Test Pressings
The following are records pressed in very small numbers for internal company review and not for the public. Quality may or may not be on par with official releases and labels are either quite plain or even non-existent. They are usually the only existing source for rejected titles and takes.
Encoded Speed: 192 Kbps

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Oh! By Jingo
Ted Lewis Jazz Band
Columbia Test Pressing (song never issued)
Matrix# 79046 1-A-, Take 1
March 14, 1920
New York, New York

I Never Knew	Ben Bolt
Henry Burr (only)	Rosalie Miller
Pathé Test Pressing 22261A (take never issued)	Pathé Test Pressing 22251B (was issued)
Matrix# 68117-1E 14	Matrix# 68177-1M 12
ca. November-December 1919	ca. December 1919
Note: Different sides for two different records. Crack halfway in, audible but filtered somewhat.
Note: The released take is sung by Albert Campbell and Henry Burr. Large scratches in middle of recording. "You Never Knew" etched in center. "#20" etched backwards. "X" etched.	Note: "You Never Knew" etched in center with lines drawn across it. "??ea" etched. "X" etched. Oddly it was harder to filter the crack at the beginning; some of it left in. Weird water-drop sound at 1:49.

Silent Night	O Holy Night
Frieda Hempel	Frieda Hempel
Edison Test Pressing 82171-R (take never issued)	Edison Test Pressing 82171-L (take was issued)
Matrix# 6714-C-18-8, Take 3	Matrix# 6817-C 125, Take 3
April 3-14, 1919	June 4-9, 1919
Note: Unfinished edge. Slightly warped.
Note: Lamination crack from 2:57 to end. "N" etched in label for rejection?

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