Edison Speaks Special Diamond Disc : HOLIDAY GREETINGS ---with original cover
  $   512

 


$ 512 Sold For
Aug 1, 2025 Sold Date
Jul 25, 2025 Start Date
14   Number Of Bids
  Netherlands Country Of Seller
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Description


Special Diamond Disc : Holiday Greetings From the Bunch At Orange.  In Excellent condition. With special sleeve;- has some wear at bottom

Manufactured and issued only once, in the Fall of 1924, this Diamond Disc was sent only to Edison dealers and jobbers, as an audio Christmas Card of sorts, and was never made available to the public.

Phonograph sales at Thomas A. Edison, Inc. were on the decline, largely due to the latest entertainment marvel, the radio. Cylinders had lost the media war, and although arguably superior to acoustic lateral records, the Diamond Disc could not take enough of the disc business away from the more publicly accepted records from companies like Victor, Columbia, Brunswick, etc.

In order to help bolster the spirits of their loyal dealers, the various managers of the Phonograph Division each recorded a brief message of Holiday wishes, and other messages of surprising candor and optimistic good cheer. By this time, however, Thomas Edison was 77 years old, his son Charles now ran the company, and the phonograph division would come to a halt less than 5 years later.

This was only the second production record containing the voice of Thomas A. Edison himself.
The first, "Let Us Not Forget", released on both cylinder and Diamond Disc, is also the only other Diamond Disc to have a special sleeve specifically designed for it, and this record is offered by me in another Ebay listing.


Will be professionally packed.
NB: Shipment from Europe is pretty unreliable these days regarding deliverytime.From 8 days up to 6 weeks--can't help it.


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