Cylinder Record, Wax - Since I First Met You - Unknown - 1896 - Columbia (Pre-Matrix)

Object/Artifact

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Heritage Acres

Name/Title

Cylinder Record, Wax - Since I First Met You - Unknown - 1896 - Columbia (Pre-Matrix)

Entry/Object ID

1967.028.187

Description

Since I First Met You - Unknown - 1896 - Columbia (Pre-Matrix)

Use

Analogue Audio Recording

Context

This is an early direct transfer record made by recording clones from a wax master; as opposed to the later records which were moulded. Likely the oldest record in the SHAS collection. 1896 date is an estimate, possibly as early as 1894, no later than 1898; as it has no serial number. Song title hand written on the run-in.