Yes, all the 4-minute wax Amberols that I have seen have a "4M" just before the record number (e.g. "4M-475 WHO WILL CARE FOR MOTHER NOW? OAKLAND AND CHORUS"). Of course, Blue Amberols are some shade of blue celluloid with a plaster core. Any other cylinder should be assumed to be 2-minute.
-Phil O'Keefe > On 7/6/04 9:18 PM, "Greg" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a 2 minute only Edison Standard in my collection. I recently >> picked up a Columbia Eagle B; also 2 minute only. I would like to >> purchase some additional 2 minute cylinder recordings but I am > confused >> as to how I can distinguish them from the 4 minute records. They are > not >> always properly identified on eBay. It's very confusing. >> >> I know that all Blue Amberols are 4 minute. I need an easy and >> fool-proof way to identify 2 minute records. E.g., are all "Gold >> Moulded" records 2 minute? >> >> >> >> Greg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com >
