Edison Records (1922)

Page scan 0005 from Edison Records

Record Details:

Title:
Edison Records
Date:
1922
Publisher:
Orange, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Volume:
Edison Re-Creations (1922)
Leaf #:
0005
Language:
English
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date is an estimate
Date Added:
May 02, 2025
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EDISON’S LABORATORY RE-CREATION OF MUSIC ALKING-MACHINE reproductions are but shadows of living voices and the performances ‘of living instrumentalists. They are but soulless reflections of the originals—mere mechanical mimicry. @ We do not make the foregoing statements in a spirit of animosity toward talking-machines, but merely to emphasize their limitations so that by contrast you may the better appreciate the vast difference between talking-machine “‘records” and the Edison Rr-CREATIONS listed on the following pages. @ Edison RE-CREATIONS. are essentially different from talking-machine “records.”’ They are true representations of vocal and instrumental music as produced by living artists. They are not mere shadows. They are the very substance of the living music, alive with all the emotions of the living artist. They are produced through a medium, not by it. @ The RrE-CREATION of music did not come to pass in a day, nor even a year. This unparalleled achievement of ‘Thomas A. Edison represents the expenditure of four years of the tireless energy of the great inventor and his associates, besides an outlay of more than $3,000,000 for experiments alone. These facts are ample evidence that neither pains nor money were spared in evolving the miraculous accomplishment of Music’s RECREATION. | @ Even when Mr. Edison was satisfied that he had achieved his ambition to RE-CREATE the voice a