Digital Collections

Since there were a finite number of Edison Diamond Discs, it may be more practical and economical for find copies already digitized by others. Here is is a list of resources where you may find already digitized copies:

 

The Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara has a collection of 6000 digitized cylinders including 1880 digitized Edison Diamond Discs. This is a great place to start, as they are all cataloged with relevant searchable metadata.

The Library of Congress, through its Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, houses a large collection of Edision Diamond Discs, many of which have been digitized and are available online. According to its website, "the analog audio from the cylinders and discs were transferred to Digital Audio Tape (DAT) to produce a master source for digitization. Some surface noise and scratching may be apparent on the recordings since they have not been enhanced or altered in any way from their original state."

Wyatt A Marcusprovides access to some digitized recordings of Edison Diamond discs on his website

WBWC 88.3 "The Sting" has a radio show called "Archived Audio" which provides links to digitized recordings of Edison Diamond Discs. They focus on the early 1900's-- this is mixed collection in various formats.

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound at the New York Public Library has a collection that is available to browse online.

Diamond Cut Productions offers and digitized collection of Diamond Discs, not available online, but they can be purchased on CD.