BERLINER HISTORIC RECORD 1890’s
$
222
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RARE 1890’s BERLINER 7-inch RECORD…
INVENTOR OF THE GRAMOPHONE, which soon displaced Edison’s wax cylinders, these records, each unique were signed on the actual recording by the performer…
THIS IS DAN QUINN, called THE KING OF COMIC SINGERS in the late 1890’s…
Stamped JUNE 26, 1897 as a patent/recording date, this ancient record also has 1887, 1890, and 1895 stamped below GRAMOPHONE regarding earlier patenting dates…
THE SONG IS ‘ENJOY YOURSELVES’, and has a catalog number of 1738.
Amazingly , there are no cracks or chips on the playing side of this 127- year-old …just the expected scratches and pitting…the reverse, blank side has a handful of miniscule chips at its underside edges…
THIS SHELLAC CAN BE A NOVELTY for a novice record collector, a unique addition for an aficionado of BERLINER RECORDS and their historic significance , or a cool conversation piece amongst your Beatles or Guns’ n’ Roses records!
$222.00, conscientious shipping included.
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