The talking machine world (Oct-Dec 1921)

142 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD November 15, 1921 NEW OKEH RECORD ARTISTS Virginia Female Jubilee Singers Added to Okeh Library — Sing Negro Spirituals in True Spirit A permanent demand for these Okeh spirituals is anticipated, and considerable care and attention were devoted to the recordings. The General Phonograph Corp. has just announced a series of Okeh records by a new combination o£ singers known as the Virginia Female Jubilee Singers. For months the company's representatives had been touring the South in INAUGURATES SELLING CAMPAIGN Jones-Motrola, Inc., Expands Line of Distributors and Representation for Well-known Motrola — Latest Product Wins Praise Virginia Female Jubilee Singers search of artists who were capable of interpreting realistically the old-fashioned negro spirituals and -they recently discovered this quartet of singers in the country regions of Virginia and engaged them for the Okeh library. These four young girls are so filled w'th the true religious spirit that they have an extensive knowledge of all the spir'tuals. which have attained any degree of popularity, and which have been handed down in folk-song fashion from one generation to another. They sing without any accompaniment and their first Okeh records have been praised enthusiastically. The company is releasing these records as standard numbers, and not as novelty selections. Jones-Motrola, Inc., New York City, manufacturer of the "Motrola," an electric phonograph winding device, has put an extensive selling campaign behind the "New Motora" with Universal n.'Otor. The sales organization of the company has been materially expanded within the last few months and a representative list of prominent distributors has been secured for this wellknown device throughout the country. The price of the new Motrola, $19.50, in comparison with the former price, has proved very popular, and at the present time the factory of the company is working at full capacity to take care of the large volume of orders being received. This considerable reduction in price has been made possible through the lower cost of production and the reduction in price of raw materials. Also the estimated increased volume of business at the lower price was taken into consideration. The "New Motrola" has a universal motor operating on electric currents from 105 to 125 volts, and special types are produced for the 32-volt farm lighting currents and localities where 200 to 250 volts are used. All the distributors who have taken on the Jones-Motrola line are enthusiastic over the product and are featuring it in tlieir respective territories in an energetic way. IHE RESURRECTONE — lateral Patented Jan. 21. 1919 Patents Pending June 22. 1915 FREE OF BLAST CLEAR AND SMOOTH SOUND Order a sample now. 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