I got an Edison cylinder in a trade a while ago. Yesterday, I finally had the chance to hear its 113 year old song.
I got an Edison cylinder in a trade a while ago. Yesterday, I finally had the chance to hear its 113 year old song.
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Always weird/remarkable thinking about how that’s someone’s voice from another time. Thanks for sharing.
Cool. Thanks for sharing. C
Anyone know the song?
I’ve been on the internet too long. I thought for sure I was going to get Rick Rolled. Want to know the really sick part?
Thinking that, I still clicked it.
I am more of a shellac 78 rpm record person, although there is a bit of spillover in the early periods where songs that were released on cylinder were rereleased on shellac records just to keep up with the times. Shellac is definitively more brittle than most records, but I like the fact that A) They are more resilient and can be played more times than a wax cylinder before the music itself starts to warp too much from the grooves being worn and B) Shellac records don’t easily grow mold whilst wax does. Be sure to store it in a cool, dark, and dry area because once mold grows it just starts to permanently eat into the cylinder.
The cool thing though is that when a wax cylinder is just too far gone either from warped groove marks or mold/water damage or whatever, I’ve seen some people “wipe” the cylinder clean by shaving off the topmost layer and then recording their own music onto the new clean cylinder.
I’m reminded of https://youtube.com/watch?v=pnsizkVjGm8
Early Edison cylinders were not copies- they had one performance into one horn that needle-scratched one cylinder. That would be the one and only copy that would exist. It was not a master used to make other copies. It was THE performance
That was oddly beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
Super Cool
Fallout flashbacks intensify
Nice to hear another one, we just had [this one fixed](https://imgur.com/a/tze7zwS)
I’m getting Bioshock flashbacks.
My bio have officially been shocked to infinity.
By far the most interesting post I’ve seen for a while. It’s unfortunate the camera was aimed at the least interesting part of the machine during the playback, but it’s still mind-blowing.
So, I have headphones on. I’m in the coffee shop. This starts playing and I freak out. Is it broadcasting? Are my headphones not connected?? Where is that sound coming from???
Amazing audio =)
i take it recording again and telling everyone to be quiet isnt an option cause you dont want to play something like this too often?
Awesome stuff… I cringed when someone kept asking questions though. Shhhh!
https://hymnary.org/text/there_were_ninety_and_nine_that_safely
This is way cool. Althogh, Thomas Edison was a patent stealing fucking asshole, and an all around prick.
My Grandma used to sing me this song. Thank you for posting!
We take being able to hear music any time we want for granted. It wasn’t that long ago that this was cutting edge technology. Being able to listen to the same song over and over on demand must have blown people’s minds.