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EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY, FEBRUARY, 1914 13
ORVILLE HARROLD LISTENING TO THE DISC
WHILE in Topeka, Kansas, filling an engagement at the Grand Opera House, Orville Harrold listened for the first time, to the Edison Records he had made on the disc, at the display rooms of the Santa Fe Watch Co., our representatives there. He was enthusiastic over the tone quality of the disc and said he considered it far superior to anything he had ever heard in the phonograph line. As Mr. Harrold has made records for other companies, this is a comment worthy of notice. Orville Harrold has had a most rapid rise in public favor as a vocalist of unusual power. Discovered some four or five years ago by Oscar Hammerstein, he appeared in Victor Herbert's opera, "Naughty Marietta" with Mile. Trentini, and afterward as the leading tenor in Mr. Hammerstein's London Opera House, where he did excellent work.
Born in Muncie, Indiana, Mr. Harrold is a thorough American in both taste and tradition.
The following Edison Cylinder records are by him: —
I Hear You Calling Me {Marshall) Mary — Kind and Gentle is She (Richard
28110 28129 son) 28112 28169 28182
Snowy Breasted Pearl (Robinson) Sweetest Story Ever Told (Stults) La Favorita (Donizetti)
Dana F. Parkhurst, formerly connected with the Santa Fe Watch Company, Topeka, Kansas, has become manager of the Edison Department of the Tower Mfg. Company, New York, and is already meeting with splendid success.
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ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE DISC IN ENGLAND
are pleased to learn that the Edison use is shaping well in America and we await with eager anxiety its appearance in the English market. We are not alone in this wish, for we are convinced that the numerous admirers of Mr. Edison in this Country will welcome this latest manifestation of his genius. It is now the psychological moment for its introduction. The public are demanding better records and if their interest is to be sustained they must have them soon. The Edison products have always been admired here by the trade and public alike. The high quality of recording already shown to us in the Blue Amberol gives some earnest idea of what to expect when applied to the increased linear velocity of the disc. And, bear in mind, the superior tone and volume which should accompany these more favorable conditions, are not the least of our expectations." — Sound Wave.
PHONOGRAPH ROYALTIES
ONE interesting development in connection with the phonograph business is the fact that some famous singers and players are receiving in royalties for the records they have made as much as #50,000 a year. This income, at least in the case of the greatest artists, is likely to continue for years to come, as the very fact that they have retired from the stage makes the opportunity to hear them in the phonograph all the more a thing to be desired.
Stock up now with religious selections for the Lenten Season. See "Sacred Records" in Blue Amberol Catalog.