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 Numerical Catalogue of all British Blue Amberol Edison Cylinder Records 1912 15  US $7.90
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 ANTIQUE Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Record Flanigans Irish Jubileet 1725 US $24.99
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 235 EDISON AMBEROL 4 MINUTE RECORD THE SUNNY SOUTH US $9.99
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 LOT 10 Vintage Antique Edison Phono Cylinder Records Blue Amberol Gold Moulded US $15.08
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 Rare Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Phonograph Record 1916 Pulupe US $.99
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 Rare Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Phonograph Record 2125 Where is my wandering US $.99
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 Lot of 2 Edison Amberol Records and One Empty Case US $9.99
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 Rare Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Phonograph Record 2971 On the beach US $.99
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 Edison Amberol Cylinder Medley of War Songs US $4.00
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 Rare Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Phonograph Record 5469 Honolulu moon US $1.30
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 Edison Amberol Cylinder Alexanders Ragtime Band Medley Banjo US $4.00
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 Edison Amberol Cylinder For Me and My Gal by B Murray US $5.50
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 Edison Amberol Cylinder Memories of Home by Venetian Instrumental Trio US $3.00
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 Edison Amberol Cylinder Jim Lawsons Medley of Reels Violin US $3.00
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 3 EDISON PHONOGRAPH 4m BLACK AMBEROL RECORDS OB LID 297 850 1026 US $38.50
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 Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder 1798 Where The River Shannon Flows US $.99
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 Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder 5315 BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE US $7.75
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 LOT OF 4 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER RECORDS With Cases US $.99
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 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER RECORD 5027 ROVIN GAMBLER VDalhart US $.99
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 EDISON AMBEROL CYLINDERS LOT OF 27 w ORIGINAL CASES MATCHING LIDS NO RESERVE US $41.05
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 4 EDISON 4 MINUTE AMBEROL WAX CYLINDERS US $35.00
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 Edison Phonograph Cylender Records Amberol 26 with cases US $130.00
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 Edison Blue Amberol Records lot of 30 NO RESERVE SALE US $69.95
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 Rare Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder Phonograph Record 2726 Waipio US $.99
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 Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Cylinder 2097 Cradle Song Elsie Baker US $9.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder 4144 Two Little Bulfinches Moor Giammatteo US $9.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder 2729 A Flower of Italy Isidore Moskowitz US $9.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Cylinder 4538 A Girl I Know Arthur Clough US $9.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Cylinder 2909 My Pretty Lena Ward Barton US $9.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder 4286 The Ring And The Rose Kitty Berger US $9.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Cylinder 1785 Chanson Triste Victor Herbert US $9.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder 4967 Youre Just A Flower Hall Ryan US $9.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Cylinder 2101 The Two Poets Golden Hughes US $9.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol Cylinder 3353 Call Again Mr Calligan George McFadden US $9.95
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 EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 4M 1792 H1 FLAT TOP RECORD US $9.99
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 EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 4M 1650 H2 FLAT TOP RECORD US $9.99
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 EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 4M 1777 H3 FLAT TOP RECORD US $9.99
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 EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 4M 1819 H4 FLAT TOP RECORD US $9.99
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 EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 4M 1543 H5 FLAT TOP RECORD US $9.99
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 EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 4M 1818 H6 US $9.99
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 EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 4M 2304 H7 US $9.99
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 EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 4M 2278 H8 US $9.99
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 EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 4M 2021 H9 US $9.99
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 EDISON PHONOGRAPH CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 4M 3734 H10 US $9.99
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 SPECIAL A EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD THE 4 JACKS MARCH BAND US $9.99
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 2885 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD SONGS OF OTHER DAYS NO 1 US $9.99
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 28176 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD OH HAPPY DAY O DAY SO DE US $9.99
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 22059 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD PRIMERO DE MONTADA BAND US $9.99
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 23245 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD SOMEWHERE A VOICE IS CALL US $9.99
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 23020 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD REGIMENTAL MARCHES NO 3 US $9.99
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 28169 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD THE SWEETEST STORY EVER US $9.99
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 4186 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD THE CROCODILE IMPERIAL M US $9.99
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 23252 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD THE WORST OF IT IS I LIKE US $9.99
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 4077 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH RECORD UNCLE JOSH THE SAILOR US $9.99
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 LOT 10 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORD CYLINDERS SOUSA MARCH POPULAR SONGS US $29.99
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 Edison Phonograph Blue Amberol Cylinder Record Reamer US $42.99
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 Edison Blue Amberol 3966 Make That Trombone Laugh By H Radermans Jazz Orch US $3.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol 4477 Ive Got My Habits On By Al Bernard V Dalhart US $12.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol 3209 Vera Valse Lente By Soderos Band US $2.95
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 Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2600 When Im Gone US $6.99
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 Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2606 A Nights Frolic US $6.99
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 Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2677 My Little Dream Girl US $6.99
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 Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2735 Water Lilies Grow US $6.99
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 Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2743 Dats What I Calls US $6.99
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 Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2745 Youre My Girl US $6.99
