After 1915, all Edison records were disc mastered. Blue Amberols were dubbed from disc pressings, and the only direct-mastered cylinders from there on out were reissues of direct-mastered ones. This happens to be a test pressing of "Beela Boola" (composed by Joe "Rosey" Rosenthal, 1882-1943), performed by the Electric City 4 on Edison matrix 7596-B, recorded October 20/9, 1920. Notice the improved clarity over the dubbed Blue Amberol version, from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project. This disc version is from http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/12657. Unfortunately, this disc was never released, but the Thomas Edison's Attic Transfer is here. The quartet members were George Weaver, Jenkin Jones, Martin Size, and Joseph Wetter.

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