Odd/Rare OXFORD Single Side 78 RPM Record 1528 Len Spenser “Cyclone Auto”
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Odd/Rare OXFORD Single Side 78 RPM Record 1528 Len Spenser “Cyclone Auto” Full title is “Reuben Haskin’s Ride On A Cyclone Auto” E- Visible Condition. Patents label on reverse. Not much known about Oxford origins. Most cuts were from Victor, Columbia, and Zon-O-Phone masters from early 1900s to 1910s. But what is a “Cyclone Auto”? I could not find one.This is a great disc.
Oxford 1528 (10-in.)
The following matrix(es) were released with this catalog number:
Company Matrix No. Take Number Date Title/Artist
Columbia 1528 1 ca. 1903 Reuben Haskin's ride on a cyclone auto / Len Spencer
Primary Performers: Len Spencer (speaker)
Leonard Garfield Spencer (February 12, 1867 – December 15, 1914) was an early American recording artist. He began recording for the Columbia Phonograph Company, in 1889 or 1890. Between 1892 and 1897 he recorded extensively for the New Jersey Phonograph Company and its successor the United States Phonograph Company. He specialized in vaudeville sketches and comic songs, but also sang sentimental ballads popular at the time. He returned to Columbia in 1898 for an exclusive contract then began recording for Berliner Gramophone (disc) records in 1899 and continued with Victor and Columbia as discs became the dominant format in the early 1900s. He began performing with banjoist Vess L. Ossman in 1901 and with Ada Jones in 1905. He is best remembered today for his vaudeville-style comic sketches, such as the "Arkansaw Traveler", combining clever turns of phrase, ironic elocutionary delivery, sound effects and music to create colorful dialogues featuring itinerant Southerners, auctioneers, circus barkers, and Irish, Jewish or Black Americans.
As the popularity of Len's style of humor waned in the latter part of the decade, he opened a booking agency called "Len Spencer's Lyceum" in New York. He died of a heart attack while working at the Lyceum on December 15, 1914. (Artists images are samples for historical value and NOT included in this auction)
(Scratches to the Left of every picture are my broken scanner glass – not on item)
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E++, Visibly nearly new with no visible signs of wear or damage.
E+, Looks and plays like new with only few signs of handling and play.
E Still very shiny, near new looking, with slight visible signs of wear and a few nearly inaudible scuffs and scratches
E- Still shiny but without the luster of a new record, few scuffs that have little or no effect on play, some light scratches.
E- - Mostly shiny but with even less of the luster of an E- record, more scuffs than E-that have little or no effect on play, light scratches with some light noise.
VG+, Slightly above average condition 78 in which scuffs and general use has dulled the finish somewhat. Wear is moderate but playing is generally free from distortion. Surface noise not overly pronounced.
VG, An average condition 78 - moderate wear throughout, but still very playable and enjoyable. Surface somewhat dull with noise and scratches audible but not intrusive.
VG-, Quite playable still, but with some distortion and may have some graying in loud passages. Music remains loud in most passages. Surface noise and scratches well below music level.
VG- - Quite playable still, but with distortion and most have some graying in loud passages. Music remains loud in most passages. Surface noise and scratches noticeable and may be loud at times.
G+ Quite worn and scratched, but music level is still higher than surface noise. Grey may be throughout but still serviceable. Music begins to sound muffled.
G Not so good. Wear and scratch damage extensive. Listening can become uncomfortable as music and surface noise probably blending. Lowest level music can be understood.
G-, Music barely audible over surface noise & listening is uncomfortable. Record is borderline unplayable.
P Used only for high dollar space fillers like Black Patti, Okeh blues, etc. Music covered by surface noise, scratches, and needle digs, label may be trashed, & listening is almost if not definitely impossible. Record is basically unplayable. What you keep because you can?t bear to toss ? while you look for that E+ copy of Robert Johnson on Vocalion at the local flea markets for $1 (Good Luck!)See Description, A wildcard grade that can be used when standard grading does not apply or when a record (or item) has special attributes (or defects) that can affect how the item is assigned a grade.
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