Edison Bell Record album with 11 x 8" shellac 78RPM recordings inside

	£		15
	$		20

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Edison Bell Radio Album with 11 recordings

#1407 Radio Melody Boys - Adeline / Little white lies

#1363 Alfredo and his Band - I love you, I hate you / Watching my dreams go by

#1263 Darktown Minstrels Part 1 & 2

#1341 Alfredo and his Band - Molly / The sunshine of Marseilles

#960 Billy Elliott - Girl of my dreams / Glad Rag Doll

#1434 Radio Melody Boys - Two of everything / It must be you

#1401 The Blue Jays - Say a little prayer for me / Gipsy Melody

#1432 Radio Melody Boys - My baby just cares for me / Makin Whoopie

#1359 The Blue Jays - Im following you / By the bend of the river

#1425  The Blue Jays - Dancing on the ceiling / The first weekend in June

#1331 Alfredo and his Band - Smiling Irish eyes / Singin in the bath tub

Surface marks but records play without jumping. Records are Waltz, Foxtrot, Vocal

Buy a piece of history.

8-inch (20cm) 78rpm shellac records were introduced the late 1920s under labels such as Broadcast (British Vocalion), Eclipse (Crystallate Company), Edison Bell Radio and Plaza.

These records had a slightly narrower groove and smaller centre labels, and were able to compress 3 minutes on a disc that was 20% smaller than standard 10-inch 78rpm records.

Eclipse records were sold from 1929 in Woolworths stores for 6d (around 2½p). Eclipse records replaced the previous Victory range of 7-inch shellac records, and were cheaper to produce as well as giving an extra minutes playing time. Eclipse promised two hits per record, one on either side. By 1935 Woolworth UK sold millions of Eclipse Records each year, but its margins were being eroded by escalating raw material costs. Eclipse records were replaced by the Crown range of 9-inch (22.5cm) records pressed on cheaper Bakelite.

Edison Bells entry into the 8-inch disc market came in 1928 with the ?Edison Bell Radio? label. These record cost 1/3d (about 6p). Almost all were recorded and made in Britain. It was a high-quality product aimed at the popular market, but the label was cancelled in 1932.

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