Zefren Presents a 1906 Columbia 78 RPM Record

This is the Oldest record I've come across. The recording is speculated to have been done in 1906 but i'm not sure when the record was issued. All i know it's before 1915. THe record is thick and heavy and appers to be an early laminated. the paper core looks as if it's 1/8 of an inch thick. If anyone has anumore info please share.

Home Sweet Home

Mid Pleasures and palaces though I may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which, seek thro' the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere. Home. Home! Sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home. There's no place like home.

An exile from home, spendor dazzles in vain,
Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again;
The birds singing gaily, that come at my call;
Give me them, with that peace of mind, dearer than all.Home! Sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home. There's no place like home.

Words by John Howard Payne, music by Henry Rowley Bishop.


Home Sweet Home
(John Howard Payne)
Sung by Mrs. A Steward Holt
Female Contra Alto Solo with piano
Acoustic 78 RPM Columbia Record
Record number A5022
Matrix 30059

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[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.

[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

[daughterrevolution]

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

[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.

[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.

[brightonmusic]

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

[TheRiqzster]

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

[nicolaj0154]

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