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Mother Machree (80293R) and My Wild Irish Rose (80293L) with Tenor Walter Van Brunt – Initial Release
$59.00
Mother Machree (80293R) was originally release in May 1916, rather than the promotional second re release in April 1917 (as indicated by the the B4 on the bottom of the label of the left side of those discs) that sold for only $1.50. It was originally recorded May 7, 1915 in New York and released as a Edison Blue Amberol cylinder (2738). The left side of this disc, features My Wild Irish Rose, also performed by tenor Walter Van Brunt, was recorded October 4, 1915 also in New York. It was released as a Edison Blue Amberol cylinder 2787.
Description
This is one of the 1/4 inch thick black carbon Edison records, with a etched as opposed to printed label.
This record may play on a normal 78 record player however Edison Diamond discs were recorded at 80 rpm is using a horizontal diaphragm, intended it to be played back on an Edison phonograph that also used a horizontal stylus/cartridge that Edison referred to as diamond tipped.
It should not be played on any of the steel tip stylus players of that era because they will destroy the groves which modulate up and down rather than from side to side as the steel tip vertical diaphragms used by non Edison players used.