Christ Arose - Edison Concert Band (1908)
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The opening announcement intrigues me.
Is this the LAST TIME a speaker opens a recording by announcing title and artist?
Close. But it's not the very last.
Edward Meeker is the announcer.
I love opening announcements!
Victor dropped them much earlier than Edison--Victor stopped doing them in September 1903 ("It Was The Dutch" by Collins and Harlan).
Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan sing "It Was The Dutch" on Victor 2451, which has the last opening announcement on a Victor disc. The Theodore Morse song was recorded on September 11, 1903, Collins doing the announcement. The next four numbers, 2452 through 2455, were Billy Murray's first Victor discs and are unannounced.
This Edison cylinder is one of the latest to open with an announcement, but it is not the very last.
I know other cylinders released later with opening announcements, such as "Mary Ann O'Houlihan" sung by Edward M. Favor on Edison Standard Record 10046.
I like knowing about changes in the industry.
A change in 1903 was a shift from piano to orchestral accompaniment. The January 1904 issue of Edison Phonograph Monthly, announcing the release of "I Ain't Got No Time" on 8621, states, "This Record is also made with orchestra accompaniment, and with No. 8608 ["Barney," another Collins and Harlan duet] are the first Records ever made at the Edison Laboratory with such accompaniment."
Cylinder expert Chris Zwarg gave the following information:
Edison 2-minute black wax cylinder 10032 is reported as the first unannounced recording.
That places the change in September 1908.
The first Amberols are still announced--they were recorded in 1908 but not issued until September.
The highest announced Amberol is 55, recorded in August and issued a few months later in October 1908.
New recordings made in September no longer featured spoken announcements. The company evidently concluded that such announcements were old-fashioned.
Be aware of an occasional overlap in the numbers. A few announced recordings were held back longer than other (unannounced) numbers, so these announced records were issued with higher numbers (higher than 10032 for two-minute black wax, higher than 55 for four-minute Amberol).
"Christ Arose!"
Easter hymn
1908
Edison Concert Band
Edison Gold Moulded Record 9813
Robert Lowry hymn
Robert Lowry composed this hymn in 1874 during the Easter season. He was inspired by these words of Luke 24:6-8: “He is not here but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. And they remembered his words.”
Robert Lowry was a Baptist preacher. He was born in Philadelphia on March 12, 1826
Low in the grave he lay, Jesus my Savior,
waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord!
Is this the LAST TIME a speaker opens a recording by announcing title and artist?
Close. But it's not the very last.
Edward Meeker is the announcer.
I love opening announcements!
Victor dropped them much earlier than Edison--Victor stopped doing them in September 1903 ("It Was The Dutch" by Collins and Harlan).
Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan sing "It Was The Dutch" on Victor 2451, which has the last opening announcement on a Victor disc. The Theodore Morse song was recorded on September 11, 1903, Collins doing the announcement. The next four numbers, 2452 through 2455, were Billy Murray's first Victor discs and are unannounced.
This Edison cylinder is one of the latest to open with an announcement, but it is not the very last.
I know other cylinders released later with opening announcements, such as "Mary Ann O'Houlihan" sung by Edward M. Favor on Edison Standard Record 10046.
I like knowing about changes in the industry.
A change in 1903 was a shift from piano to orchestral accompaniment. The January 1904 issue of Edison Phonograph Monthly, announcing the release of "I Ain't Got No Time" on 8621, states, "This Record is also made with orchestra accompaniment, and with No. 8608 ["Barney," another Collins and Harlan duet] are the first Records ever made at the Edison Laboratory with such accompaniment."
Cylinder expert Chris Zwarg gave the following information:
Edison 2-minute black wax cylinder 10032 is reported as the first unannounced recording.
That places the change in September 1908.
The first Amberols are still announced--they were recorded in 1908 but not issued until September.
The highest announced Amberol is 55, recorded in August and issued a few months later in October 1908.
New recordings made in September no longer featured spoken announcements. The company evidently concluded that such announcements were old-fashioned.
Be aware of an occasional overlap in the numbers. A few announced recordings were held back longer than other (unannounced) numbers, so these announced records were issued with higher numbers (higher than 10032 for two-minute black wax, higher than 55 for four-minute Amberol).
"Christ Arose!"
Easter hymn
1908
Edison Concert Band
Edison Gold Moulded Record 9813
Robert Lowry hymn
Robert Lowry composed this hymn in 1874 during the Easter season. He was inspired by these words of Luke 24:6-8: “He is not here but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. And they remembered his words.”
Robert Lowry was a Baptist preacher. He was born in Philadelphia on March 12, 1826
Low in the grave he lay, Jesus my Savior,
waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord!