The Edison phonograph monthly (Jan-Dec 1914)

172 EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY, OCTOBER, 1914 MERLE TILLOTSON TO TOUR WITH WALTER DAMROSCH EDISON audiences will remember with pleasure Merle Tillotson's (Mrs. Bechtel Alcock) exceptionally good contralto voice — one that records splendidly. Her tones are even and true; her interpretations carefully planned and delivered with great skill. Her enunciation also is very clear. The exceptional rendering of "Let Me Dream Again" (Record 2273), revealing the power and beauty of her voice, will be readily recalled. During the 1915 Spring Tour of the Damrosch Orchestra she will be the contralto soloist, an honor that is certainly a compliment to her and a position which she can fill with much credit to herself and delight to her audiences. We wish her much success. THE PHONOGRAPH BUSINESS IS PRETTY BIG ! FEW people have any adequate idea of the popularity of the phonograph today. In Minneapolis alone, we have it on excellent authority, the sale of phonographs outside of records, averages 350,000 per month. That this is a conservative estimate is shown by the receipts of one dealer alone whose sales average 320,000 a month, and he acknowledged he did less than a third of the business in Minneapolis. In 1910 phonographs sold in the United States were valued at 368,000,000. They have increased greatly since then. The people employed in manufacturing and retailing phonographs number more than 40,000 — quite an army. — Talking Machine World. Blake and Burkhart, Philadelphia, report very good business all summer. They have in addition been preparing for a lively fall campaign. FIFTY NEW BRITISH BLUE AMBEROL RECORDS YOUR attention is drawn to the fact that this list embraces eight special Christmas numbers. These should be included in your preparation for Holiday business. There are also well-known selections of standard quality and universal appeal, as well as popular English, Irish and Scotch melodies that are equally as salable as the records in our domestic Supplements. SEPTEMBER, 1914 Price 50 cents each in the United States 65 cents each in Canada 23141 Christmas Time, Wright, Long and Pelham Jack Charman and Chorus 23142 Yule tide Memories National Military Band 23143 Sweet Christmas Bells, Shattuck, Tenor and Bass Ernest Pike and Peter Dawson 23144 The Mistletoe Bough, Bishop and Bayly British Male Quartet 23145 The Star of Bethlehem, Adams and Weatherly, Tenor Hardy Williamson 23146 Why Don't Santa Claus Bring Something to Me? Godfrey and Williams Billy Williams 23147 Nazareth, Gounod, Baritone Peter Dawson 23148 The Street Watchman's Christmas, Winter, Talking Bransby Williams 23149 While Shepherds Watch'd, Tenor Ernest Pike 23150 Christmas at Sea National Military Band and Male Quartet 23208 Star of My Soul, Sidney Jones, Baritone David Brazell 23210 Overture Fest, Leutner H. M. Irish Guards Band 23212 When Love Creeps in Your Heart, Mills and Scott, Tenor Hughes Macklin 23213 Hey, Ho, Can't You Hear the Steamer, Godfrey and Gifford Daisy Taylor 23215 Oh, La, La, That Angel Music Man, Mills and Scott, Baritone Stanley Kirkby 23216 Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still, Carpenter and Wrightson, Tenor and Baritone Hughes Macklin and David Brazell 23217 Clap Hands, Lukos, Baritone Alix Lukos 23218 The Children's Home, Cowen, Cornet Sergt. C. Leggett 23219 Giving a Donkey a Strawberry, Godfrey and Williams Billy Williams 23220 Beyond the Dawn, Weatherly and Sanderson, Tenor Hardy Williamson 23222 Bantry Bay, Molloy, Bass-Baritone T. F. Kinniburgh 23223 Take Me in a Taxi, Joe, Mills and Scott Jack Charman 23224 Time Will Always Bring Forgiveness, Mills and Scott, Tenor Charles Compton 23225 Whitehall March, C. Kottaun National Military Band 23226 Father of Victory March, Ganne National Military Band 23227 Somewhere a Voice is Calling, Tate and Newton, Tenor Hughes Macklin 23228 What a Game It Is, Wow! Wow! Godfrey and Gifford Jack Charman 23229 Play a Hieland Melody, Rule and Castling Daisy Taylor 23230 The Dear Little Shamrock, Cherry and Jackson, Tenor and Baritone Hughes Macklin and David Brazell 23232 Oft in the Stilly Night, Tenor Patrick Hughes 23233 Heroines of History, Lukos, Baritone Alix Lukos 23234 The Way the Wind Blows We'll Go, Judge and Williams, Baritone Stanley Kirkby 23235 The Picture in My Heart, Teschemacher and Lane Wilson, Tenor Charles Compton 23236 I'm Out for the Day Today, Godfrey and Williams Billy Williiams 23237 Ballet Egyptien No. 1, Luigini National Military Band 23238 Bonjour Chichinettes March, Borel-Clerc National Military Band 23239 A Loved Voice, Rutherford and Lane-Wilson, Tenor Hughes Macklin 23240 We Are Going to Have a Nice Afternoon, Leo, Baritone Frank Leo 23241 The Somerset Farmer, Brandon and Lane-Wilson, Baritone H. LaneWilson 23243 Our Hands Have Met But Not Our Hearts, Hood and Wallace, Tenor and Baritone Hughes Macklin and David Brazell 23244 My Southern Maid, Barrett and Darewski, Baritone Stanley Kirkby 23246 Whoops! Let's Do It Again, Hargreaves and Neat Jack Charman 23247 Thoughts and Tears, Bingham and Temple, Tenor Hardy Williamson 23249 Ballet Egyptien No. 2, Luigini National Military Band 23250 I Do Kind of Feel I'm in Love, Christine National Military Band 23251 Dearest and Best, 0' Re illy and Squire, Tenor Hughes Macklin 23253 I Had Such a Beautiful Dream, Barrett and Lyle, Baritone Stanley Kirkby 23254 Whisper and I Shall Hear, Hubi Newcombe and Piccolomini, Tenor and Baritone Hughes Macklin and David Brazell 23256 Hello There! Little Tommy Atkins, Barrett and Darewski Jack Charman 23257 Since Last We Met, Clark and Marchbank, Tenor Charles Compton When entering order for these records, please accompany it with a request for as many printed Supplements (Form 2704) as you can use to good advantage.