Striking Collection of Edison Diamond Discs in Custom Album. Circa 1920

Striking collection of Edison Diamond discs in album, produced circa 1920 and in really fine condition. The collection is composed of 50 discs, gathered in five albums containing ten units each. The albums are custom-made according to the owners needs and taste; they were probably manufactured in the 1980s or 90s. These are quite special discs, really thick and only to be played in Edison Diamond record players. If used in other machines, the needle would make them harm. Some of these discs are quite rare, real collectors items and very sought-after. The Edison Diamond Disc Record was phonograph record created by Thomas A. Edison under his company, Edison Record. They were produced and sold between 1912 and 1929. They named it Diamond because the matching phonograph was equipped with a diamond stylus to play them. In the beginning, the records were quite successful for their excellent sound quality; in 1920 sales reached their peak. Nevertheless, soon after they started to decay for different reasons: they were more expensive and not compatible with other phonographs. The insistence of Edison in imposing his own musical tastes was also a handicap, as he favored old-fashioned shows and tunes instead of giving a chance to jazz, the real sensation then. The collection include the following records: Album 1: 1 A (#80131) - Just Because Its You The Little Café (Ivan Caryll) Elizabeth Spencer 1 B (#80131) - The bubble High Jinks (Friml) Emory B. Randolph 2 A - (#80759-R) - A Dream (J. C. Bartlett) (Tenor) Charles Hart 2 B (#80759-L) I Hear You Calling Me (Charles Marshall) (Soprano and Chorus) Elizabeth Spencer 3 A (#80683-R) Perpetuum Mobile - Suite No III in G (Franz Ries) Violin Solo - Mischa Violin - Pianoforte by Josef Adler 3 B (#80683-L) Hungarian Rhapsody (David Popper) Violoncello Solo - Lauri Kennedy - Pianoforte by Dorothy Kennedy 4 A - (#80653-R) Largo Sonate in G Minor, Benedetto Marcello 4 B - (#80653-L) Canto Amoroso, Sammartini-Elman. 5 A (#80645-R) Some Day Milton Wellington 5 B (#80645-L) Tango Triste Armand Vecsey 6 A (#80641-R) Introduction and Tarantelle (Pablo de Sarasate, Op. 43) Violin Solo - Mischa Violin - Pianoforte by Josef Adler 6 B (#80641-L) Arioso (Bach-Franko) Viola Solo - Herman Kolodkin - Pianoforte by Robert Gayler 7 A (#51085-R) Call me back, pal o' mine - Charles Hart; Elizabeth Spencer 7 B (#51085-L) Nelly Kelly I Love You - Charles Hart 8 A (#80425-R) When You Come Back and You Will Come Back ... (George M. Cohan) Male voices with orchestra - Premier Quartet 8 B (#80425-L) Smiles (Lee S. Roberts) Mixed voices with orchestra - The Harmony Four 9 A - (#80828-R) Hungarian Love Song, Hellen Ware, Francis Moore 9 B (#80828-L) Moto Perpetuo Niccolo Paganini Op. 12. Mischa Violin, Joseph Adler 10 A (#82047-R) Humoresque (Anton Dvorak) Violin Solo - Albert Spalding - Pianoforte by Andre Benoist 10 B (#82047-L) - Cavatina op. 85 #3 (Joseph Raff) Violin Solo [Albert Spalding] Piano accompaniment Album 2: 1 A - (#50668-R) - Boccaccio - Selection - Creatore & his Band, Franz Von Suppe 1 B - (#50668-L) Miserere, Il Trovatore, Verdi - Creatore & his Band 2 A (#50678-R) - When You're Gone I Won't Forget - Louise Terrell And George Wilton Ballard. 