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[edit] Summary

The Advertising Record, recorded by Len Spencer circa 1906.

The recording begins, “I am the Edison phonograph …”, and explains the novel benefits of the phonograph from the first person perspective of the machine. A very early landmark of advertising in modern media, this was played widely in shops to entice customers.

English: Transcript: Advertising Record

Converted to .ogg from PD .wav file here.

[edit] Licensing

Public domain As the assets of Edison Records have been transferred to the National Park Service, this sound recording is now considered to be in the public domain. This may only be claimed for files based on the raw (wav) recordings, the restored MP3 versions from the University of California Santa Barbara Library are available only under an unacceptable non-commercial license. Edison Records

File history

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Date/TimeDimensionsUserComment
current06:40, 22 June 20062m23s (1.38 MB)Pharos (I'm pretty sure there's no point in this being stereo)
23:18, 21 June 20062m23s (1.82 MB)Pharos (The "Advertising Record", recorded by Len Spencer circa 1906. A landmark in commercial advertising, was used very widely in stores to sell the relatively new invention of the phonograph. Converted to .ogg from PD .wav )