Zefren Presents a 1906 Columbia 78 RPM Record

[EmmetEarwax]

The early Columbias had a inner core to make them "indestructible". Never lost any from spontaneous breakage. (not even a Paul whiteman disk that got thrown from a window into a dumpster , tho it got a nasty dent !).

They also had a ridge on either end of the playing surface.

[alternatehistories]

Hey Zefren...is that an ION brand turntable? If so, how did you get it to spin at 78rpm? Most ION turntables only play 33 and 45 speeds? Thanks for the video.

[Zefrenm]

@alternatehistories if you place the belt so it run on the outer edge of the motor puller the turntable will spin at 76.8 RPMS

[lieckenske]

Aren't you damaging the stylus playing 78-rpm records with a modern stylus?

[Zefrenm]

@lieckenske nope i onlt use 78 rpm Stylus for 78 Rpm records except in this case i didn't have a 5 mil stylus on hand. check out my newer posts.

[brightonmusic]

@Zefrenm What brand stylus is 5 mil? I've only seen up to 4 mil. Thank you.

[nicolaj0154]

i have the same kind of record, just a smaller one,

[HissVideo]

It turns out that you are not playing properly in the old record.

You can not play the old head (Hi-Fi)of modern plate. The output you get a lot

very noise - this is not acceptable! In the end, you have - 50% signal and 50% noise. Greetings from Russia.

[alliemouser]

Truth of the matter, these old acousticically recorded records were actually 80RPM.

This era is before the 78RPM speed was standardized. The schellack records from RCA in the 1930's and 40's were actually 76.? RPM.

I have a six speed turntable that plays all of the speeds, made by Esoteric Sound .

[Dirk1961]

Zefrenm,

I've got another theory of the high turntable speed.

Maybe the record player is made for countries with a 50 Hz frequency in their electric net. But the country you're living in (such as U.S.A.) has 60 Hz. That may cause a speed that's 20% too high. Right?

[Zefrenm]

@Dirk1961 i have strobes discs for 60 hz now for 70 to 90 RPM now just to be sure now, but i didn;t whe i posted this record

[parkhighmountain]

This is so indescribably awesome and thank you so much for update this unusual record. I learned this song in my childhood from my deceased mother who was born in Korea in 1912. "즐거운 곳에서는 날 오라 하여도..........." I remember we sang this song as of Korean version so many times when I was a little girl for not knowing the meaning that well.

[DrAss2001]

cool

I WANT TO BREAK IT

[DrLocust]

Cool! How did you come across this record?

[Zefrenm]

it was sitting as a wall hanging at a record store i go to for 78. after a little haggling i was able to by it for 75 cents

[Interests2009]

Great find

[daughterrevolution]

It's very sweet. I love the time period 1900-1910 in America. So rarely studied, so fascinating.

[AulicExclusiva]

The Progressive Era. So rarely studied??

[Dirk1961]

By the way: The turntable does 90 rpm instead of 78. The result is not only a singer's unnormal high speed vibrato.

Greetings from Germany

D.

[Zefrenm]

Thanks xD

[TheRiqzster]

@Zefrenm The correct speed for that format is 80 rpm.

[marksoutof10]

An automatic turntable would never be able to play this record to the end with such a small amount of run-out groove!

[AulicExclusiva]

This is a Columbia "Tri-Color" label, first introduced in 1906.

The only reference to "Mrs A. Steward Holt" I found online was in a NY Times article of 1907.

So that is certainly the vintage of your record.

[pax41]

She was born Marie Lounsbury (or Lonnsburg, or Lonnsberg) in New York in 1872. She married Alvan Stewart Holt, an attorney, in the spring of 1900. Census records show her living in with Mr. Holt and several of her siblings in Manhattan that year. Mr. Holt died in January 1901. She continued singing, as Mrs. A. Stewart Holt, and in 1902 had an appointment at Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church in Manhattan. Her recording career, apparently only with Columbia, covers the years 1906-1911.

[MrXnews]

@pax41 I believe Al S. Holt had a recording career, especially on some cylinders with Len Spencer.

[fuzzbear6240]

Zefren, I think your dates are about right. There are some fine performances on those 'Symphony Series' Columbias, however some can have very noisy surfaces. Nice clip.

Regards, J.