Vocallion did issue vertical cut recordings, so I think the seller is trying to connect that aspect to Edison.
Otherwise, this is a test pressing- it looks just like some Columbia tests I've seen from around 1917 (Margaret Woodrow Wilson's- they're in the Wilson House in DC) in that they have plain labels and rather wide margins- on the Wilson discs the name of the artist and selection is inscribed the the wax around the edge. Presumably issued discs would lack this. Eric Stott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Wright" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:30 AM Subject: [Phono-L] what's the deal with this record? > Is this seller completely full of it or what? I've never heard of > Vocalion having anything to do with Edison. My one Edison jobber disc > from 1922 was a normal 10" that was one-sided, and my Edison test > pressings (some with no label or paper base where the label would go) are > also normal 10" pressings. This record does indeed look like it's 12" (I > guess), and though the picture doesn't show thickness, its margins do look > very DD. > > Does anyone know more details than the listing offers, and whether or not > the seller's just filling in the gaps with fabricated info? > > > Thanks, > Robert > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >
