Forget Me Not By Manuel Romain 1919 Blue Amberol Cylinder Record

I am keeping the romantic spirit alive post Valentine's Day.  This was filmed on February 16 so we still have that spirit in the air.  Here is a Thomas Edison 4 Minute Blue Amberol Cylinder Record played on a Thomas Edison BVI, or VI-B, Amberola Phonograph.  The song is the romantic ballad "Forget Me Not" by Tenor Vocalist Manuel Romain.  It was released in 1919 and the issue number is 3786.  Manuel Romain was born in 1872 and passed away in 1926.  I actually like this song - it has a great chorus.  The cylinder sounds a bit warped and it feels warped when I ran a cleaning cloth over it.  The instrumental music sounds shaky although the vocals turned out fine.  This record is 95 years old - no doubt an Oldie!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qocn2Zs9E90

Photographs of the cylinder ...



 

Information about the record can be found at these links:
http://digilib.syr.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cylinder&CISOPTR=1901&CISOBOX=1&REC=16
http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr%201=1016%20&query=Forget+Me+Not++Manuel+Romain&num=1&start=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=id