2 B (#50678-L) - Whispering Hope - Helen Clark And Walter Van Brunt 3 A (#80705-R) - La capinera - J. Benedict , Soprano With Orchestra, in Italian, Virginia Rea 3 B (#80705-L) - Dormi Pure / (Salvatore Souderi) / Baritone with Orchestra / In Italian / Thomas Chalmers 4 A (#50830-R) - Smilin' Through - Arthur A. Penn, Herbert Soman; John F. Burckhardt 4 B (#50830-L) - Old Pal (Why Won't You Answer Me?) - M. K. Jerome, Herbert Soman; Daniel Lieberfeld 5 A - (#50928-R) - A Sleepy Little Village (Where The Dixie Cotton Grows) (Pete Wendling) Tenor and Male Chorus with Orchestra - Billy Jones 5 B - (#50928-L) - Dreaming Of You (Raymond V. Gould) Tenor with Orchestra - George Wilton Ballard 6 A - (#80575-R) - Tannhauser Overture - Part 1 - Richard Wagner; American Symphony Orchestra 6 B - (#80575-L) - Tannhauser Overture - Part 2 - Richard Wagner; American Symphony Orchestra 7 A - (#80304-R) - Mad'le, Ruck, Ruck, Ruck (Schwabisches Volkslied) Tenor Solo in German Karl Jorn 7 B - (#80304-L) - Der Tyroller Uno Sein Kind (E. Nesmuller ) Tenor Solo In German Karl Jorn 8 A (#80277-R) - There Were Shepherds (B) Chorus - Glory To God - Messiah (Handel) (Soprano and Chorus, with Orchestra) Anita Rio 8 B (#80277-L) - Open The Gates Of The Temple (Fanny Crosby & Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp) (Tenor) Hardy Williamson 9 A (#51002-R) - Where The Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way (Charles Avrill) (Tenor and Chorus) Walter Van Brunt 9 B (#51002-L) - The "Humoreske" Song - Adapted from Dvo?ák's Melody (Arr. by Chas. H. Roth) (Tenor Solo) Walter Van Brunt 10 A (#50488-R) - Rag-A-Minor - One Step - Julius Lenzberg, Jazzarimba Orchestra 10 B (#50488-L) - Watermelon Whispers - Fox Trox - George Hamilton GreenAlbum 3: 1 A - (#80478-R) - Told At Twilight - by The Fleming Trio; Charles Huerter 1 B - (#80478-L) - (a) Menuetto all 'antico (b) Hungarian Dance, No. 5 - by The Fleming Trio; G. Karganoff; Johannes Brahms 2 A - (#80589-R) - Fantasia from Simon Boccanegra - (Verdi), PIETRO CASO and ANTHONY GIAMMATTEO 2 B - (#80589-L) - Saxophone Fantasie - (Leon Rosebrook), RUDY WIEDOEFT 3 A - (#80608-R) Menuett, first violin, second violin, viola and violoncello - Zoellner String Quartet. 3 B - (#80608-L) Intermezzo, first violin, second violin, viola and violoncello - Zoellner String Quartet. 4 A - (#80588-R) - Seek Ye The Lord - (Dr. J. V. Roberts), HARDY WILLIAMSON and THE CAVALRY CHOIR 4 B - (#80588-L) - Will There Be Any Stars? - (Jno. R. Sweney). METROPOLITAN QUARTET 5 A - (#80607-R) - The old refrain - Viennese popular song, tenor with orchestra (Fritz Kreisler), Paul Reimers. 5 B - (#80607-L) - Son-'o-mine - soprano with orchestra, (J.S. Zamecnik), Elizabeth Spencer, 6 A - (#80515-R) - Phedre Overture - Part 1 - American Symphony Orchestra; J. Massenet 6 B - (#80515-L) - Phedre Overture - Part 2 - American Symphony Orchestra; J. Massenet 7 A - (#80419-R) - Menuet in G (Beethoven) Violin solo - Joel Belov - Pianoforte by Robert Gayler 7 B - (#80419-L) - Air for G String (Bach) Violin solo - Joel Belov - Pianoforte by Robert Gayler 8 A - (#82512-R) King of the Shades Masked Ball (Verdi), Elisabeth Spencer 8 B - (#82512-L) My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saents+), Elisabeth Spencer 9 A - (#82228-R) HUMORESKE - (Willheim Dverak) VÁA PRÍHODA; Asta Doubravska 9 B - (#82228-L) JOTA DE PABLO - VASA PRIHODA; Asta Doubravska; Pablo de Sarasate Op, 52 10 A (#82222-R) - Serenade - Schubert; Reményi. Violin solo / Albert Spalding. 