Palais D'Or Orchestra," and was
>> the orchestra for a radio show starting in 1928 when he was known as "B.A.
>> Rolfe and his Lucky Strike Orchestra" Radio transcriptions followed in the
>> early thirties and in 1934 and 1935 he made two Vitaphone shorts. By 1935 -
>> 1936 he directed the The Goodrich Silvertown Cord Orchestra. His
>> broadcasting continued until the late thirties, and he was the narrator for
>> Ripley's "Believe It Or Not" radio series. During WWII, he assembled an
>> all-girl orchestra to perform patriotic songs.
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>>> Edison Dance Bands #6 CD176F Recorded 1925 - 1926
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>>> 1-LITTLE DEVIL BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51513 02/24/25 10217
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>> BIBO-LYMAN
>>      
>>> 2-LADY OF THE NILE BROADWAY DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 51513 02/24/25 10218
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>> KAHN-JONES
>>      
>>> 3-MOONLIGHT AND ROSES POLLA'S CLOVER GARDENS ORCHESTRA HELEN
>>>        
>> CLARK-JOSEPH PHILLIPS ED 51540 04/09/25 10308 BLACK-MORET
>>      
>>> 4-WHEN YOU AND I WERE SEVENTEEN POLLA'S CLOVER GARDENS ORCHESTRA CHARLES
>>>        
>> HART ED 51540 04/09/25 10309 KAHN-ROSOFF
>>      
>>> 5-EVERYTHING IS HOTSY TOTSY NOW CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS VERNON DALHART ED
>>>        
>> 51551 04/22/25 10331 MCHUGH-MILLS 274
>>      
>>> 6-FLAPPER WIFE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ARTHUR HALL ED 51551 04/22/25 10332
>>>        
>> BURTON-RUPP 274
>>      
>>> 7-AH-HA! HENRI GENDRON AND HIS STRAND ROOF ORCHESTRA BUD KENNEDY ED
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>> 51570 05/29/25 10385 CLARE-MONACO
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>>> 8-SEMINOLA HENRI GENDRON AND HIS STRAND ROOF ORCHESTRA ED 51570 05/29/25
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>> 10386 KING-WARREN
>>      
>>> 09-I MISS MY SWISS HARRY RESER (TENNESSEE HAPPY BOYS) ARTHUR HALL ED
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>> 51587 07/07/25 10489 GILBERT-BAER
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>>> 10-JUST A LITTLE DRINK HARRY RESER (TENNESSEE HAPPY BOYS) BUD KENNEDY ED
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>> 51587 07/07/25 10490 GAY
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>>> 11-CO-ED IRWIN ABRAMS AND HIS KNICKERBOCKER GRILL ORCHESTRA ED 51633
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>> 09/24/25 10591 CON CONRAD-SAUL BERNIE
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>>> 12-FRESHIE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ARTHUR HALL ED 51633 10/15/25 10637
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>> GREER-BERG 274
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>>> 13-DREAMING OF A CASTLE IN THE AIR JACK STILLMAN ORCHESTRA ED 51679
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>> 01/08/26 10758 CHICK ENDOR-E.WARD
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>>> 14-LOVE BOUND JACK STILLMAN ORCHESTRA ED 51679 01/08/26 10759 KERR-RUPP
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>>> 15-VALENCIA JACK STILLMAN ORCHESTRA CHARLES HART ED 51738 04/20/26 10934
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>> BOYER-CHARLES-PADILLA
>>      
>>> 16-LULU BELLE JACK STILLMAN ORCHESTRA ED 51738 04/20/26 10935 ROBIN-MYERS
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>>> 17-BYE BYE BLACKBIRD B.A.ROLFE AND HIS PALAIS D'OR ORCHESTRA ED 51757
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>> 05/14/26 10983 DIXON-HENDERSON
>>      
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>>> Edison Dance Bands #7 Recorded 1926 - 1929 CD176G
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>>> An electrically recorded Edison !!!!! The odd thing is that the first
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>> electrically recorded Edison I acquired was a cylinder - "Me and the Man In
>> The Moon" by Vaughn De Leath and recorded in January 1929. It had to be one
>> of the last cylinders - alas destroyed in the fire at my shop. My Edison
>> Diamond Discs were stored near the ceiling and although the sleeves were
>> burning, the Diamond Discs were unscathed. The composition of Edisons was
>> phenolic - which has a much higher melting point than shellac. The lateral
>> "Needle Type" records didn't fare so well but I retrieved the sound from
>> them nevertheless. The "Needle Type" Edisons are the most hard to find. The
>> last 6 tracks are all Needle Type electrics. Thomas Edison resisted
>> electrical recording until long after all other labels had upgraded - aside
>> form the buget columbia series issued on Harmony, Diva, Velvet Tone etc. It
>> is said that because of his deafness, his personal phonograph has his teeth
>> marks in it because he clenched his teeth on the cabinet to hear it. He
>> disliked bass because of his hearing issues. Jazz pianist Oreste Migliaccio
>> was born in Naples, Italy in 1882 and moved to the U.S. in 1902. He first
>> started composing in 1908, with the "Gatling Gun Rag." By 1910, he was
>> working as a musician, directing a band at the "Peek Inn" by the early
>> twenties. By 1926, Oreste and his Queensland Orchestra graced the stage of
>> the Queensland Ballroom in New York . Personnel: Frank McNellis-Tom
>> Kells-Irving Peskin-t/ Jack King-tb/ Don Murray-Jimmy Dorsey-cl/ Hal
>> Stumkoff-ts/ Ralph Esposito-bj/ Joe Tarto-bb Known vocalists with this band
>> were Vic Hall and Ken Christie. It is said that Red Nichols-c also played
>> with his band but is not confirmed. Ralph Esposito's first instument was
>> the violin, and it seems that he was fairly accomplished as he played "The
>> Flight Of The Bumble Bee", but his solo in Hello Swanee Hello got my
>> attention, and the solos throughout the arrangement are first class to my
>> mind.