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 Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2796 Soft Southern Breeze US $6.99
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 Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2802 Sometimes the Dream US $6.99
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 Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2809 JK Emmetts Yodel US $6.99
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 Vintage Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder 2819 Home in Tennessee US $6.99
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 LOT OF 2 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORDS 3206 3761 US $9.99
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 LARGE LOT of 31 Edison Cylinder Phonograph Blue Amberol Records No Reserve US $12.38
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 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER 3852 Today Tomorrow Allen US $9.99
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 LOT of 6 Edison Cylinder Phonograph Green Amberol Record s No Reserve US $2.03
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 EDISON BLUE AMBEROL CYLINDER 3879 Rose of my Heart US $9.99
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 Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder 3240 Im a Poor Married Man B Murray US $11.99
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 Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder 3913 Im a Dancin Fool Al Bernard US $11.99
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 Lot 35 Amberol Wax Cylinder Phonograph Records for Edison Amberola FREE SHIPPING US $349.95
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 Thomas Edison Amberol wax cylinder storage sleeve US $4.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder 3153 One Two Three Four Medley Waltz US $12.99
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 Edison Blue Amberol Record Cylinder 5027 Rovin Gambler V Dalhart Co US $18.99
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 Edison blue amberol cylinder record phonograph 2368 A PERFECT DAY METROPOLITAN Q US $14.99
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 ANTIQUE EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 1600 HOME SWEET HOME THE WORLD OVER US $11.99
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 ANTIQUE EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 2219 THE GATE AJAR FOR ME REV MC PETERS US $11.99
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 ANTIQUE EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 1913 I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY US $11.99
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 ANTIQUE EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 1580 DEAR ROBIN ILL BE TRUE US $11.99
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 ANTIQUE EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 2351 MOTHERS PRAYERS HAVE FOLLOWED ME US $11.99
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 ANTIQUE EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 2432 TRAMP TRAMP TRAMP KNICKERBOCKER QT US $11.99
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 ANTIQUE EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORD 4154 BONNIE BRIER BUSH MARCH CONWAYS BAND US $11.99
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 Edison amberol cylinder record phonograph 4M SPECIAL B FASTHER SECCENTRICITIS US $14.99
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 EDISON RECORD CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL 1538 SILVER THREADS US $22.50
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 EDISON RECORD CYLINDER BLUE AMBEROL 2359 WILL O WISP US $22.50
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 Edison Blue Amberol Record 1552 Irving Gillette Spencer US $17.95
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 Edison Blue Amberol Phonograph Record Cylinder No 3227 US $19.95
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 1911 Ad National Phonograph Co Edison Amberol Record ORIGINAL ADVERTISING US $38.95
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 edison blue amberol cylinder record phonograph 2927 US $14.99
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 Edison Blue Amberol Record America I Love You March 2843 US $9.00
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 Edison Amberola 30 Blue Amberol Cylinder Phonograph Record Player FREE SHIPPING US $599.95
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Antique Phonographs
Antique phonographs literally burst onto the stage of history in December of 1877, an offshoot of Thomas Edison's attempt to save the content of telegraph transmissions for later use. The original concept was to emboss the dots and dashes of Morse code onto paper or tin foil so that a record of the characters transmitted would be created and able to be re-transmitted accurately and quickly.
Already aware that sounds could oscillate a thin diaphragm, Edison had a flash of inspiration. He determined to place a stylus, much like the telegraphy concept, upon the diaphragm, and thus be able to etch the effects of those sounds upon a soft material, such as tin foil. He quickly conceived a rough idea of the design of such a phonograph instrument, and in less than 2 days, his assistant, John Kreusi, had produced a working prototype.
Thomas Edison spoke the words of the nursery rhyme, "Mary had a Little Lamb", into the sound-gathering mouthpiece of his new phonograph. When the stylus was passed back over the grooves on the cylinder, lo and behold, his words were audibly repeated!
Imagine the amazement of the staff at The Scientific American Magazine when Thomas Edison casually walked into their offices in New York City on December 22, 1877. He placed the manually cranked device (seen on this page) on the desk, and it began inquiring about their health, lauded the new invention, and bid them a fond good night.
Despite publishing a list of practical uses for his new invention, it turned out that the difficulty of use and the fragility of the recordings (wearing out after only a few plays), contributed to a decline in interest for the phonograph among the public. Edison turned his attention to the invention of the incandescent light bulb.
Nevertheless, others took it upon themselves to improve Edison's invention. Alexander Graham Bell, his cousin, Chichester Bell, and Charles Tainter, having already gained fame by introducing the telephone, began working on the somewhat related technology of the phonograph. Both reproduced sound via the use of a diaphragm.
The Bells soon introduced the graphophone, replacing the "hill and dale" indenting needle approach with a more durable playback technology: the incising floating stylus. They also replaced the tin foil media with longer-lasting wax.
Edison rejected overtures from the Bells to collaborate and improve the phonograph, choosing instead to incorporate many of their ideas into the "New Phonograph", and by 1887 operate under the company name of Edison Phonograph Company. The "Perfected Phonograph" soon followed, reflecting Edison's experiments with new media combinations.
In 1890, Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Co. produced for a short while a line of talking dolls, which are very rare and valuable today. The spring motor phonograph emerged in 1896.
Standardized cylinders, mass production of recorded cylinders (Gold Moulded), longer recording time, and cost reductions as seen in the model "Gem" of 1899, helped further the public demand for recorded sound. The Edison Concert Phonograph, which did not sell well, is a rare find these days, and was more expensive, but produced louder sound. Production ceased in 1912.
Also by 1912, competitors Victor (later RCA Victor) and Columbia had abandoned cylinder technology in favor of disks. Edison's Blue Amberol Record, a cylinder which was touted as unbreakable, was his final attempt to stave off disk competition.
For more than a century, Edison was thought to have produced the first recorded sound in history. However, in 2008, the First Sounds collaborative were able to take the work of French scientist, Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, and his phonautograms, produced in 1859 and 1860, and convert his etchings on paper into audible sound for the first time. Although never intended to be audible, Martinville had experimented with the wave patterns of pitch and words as exhibited on paper. His 1860 song "Au Clair de la Lune" - now audible, is thought to be among the earliest audible records of mankind.
About the Author
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