From 1921, here is early black recording artist, Noble Sissle, singing "CRAZY BLUES" on a scarce Edison Blue Amberol cylinder from my collection. This cylinder sold incredibly poorly and the fact that it contains some offensive lyrics surely did not help with sales. I own the Edison Diamond Disc version of this selection as well which also sold poorly - but not quite as poorly as the Blue Amberol cylinder version. I played this cylinder on my early 1910 Edison Amberola model 1A phonograph. As always, I thank you for stopping in for a visit and hope you enjoy the video.