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MINT - SEALED COPY

EDISON TWO-MINUTE AND CONCERT CYLINDERS,
1897 - 1912

By Allan Sutton

Mainspring Press (2015)

ISBN 978-0-9915279-7-7

366 pages / 7” x 9” quality paperback (acid-free paper)

Out-of-print since 2109, this highly sought-after volume is the first systematic survey of Edison two-minute and Concert cylinders, drawing on the surviving Edison Phonograph Works and National Phonograph Company documentation, combined with first-hand inspection of the original cylinders. The work covers all two-minute cylinders issued between 1897 and 1912, including the early "brown wax" standard and Concert Records, Gold Moulded Records, and the rare Grand Opera series.

Data include release and deletion dates, master-plating dates, listings of all confirmed variations and remakes, medley contents, accompaniment details, and identification of artist pseudonyms. Also included is an illustrated, fully footnoted historical introduction; user’s guide; and artist and title indexes.

ALLAN SUTTON is the author of numerous books on early recordings, including Race Records and the American Recording Industry, American Record Companies and Producers 1888–1950, A Phonograph in Every Home, Recording the ’Twenties, and multiple editions of Pseudonyms on American Records. He is the recipient of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections’ 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Condition: NEW - MINT COPY IN ORIGINAL SHRINK-WRAP

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