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Friday, September 30, 2011

Voice-O-Graph Labelography (Part 7)

This is my seventh update to my Voice-O-Graph Labelography project. I have enough information to post just one more variant for the list today. Sadly it is undated and I have not found anything to corroborate it's age. It is similar to no other disc in the labelography. Presently it is listed as "Yellow Label." I have found evidence of anther disc that I will document later. It is just a red-text variant of the Blue on White disc. I've estimated to date to the 1960s.

Remaining work needs done in the area of date confirmation and integration of the anachronistic metal-core green label discs. I also do not discount the possibility of more color variants. [Contributions are always welcome if you know more.]
Red Top on Yellow: Unknown, assumed to be first disc1943?


GEM Mutoscope Disc: 1945?




Red on Yellow: 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947




Red on Beige: 1946, 1948


Red on Unbleached: Unknown 1940s?



Red On Blue: Years 1947



Teal-on-Unbleached : Year: 1948 (assumed)


Blue on Blue: Year: 1948


Black On Red: 1948



Black on Green: Years:1951,1953 - 1955 (also had metal core variant)



ESO Mutoscope Disc: 1950s?



Mutoscope Black Label: (45 rpm) Years????




Black on White (45 rpm) 1957, 1959




Blue on White: Unknown assumed 1960s?






Black on Yellow: Years 1964



Black on Red: Unknown assumed 1964?



Yellow Label Unknown assumed 1964?

2 comments:

  1. I found your blog while trying to find information about a Voice-o-Graph recording I recently found at an estate sale. It's a curious record. I don't have a turntable so, I can't test the recording, but it appears not to have any grooves. Do you know if that is how these records appear? It has a wonderful yellow and red label advertising Hubert's Museum and flea circus and Sports Palace in NYC's Times Square. If you'd like, I'd be happy to send you photos of the record.

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  2. Yes what you're holding is a blank. The grooves are cut into it with a lathe while it is recording. I think you've found one of these: http://wfmu.org/MACrec/huberts.html

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