semiramide was the opera whose overture became the very first release on blue amberol.
semiramide was the opera whose overture became the very first release on blue amberol.
opera whose overture became the very first release on blue amberol?
semiramide
in november 1912, the new blue amberol records, made out of a type of smooth, hard plastic similar to celluloid invented by edison labs, were introduced for public sale. the first release was number 1501, a performance of the rossini's overture to his opera "semiramide", performed by the american standard orchestra. the plastic blue amberol records were much more durable than wax cylinders. the edison lab claimed a 3000+ playback quota for the blue amberol. in that same year, the edison disc record came out.
edison records
blue amberol records was the trademark for a type of cylinder recording manufactured by the edison records company in the u.s. from 1912 to 1929. made from a nitrocellulose compound developed at the edison laboratory—though occasionally employing bakelite in its stead and always employing an inner layer of plaster—these cylinder records were introduced for public sale in october 1912. the first release in the main, popular series was number 1501, and the last, 5719, issued in october 1929 just as the edison records concern closed up shop. the edison company also maintained separate issue number ranges for foreign, classical and special series that are not included here. the issue numbers are not necessarily continuous as some titles were not released, or otherwise skipped. nevertheless, the blue amberol format was the longest-lived cylinder record series employed by the edison company. these were designed to be played on an amberola, a type of edison machine specially designed for celluloid records that did not play older wax cylinders. blue amberols are more commonly seen today than earlier edison 2-minute brown or black wax and 4-minute black wax amberol records.
list of edison blue amberol records: popular series