Improved Berliner Gram-o-phone 7" 78 RPM Shellac Disc.Cock o' the North. No.811
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Description
Improved Berliner Gram-o-phone 7" 78 RPM Shellac Disc. Pre 1903
Cock o' the North. Bagpipe solo by Mr. David Ferguson. No.811. Condition is Used.
Last one in my collection. Last chance.
One-sided disc, with remnants of he original HMV "Nipper" logo on the reverse side.
This tartan label is even more rare than the original Berliner label.
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.
One notable variant of this label was the tartan label used for recordings of the Kilties Band of Belleville, Ontario. Printed in the same style as the more familiar gold lettering on a brown field, these labels had black lettering on a tartan field comprised of red, lime green, pale blue, and black. Library and Archives Canada also possesses a test record printed in the same style with black lettering on a tan coloured field.
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