Edison Blue Amberol #5648 - I'm Wild About Horns on Automobiles

[kirtley2010]

that record is running too fast, still fantastic to listen to

[cpaulphl]

Edison replaced the brittle wax used in his 4-minute "Amberol" cylinders with a celluloid-based "Blue Amberol" in 1912. On a properly-maintained machine, with a good diamond stylus, you can play these records hundreds of times with no apparent wear or degradation in quality. As you can see in this video, Edison's cylinder machines were all "linear tracking" with the stylus (or, in the case of this Opera machine, the record itself) moving across a feedscrew that is timed with the record groove.

[buriedinvinyl]

How many times can you play one of these old cylinders before the sound quality noticeably suffers? This one sounds remarkably good!

[buriedinvinyl]

I feel privileged to have heard this. Thank you for rescuing this for future generations!