10 B (#82222-L) - From the cottonfields - violin solo / Albert Spalding. Album 4: 1 A (#80062-R) - Carmen selections - (Georges Bizet), American Symphony Orchestra 1 B (#80062-L) Tancredi Overture (Rossini), American Symphony Orchestra 2 A (#50557-R) - A Bunch of Roses - Conway's Band; R. Chapi 2 B (#50557-L) - The Bohemian Girl- Selection - Creatore and His Band; M. W. Balfe 3 A (#80359-R) Christmas, Christmas. Blessed, Blessed (John H. Densmore), Metropolitan Quartet 3 B (#80359-L) Joy To The World, Our Lord is Born To-Day (I. H. Meredith), Metropolitan Quartet 4 A (#82198-R) Waves Of The Danube - FRIEDA HEMPEL; J. Ivanovici 4 B (#82198-L) - Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes (Old English Air), ARTHUR MIDDLETON 5 A (#60001-R) Amor y Celos Consuelo Novoa y Adolfo Colomo, Tango Dialogado 5 B (#60001-L) Carte de un Isleño Adolfo Colombo y Consuelo Novoa 6 A (#80383-R) - Knit, Knit, Knit - Gladys Rice, Helen Clark & Marion Evelyn Cox 6 B (#80383-L) - Jack O'Lantern - (Ivan Caryll) Jaudas' Society Orchestra / A (#82264-R) - La danza - Tarantella napolitana - Mario Laurenti, baritone with orchestra, in Italian / G. Rossini. / B (#82264-L) - Il libro santo - Mario Laurenti, baritone with orchestra, in Italian / Ciro Pinsuti 8 A (#80102-R) - Malaguena (Spanish Song) - Lucrezia Bori; Lorenzo Pagana 8 B (#80102-L) - Hark! what I tell to thee: the spirit song: soprano solo, orchestra accompaniment / Franz Joseph Haydn 9 A (#82190-R) - Élégie - (J. Massenet) soprano with orchestra, in French, Marie Rappold, soprano; Lauri Kennedy 9 B (#82190-L) - Torna a Surriento - (Ernesto De Curtis) , Barotone with Orchestra, Mario Laurenti 10 A (#80411-R) - When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget - Walter Van Brunt and Helen Clark; (E. Austin Keith) 10 B (#80411-L) - Ole Virginny Days - The Homestead Trio; (Theodore Morse) Album 5: 1 A (#82212-R) - Canzonetta from the Concerto romantique for violin, op. 35, no. 3 - Godard, Albert Spalding, André Benoist 1 B (#82212-L) - Nocturne - (Chopin-Wilhelmj), Albert Spalding, André Benoist 2 A (#80702-R) - BLUE DANUBE WALTZ - (Strauss; Chapman) Walter Chapman 2 B (#80702-L) - LIEBESTRAUM (Dream of Love) - (Liszt), Walter Chapman 3 A (#?????-R) - Climbing Up de Golden Stairs - WALTER VAN BRUNT, (F. Heiser) 3 B (#?????-L) - Lullaby - HELEN CLARK AND THE SHANNON QUARTET; (H. W. Hanscom) 4 A (#83046-R) - Praise Ye - Marie Rappold; Karl Jorn; Arthur Middleton; Attila (Verdi) 4 B (#83046-L) - Home to Our Mountains - Julia Heinrich and Hardy Williamson; Il Trobatore (Verdi) 5 A (#82516-R) - Anvil Chorus - Il Trovatore - New York Light Opera Co.; (Verdi) 5 B (#82516-L) - Miserere - Il Trovatore (Verdi), AGNES KIMBALL and CHARLES W. HARRISON 6 A (#82510-R) - O That we Two were Maying - Elizabeth Spencer and Thomas Chalmers; (Alice Mary Smith) 6 B (#82510-L) - In the Evening by the Moonlight, Dear Louise - Harvey Hindermeyer; (Harry Von Tilzer) 7 A (#?????-R) - And a Little Child Shall Lead Them - Walter Van Brunt; (Chas. K. Harris) 7 B (#?????-L) - For You - Helen Clark; (Sydney Smith) 8 A (#51316-R) - Yes, Dear - Kaplan's Melodists, (Georgie Price, Sam Hearn) 8 B (#51316-L) - Home In Pasadena - Tommy Monaco's Orchestra, (Harry Warren) 9 A (#80413-R) - Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight (Tell Her Of My Love) - (F. Henri Klickmann), Gladys Rice, Marion Evelyn Cox 9 B (#80413-L) - Silver Bay - (Percy Wenrich), Metropolitan Quartet 10 A (#52564-R) Wedding of the Winds Waltzes (John T. Hall), Edison Concert Orchestra 10 B (#52564-L) Al Fresco Intermezzo (Victor Herbert), Edison Concert Orchestra Any lover of old-time records and the sound of the early 20th century will appreciate this striking collection of Edison Diamond discs in album, a real find worthy of the best collectors.