Edison Diamond Discs 1912-1929
This page covers the 52000 series from 52000 to 52651 with issue dates ranging from 1927 to 1929. Earlier issues can be found on other pages. The 50000 series was the popular music and performance tier. It had the lowest price starting at $1.00 in 1912, increasing slightly over the years, and was the best-selling of the tiers.

Thomas Edison resisted electrical recording until 1927 with Catalog Number 52089, relying on his bad hearing and judging issues by other labels and experiments in his own laboratory as too distorted. After the introduction of electrical recording to the Diamond Disc, the technical quality of the resulting issues was arguably problematic. Using General Electric's equipment instead of the Western Electric system combined with the continued use of the vertical-cut, recordings came out a little less natural than possible and muddier because of the high base. However, they were still meant to be played with an acoustic reproducer and modern processing/correcting can make them sound quite good. Both versions are presented for the electrical recordings below. Yet the public still favored celebrity and equipment standardization, two boats the Edison Label was too late getting aboard and it folded just days after the stock market crash in 1929.
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There Ain't No Maybe In My Baby's Eyes	It's A Happy Old World After All
Al Lynn's Music Masters	Al Lynn's Music Masters
Edison 52004-R	Edison 52004-L
Matrix# 11649-C-1-2	Matrix# 11650-C-1-1
April 14, 1927	April 14, 1927
New York, New York	New York, New York

Electrical Recording Begins

Flapperette	Dizzy Fingers
Magnante-Carlino-Lange Trio	Magnante-Carlino-Lange Trio
Edison 52126-R	Edison 52126-L
Matrix# 11976-A-1-2	Matrix# 11977-A-2-2
October 22, 1927	October 22, 1927
New York, New York	New York, New York
Electrical	Electrical

My Blue Heaven	The Calinda
Al Friedman and his "Yoeng's" Orchestra	Louis Lilienfeld with his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra
Edison 52128-R	Edison 52128-L
Matrix# 11986-A-1-12	Matrix# 11933-G-2-6
October 27, 1927	October 25, 1927
New York, New York	New York, New York
Electrical	Electrical

Down South	Sing Me A Baby Song
B. A. Rolfe and his Palais D'Or Orchestra	Ernie Golden and his McAlpin Orchestra
Edison 52132-R	Edison 52132-L
Matrix# 11991-B-2-3	Matrix# 18001-A-1-4
October 28, 1927	November 1, 1927
New York, New York	New York, New York
Electrical	Electrical

In Jail	Motoring
Two Dark Knights	Two Dark Knights
Edison 52133-R	Edison 52133-L
Matrix# 11997-A-1-7	Matrix# 11998-A-2-5
October 31, 1927	October 31, 1927
New York, New York	New York, New York
Electrical	Electrical

Dancing Shadows	Rose of Monterey
Ernie Golden and His Hotel McAlpin Orchestra	Ernie Golden and His Hotel McAlpin Orchestra
Edison 52138-R	Edison 52138-L
Matrix# 18002-C-2-1	Matrix# 18003-A-2-3
November 1, 1927	November 1, 1927
New York, New York	New York, New York
Electrical	Electrical

Among My Souvenirs	Rain
B. A. Rolfe and his Palais D'Or Orchestra	Al Friedman and his "Yoeng's" Orchestra
Edison 52155-R	Edison 52155-L
Matrix# 18070-A-2-4	Matrix# 18072-A-2-3
November 30, 1927	December 1, 1927
New York, New York	New York, New York
Electrical	Electrical

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