Stars and Stripes Forever. Improved Berliner Gram-o-phone shellac disc 78 RPM
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118
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85
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Description
Recorded c. 1900.
Extremely rare.
See and hear the actual disc here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSiWzUOoHIo
Possibly the first flat disc recording of this American standard. One sided 78 RPM disc . In excellent condition. Very playable.
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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