>>      
>>> Edison Dance Bands #7 Recorded 1926 - 1929 CD176G
>>>
>>> 1-TALKING TO THE MOON B.A.ROLFE AND HIS PALAIS D'OR ORCHESTRA ED 51757
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>> 05/17/26 10986 LITTLE-BASKETTE
>>      
>>> 2-HELLO,SWANEE,HELLO ORESTE AND HIS QUEENSLAND ORCHESTRAARTHUR FIELDS ED
>>>        
>> 51886 11/19/26 11323 COSLOW-BRITT
>>      
>>> 3-SOME DAY DUKE YELLMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA JOHN RYAN ED 51886 11/20/26
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>> 11324 SPIER-POLLA
>>      
>>> 4-HERE COMES THE SHOW BOAT VAUGHN DE LEATH ED 52104 09/01/27 11890
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>> ROSE-PINKARD
>>      
>>> 5-THE CALINDA LOUIS LILIENFELD AND HIS BILTMORE HOTEL ORCHESTRA ED 52128
>>>        
>> 10/05/27 11933 HUPFELD
>>      
>>> 6-MY BLUE HEAVEN AL FRIEDMAN AND HIS 'YOENG'S ORCHESTRA VAUGHN DE LEATH
>>>        
>> ED 52128 10/27/27 11986 DONALDSON-WHITING
>>      
>>> 7-WHEN YOU'RE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE FLORIDA FOUR ED 52231 02/17/28 18243
>>>        
>> ETTING-BAER-GILBERT
>>      
>>> 8-RAMONA FLORIDA FOUR ED 52231 02/17/28 18244 GILBERT-WAYNE
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>>> 9-THAT'S MY WEAKNESS NOW B.A.ROLFE AND HIS PALAIS D'OR ORCHESTRA JACK
>>>        
>> KAUFMAN ED 52343 06/12/28 18574 GREEN-STEPT
>>      
>>> 10-JUST LIKE A MELODY OUT OF THE SKY B.A.ROLFE AND HIS PALAIS D'OR
>>>        
>> ORCHESTRA ED 52343 06/12/28 18575 DONALDSON
>>      
>>> 11-A PRECIOUS LITTLE THING CALLED LOVECALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ED KIRKEBY ED
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>> 52547 03/16/29 19108 DAVIS-COOTS
>>      
>>> 12-DREAM TRAIN CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ED KIRKEBY ED 52547 03/18/29 19110
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>> NEWMAN-BASKETTE
>>      
>>> 13-HUGGABLE KISSABLE YOU CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS E.KIRKEBY ED 14005 05/02/29
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>> N-870 BIBO
>>      
>>> 14-SPANISH DOLL B.A.ROLFE AND HIS LUCKY STRIKE DANCE ORCHESTRA ED 14020
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>> 05/23/29 N-914 LEWIS-SHERMAN
>>      
>>> 15-I GET THE BLUES WHEN IT RAINS ED KIRKBY ED 14005 05/28/29 925
>>>        
>> KLAUBER-STODDARD
>>      
>>> 16-WISHING AND WAITING FOR LOVE CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ED KIRKEBY ED 14020
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>> 06/04/29 N-938 CLARKE-AKST
>>      
>>> 17-SONG OF THE BLUES CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS PHIL DEWEY ED 14045 08/01/29
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>> N-1053 JONES-GROSSMAN
>>      
>>> 18-BROKEN IDOL CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS ED 14045 08/01/29 N-1054 EGAN-SQUIRES
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>>> Too Rough
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>>> ALABAMMY BOUND BILLY WYNNE'S GREENWICH VILLAGE ORCHESTRA ERNEST HARE ED
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>> 51501 02/05/25 9992 DE SYLVA-GREEN-HENDERSON
>>      
>>> WHAT A SMILE CAN DO BILLY WYNNE'S GREENWICH VILLAGE ORCHESTRA CHARLES
>>>        
>> HART ED 51501 02/05/25 9993 WALSH-PAGANUCCI
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