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He's doing a lipsync with a Jimmy Durante recording.

@nipperkrazee That's what was called the "Edisonic" reproducer. It was specially designed to acoustically play the new electric process recordings.

Just ten years before this, they would have gotten arrested for singing a song like that in public.

That's a very sad song. Waaahhh!

Nice record. But I still can't figure out what the girls saw in that goofy creep.

Now you know why there was no television at that time. THEY DIDN'T NEED IT!!!

@austinwesterner Whoops! Make that "Pabučiuok man į šikną." Hey, at least I'm getting better . . .

1902 is the patent date for the recording process. The recording itself, I would suppose, is from about 1905.

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The volume control caused air leaks that compromised the reproduction. The fact that this machine does not have the volume control partially accounts for the very good sound quality. By the way, you can thank Thomas A. Edison for these machines. Brunswick was originally a...

Nice band. However -- not that it really matters -- the audio portion was recorded in a studio. What we are seeing is an orchestral version of a lip sync. Very nice production!

"Perfect" was actually a "dime store" label. These records were pressed in inferior materials to sell at rock-bottom prices. Even when new, or in mint condition, they're quite noisy. However, it seems to me that some of the nicest melodies and performances were released on those cheap discs!

Oh, by the way -- I see you have a reel of Scotch No. 111. That particular stock has a very long life, as far as binder breakdown is concerned. But it has an acetate backing, and by now all of them have become extremely brittle. Also, if you hold a reel of Scotch No. 111 up to the light, you w...

There is no doubt in my mind that Leonardo da Vinci was celibate throughout his life. The silly notion that he was homosexual is the result of a perverted world that cannot grasp celibacy.

You mention the jeweled point for "lateral cut records" such as Edison and Pathe, but you meant to say "vertical cut records".

You ask how it sounds? Well, if you ask me, Victor's own records should sound half as good on their own machines! Hey, how would you like to to try that same experiment with the Pathe side of that reproducer?

No, they do NOT suck! I think they're doing a very nice interpretation. I have to sing this song in a choir tomorrow night. Yikes!

It is interesting to note that, by the time the diamond disc format was devised, the cylinder releases were usually transcribed (acoustically) from the discs. That's not the case here. The cylinder and disc versions of this talk are separate takes.

@sanfranphono Well, that makes sense. Did Victor have a standard speed before then? Judging by the speed variations that result from pitching Victor records, I wouldn't be surprised they just turned the speed knob until it looked okay.

I'll bet he has to sit on the bathtub to take a sh!t. And imagine what it smells like . . .

I can imagine a teacher playing this for the little douche bags these days! "Ew, teacher called us chicken fat, that's discrimination . . . "

@EutuveX And thank goodness for that funny mustache. If it weren't for that, I'd look just like him . . .

That sounds to me like a lateral cut record being played on the wrong machine.

Can't get too much of this stuff . . .

Oops! Regarding my comment on "Memorare", looks like I'm getting my composers mixed up. But you know what I mean . . .

It's nice that you cared enough to use a reproducer that is obviously in good condition. Many people have misjudged this format after hearing a machine with a reproducer that has a petrified diaphragm. Regretfully, the cork-and-rice-paper diaphragms did not age so well. But then again, nobody ...

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

The gramophone was a lousy format, especially in the acoustic era. But Columbia (and Brunswick) knew how to use it best.

@CD122344 It's amazing how ridiculously little most people today know about those early formats. But then, they weren't too bright back then either -- just not as stupid as they are now. Sir Joshua Reynolds said it best: "There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real l...

There was a predecessor to this format, but only used as a home novelty. No doubt some of you have run across aluminum discs that have a blank groove molded into them. A typical steel-needle acoustic gramophone is able to record sound, although it is obviously optimized for playback only. Whil...

I've never seen a disc THAT off-center before!