s , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁elaborate ▁and ▁beautiful ▁ever ▁to ▁grace ▁ph on ograph ▁records . ▁The ▁labels ▁are ▁co ated ▁in ▁emb oss ed ▁gold ▁fo il ▁in ▁high ▁relief , ▁with ▁a ▁tri o ▁of ▁ang els ▁flying ▁in ▁clouds ▁beside ▁" LE ED S ▁T AL K - O - PH ONE ▁RE C OR DS " ▁in ▁elaborate ▁flow ing ▁letter ing . ▁The ▁lower ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁label ▁shows ▁the ▁record ▁number , ▁song ▁title , ▁and ▁artist , ▁in ▁much ▁more ▁plain ▁type . ▁The ▁whole ▁is ▁surrounded ▁by ▁a ▁fl oral ▁border . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁Le eds ▁records ▁improved . ▁Le eds ▁records ▁were ▁issued ▁under ▁the ▁rare ▁" Cent ury " ▁label , ▁the ▁" S ir ▁Henri " ▁label , ▁the ▁" Im per ial " ▁label , ▁and ▁many ▁others . ▁None ▁of ▁these ▁labels ▁cred ited ▁Le eds ▁as ▁the ▁manufact urer , ▁likely ▁as ▁Le eds ▁was ▁usually ▁in ▁court ▁for ▁in fr ing ing ▁some ▁pat ent , ▁tra dem ark , ▁etc . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁Le eds ▁was ▁rum ored ▁to ▁have ▁begun ▁plans ▁for ▁returning ▁to ▁producing ▁cyl ind ers , ▁sending ▁Ed ison ▁investig ators ▁scatter ing ▁about . ▁Le eds ▁made ▁its ▁last ▁known ▁cyl ind ers ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 , ▁in ▁brown ▁w ax . ▁Columbia ▁made ▁m old ed ▁brown ▁w ax es ▁at