VERY RARE ZON-O-PHONE #701 "Joseph Natus" MY LONESOME LITTLE LOUISIANA LADY Hear
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HERE IS A VERY EARLY 9 INCH ZON-O-PHONE RECORD, #701 BY JOSEPH NATUS. THE TITLE IS "MY LONESOME LITTLE LOUISIANA LADY". THE BACK SIDE OF THE DISC IS SMOOTH AND BLANK, OTHER THAN FOR A 1/4 INCH CIRCULAR INDENTATION ABOUT A HALF INCH FROM THE CENTER HOLE. THIS DISC IS NOT IN THE BEST SHAPE---IT HAS SCRATCHES, SMUDGES, AND A COUPLE OF DIGS. ONE DIG sometimes CAUSES A SKIP AT THE VERY INTRO OF THE DISC, AND ANOTHER sometimes CAUSES THE MUSIC TO STICK AT ONE PARTICULAR POINT.. I RECORDED A CLIP OF THE ENTIRE DISC--YOU'LL HEAR WHERE THE STICKING POINT IS. THE DIG AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DISC JUST HAPPENED NOT TO SKIP WHEN I MADE THE CLIP----MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL SKIP. AS YOU'LL HEAR, THIS DISC HAS AN ANNOUCEMENT STATING THE NAME OF THE TUNE, THE SINGERS NAME, AND THAT IT IS RECORDED ON ZONOPHONE RECORDS. THE PLAY QUALITY GETS BETTER THE FARTHER YOU GET INTO THE DISC. I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THESE EARLY DISCS--I BELIEVE I READ SOMEWHERE THAT SOME WERE MEANT TO BE PLAYED AT A SPEED LESS THAN 78 RPM (maybe 68 rpm?). ALL I HAD WAS 78. ALSO, I JUST USED A REGULAR 78 STYLUS TO PLAY IT--MAYBE IT WOULD PLAY BETTER WITH A STYLUS DESIGNED FOR IT. I NOTICED ON POPSIKE AND E-BAY SEVERAL RECORDINGS OF THIS TUNE ON VICTOR MONARCH 1108. I COULDN'T FIND ANY REFERENCE TO THIS PARTICULAR DISC. ALSO, I FOUND A NUMERICAL LISTING OF EARLY ZONOPHONE DISCS--IT SKIPPED RIGHT BY THIS ONE. SOME OF MY SCANS BROUGHT OUT THE LETTERING MORE VIVIDLY THAN IT ACTUALLY IS--YOU'LL NOTICE THIS IN THE PICS. ALONG WITH THIS RECORD, I WILL INCLUDE THE CD THAT I MADE OF THIS TUNE IF YOU CAN USE IT. ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE E-MAIL. Powered by eCommercePlayer.com
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