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Summary

The Advertising Record, recorded by Len Spencer circa 1906.

The recording begins, “I am the Edison phonograph …”, and explains the novel benefits of the phonograph from the first person perspective of the machine. A very early landmark of advertising in modern media, this was played widely in shops to entice customers.

Converted to .ogg from PD .wav file provided by the University of California Santa Barbara Cylinder Preservation and Digitisation Project.

Licensing

The author died in 1914, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. Under the Classics Protection and Access Act (17 U.S.C. § 1401), this sound recording is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. Not all audio files are "sound recordings". Sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work are not sound recordings under U.S. copyright law. Use this template's equivalent, {{PD-old-100-expired}}, for works that are not sound recordings.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

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