What type of Reproducer head was it? Did you luck out and buy a later Edison "Dance"Reproducer or maybe got real lucky and got a Edisonic Reproducer? The Chances are slim, but you never know. The Red Star on the label means that the record was not expected to be a good seller, and was put on the record to indicate that the dealer who ordered it could not return it. There are some exceptions to this however, and some of the Red Star labels are very desirable today.. But you would have to tell us the Title and Artist along with the Catalogue or matrice number.. Looking forward to seeing the listing. Be aware that if those records were played with a Steel needle, then the grooves are damaged and the record will no doubt play horribly on an Edison Disc machine. Edison put a warning on the Record Sleeves warning the buyer to never play it on another disc machine with a steel needle or it would be destroyed !! It virtually renders the record useless and undesirable to a Collector o f Edison Diamond Disc Records.
Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: "ger" <ge...@comcast.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:40:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [Phono-L] Diamond Discs 15 The Edison Diamond disc records are all 10" with a white paper label. All are in the 50,000 or 51,000 range, except: 8915, 7826, 5110 and 80398. I don't have time right now to list them all with titles and artists; 2 have a red star. 2 have "Re-Creation" on the label. What exactly does that mean!? Two are in very nice condition. Some have a scratch or two in the grooves (like somebody tried the wrong needle); a few have light scratches across; one is badly scratched; 2 or 3 look like they have a brown hand print which reminds me of the mold I've seen on the cylinders. Is that fixable on these, say with alcohol?? None are splitting. Only 2 or 3 have shallow chips on the edge...none extending into the grooves. None are warped. **What are the numbers on the lower part (edge) of the label (like 8696 and 8695) for? **Also, there are scribed numbers in the plastic. Are they like the cylinders, showing which "take," or something else?? I took a flying leap ;) and bought the 15 records and the reproducer head too. I left the messed up rest...the owner seemed happy. I made an offer for these (well below asking) and she took it. :) I'm guessing that she'll probably junk the rest...maybe not. If it was not so heavy, I would have taken the whole machine to muck around with. But I just could not handle it. Happy, peaceful and safe Holidays to all! I will be back on Friday or Saturday and hopefully can work up a list then. Thanks again, Ger _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
