Tag: Edison

From the Record Shelves #330 - Five PenniesFrom the Record Shelves #330 – Five Pennies – The title of the LP, Rare Vertical Jazz, refers to the recording system used by Edison. Their discs were different: You needed special equipment to play them, and the playing time of a record was longer than the normal three minutes. No reliable records (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #129 - Up and At ’EmFrom the Record Shelves #129 – Up and At ’Em. Today I listen to another LP with California Ramblers. Their output on records is enormous until 1930 when they dropped the name and became Ted Wallace and his Orchestra on records (…) read more and listenread more and listen