Improved Berliner 7" 78 RPM Shellac Disc. The Rajah March. Sousa's Band
  C$   27
  $   19

 


C$ 27 Sold For
Jun 13, 2019 Sold Date
Jun 6, 2019 Start Date
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Improved Berliner 7" 78 RPM Shellac Disc. The Rajah March. Sousa's Band. Condition is Used. Shipped with Canada Post Expedited Parcel.

Improved Berliner Gram-o-phone 7" 78 RPM Shellac Disc. Condition is Used. 1902 

One sided 7" 78 RPM disc. Very playable. 
Original HMV Nipper logo still clearly visible on reverse side. 

Excellent condition for a disc that is almost 120 years old. 

Establishing a precise chronology for the evolution of early Berliner discs is difficult, if not impossible. Though we know the recording dates for most of the performances, they are rarely indicators of pressing or release dates. Years could pass between a recording session, the date a record was released, and the date the release was advertised in a newspaper.   

Brown Discs   

Most of the discs in the 7-inch series were pressed in brown (red-brown) or maroon (dark brown) shellac. Both colours, as well as black discs, were manufactured until about 1903, when maroon and black discs ceased to be made. Early on, a large HMV symbol was stamped on the reverse, with "Berliner" running across the top of the disc in an arc and "Gram-o-phone" across the bottom in large outlined letters. The two words were separated by asterisks on either side


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