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Edison Records was the first record label, pioneering recorded sound and an important player in the early record industry. Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877. After inventing and patenting the phonograph, Edison and his laboratory turned their attention to the commercial development of (electric lighting), playing no further role... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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Edison Records marketed disc

RCA Records (This was not the first attempt at a commercial long play record format, as Edison Records had marketed a microgroove vertically recorded disc with 20 minutes playing time per side the previous decade; the Edison long playing records were also a commercial failure.)

RCA (This was not the first attempt at a commercial long play record format, as Edison Records had marketed a microgroove vertically recorded disc with 20 minutes playing time per side the previous decade; the Edison long playing records were also a commercial failure.)

Edison Records marketed records

Phonograph cylinder In that decade Columbia (which had been making both discs and cylinders) switched exclusively to discs, and Edison started marketing their own disc records.

Edison Disc Record The Edison Disc also known as a Diamond Disc record, was a type of audio disc record marketed by Edison Records from 1912 to 1929.

Edison Records marketed type

Edison Disc Record The Edison Disc also known as a Diamond Disc record, was a type of audio disc record marketed by Edison Records from 1912 to 1929.

Edison Records marketed Disc

Edison Disc Record The Edison Disc also known as a Diamond Disc record, was a type of audio disc record marketed by Edison Records from 1912 to 1929.

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Edison Records started singers

Edison Records Prior to the war Edison Records started a marketing campaign, hiring prominent singers and vaudeville performers to perform along side and alternating with Edison records of their performances played on top-of-the-line "Laboratory Model" Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs.

Marie Rappold During World War I, Edison Records started a marketing campaign, hiring prominent singers and vaudeville performers to perform along side and alternating with Edison records of their performances played on top-of-the-line Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs.

Edison Records started performers

Edison Records Prior to the war Edison Records started a marketing campaign, hiring prominent singers and vaudeville performers to perform along side and alternating with Edison records of their performances played on top-of-the-line "Laboratory Model" Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs.

Marie Rappold During World War I, Edison Records started a marketing campaign, hiring prominent singers and vaudeville performers to perform along side and alternating with Edison records of their performances played on top-of-the-line Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs.

Edison Records started campaign

Edison Records Prior to the war Edison Records started a marketing campaign, hiring prominent singers and vaudeville performers to perform along side and alternating with Edison records of their performances played on top-of-the-line "Laboratory Model" Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs.

Marie Rappold During World War I, Edison Records started a marketing campaign, hiring prominent singers and vaudeville performers to perform along side and alternating with Edison records of their performances played on top-of-the-line Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs.

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Edison Records introduced records

Edison Records In 1902, Edison Records introduced Edison Gold Molded Records, cylinder records of improved hard black wax, capable of being played hundreds of times before wearing out.

Edison Records introduced Records

Edison Records In 1902, Edison Records introduced Edison Gold Molded Records, cylinder records of improved hard black wax, capable of being played hundreds of times before wearing out.

Edison Records introduced line

Edison Records In 1908, Edison introduced a new line of cylinders (called "Amberols") playing 4 rather than 2 minutes of music on the same sized record, achieved by shrinking the grooves and spacing them twice as close together.

Edison Records introduced Records

Edison Records In 1908, Edison introduced Blue Amberol Records which had a playing time of just over 4 minutes.

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    Edison Records

    Edison Records was the first record label, pioneering recorded sound and an important player in the early record industry. ... Early phonographs before commercial mass produced records
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    1899 in music

    - Peerless Orchestra on Edison Records
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    Phonograph cylinder

    In 1902 Edison Records launched a line of improved hard wax cylinders marketed as "Edison Gold Moulded Records".
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    Edison (disambiguation)

    Edison Records, record label company founded by Edison
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    Edison Disc Record

    The Edison Disc also known as a Diamond Disc record, was a type of audio disc record marketed by Edison Records from 1912 to 1929.
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    Charles Edison

    For a number of years Charles Edison ran Edison Records.
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    Dan W. Quinn

    There's a Little Star Shining for You - Edison Records, 1897
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    Blue Amberol Records

    See also: Edison Records
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    Columbia Records

    1929 was also the year that Columbia's older rival and former affiliate Edison Records folded to make Columbia the oldest surviving record label.
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    1898 in music

    - George J. Gaskin on Edison Records ... - Press Eldridge on Edison

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