THOMAS A EDISON LET US NOT FORGET Orig Issue DD78rpmR

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A series of great EDISON DIAMOND DISC recordings:

THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL EDISON DIAMOND DISCS:

THOMAS A EDISON speaks his message to the American People:

"LET US NOT FORGET" the sacrifices of the Americans and the Allies in World War I.

THIS IS THE  1919 ORIGINAL ISSUE OF THIS FAMOUS RECORD, on a beautifully, mirror like etched label. This original etched label issue was for sale for less than 2 years, then replaced in 1921 by the more common, later issue with a paper label that was sold for 8 years, until 1929.

Reserve price on this record is $75. You will have to bid 75$ or more to win the auction.

The record is a choice copy: Flawless, very quiet surface, NO WEAR or distortions.

As the announcer states, this is the first and ONLY TIME that Edison ever spoke on a commercial Diamond Disc record, and one of the rare sound documents of this great inventor.

Comes with an original Sleeve!

No 50509 (no number stamped in the rim) issued 1/7/1919

Let Us not Forget - announcer introduces, Edison speaks, Edison announces the flipside - Take A

National Airs of the Allies - New York Military Band (anthems of France, UK, Italy) - take C

Condition:

EXCELLENT - clean and shiny, no damage, only lightest rubbing. Both sides are very quiet, and play without any distortion or wear. Beautiful, mirror like etched label with the matte shields. Paper slip is to focus camera. Excuse the dust specks on label

Forget has a little light scuffing and a few fine scratches on the dead wax ONLY. Two short, light superficial scratches in grooves do not sound.

Allied has three faintest superfical scratches. Two tiny edge chips on Allied, not affecting play. Very slight chips at the spindle hole.

Sleeve is original grey sleeve with cut-out, but not original to the record. Label says Disk No 50229. Great condition, with one small tear top backside, and slide fraying of the pasted on label. Old paste has left few brown spots.

A note to grading Edison Discs:

Surface VISUAL GRADING:

EXCELLENT - clean and shiny, as new. E minus is the same, with light scuffing.

Very Good Plus - Clean, with a little more scuffing. Some grooves may be a little shaded, but not worn. No audible wear.

Very Good - a clean copy, some scuffing, faintest superficial scratches. Mostly don't sound. May cause lightest clicks during playing, but no damage to diamond. Still a great copy

Very Good Minus - May have areas of visible wear, but NO BROWN grooves. May have some scuffing, which does not affect playing. Will play great, but with more ticks and pops, light distortion on some spots.

Good Plus - a worn and scuffed copy. May have other defects separately stated. Playble, preferably on electric turntable, may require some filtering.

All other defects (if any: Chips, cracks, brown grooves and scratches, lamination cracks, label damage) will be stated SEPARATELY.

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Audio grading:

I will listen to certain disks and make SUBJECTIVE statements.

On disks with damage, I will check if the record plays through.

I may also make a statement on my SUBJECTIVE impression of the noise level of the record.
Pls note that I play all my records on an electric turntable with a .7 mil conical LP microgroove stylus. This is - in my experience, the cleanest way of playing DDs. By adjustment of anti skate force, I will check if a record can play through a damaged spot without skipping.

Pls note that the LP stylus goes deep into the bottom of the groove, and captures the best part of the audio information. Records may sound different, when played on an Edison Phonograph with a 3 mil diamond.

Audible Grades (subjective)

Super Quiet - virtual absence of groove hiss. No swish or breathing.

Very Quiet - lightest groove hiss, no swish or breathing

Quiet - Record is much quieter than may be expected from this kind of label. No swish, light breathing.

(Somewhat) noisy - Record has groove noise, swish when stated, breathing.

(by "breathing" I mean a certain  mid-range breathing kind of groove noise, which is distinct from the groove hiss. Rumble on records is not mentioned, because it is not audible on Edison Acoustic Phonographs, and all records have a small amount of rumble.)

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