The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1909)

36 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. First Announcement of Columbia 4-MINUTE Indestructible Records "The ONLY 4-minute records that are right" PRICE 50c. They fit any make of phonograph or graphophone (with 200 thread attachment). They play the complete selection — averaging fully 4h minutes — clearest, most brilliant tone you ever heard — and they NEVER BREAK and NEVER WEAR OUT! At last a cylinder record which will play from four to five The First 20 NlimbeFS minutes, and which is at the same time practical and unbreakable, nAA, . . ~ , ,,, , _^ ^ , , T „ . „•„. ' r 3001 — American Patrol (Meacham) Played by Lacalle s Band is an accomplished fact. 3002— Selections from '"Carmen" (Bizet) Played by Lacalle's Band The one supreme obstacle in the way of producing a cylinder 3003— Medley of 1909 Hits (Arranged by Lacalle), • , , , , .... , , , , , Played by Lacalle's Band record of two hundred threads to the inch, instead of one hundred 3004-Tres Jolie-Waltz (Waldteufel) Played by Lacalle's Band (the equipment of the ordinary two-minute record) and pro 3005 — Selections from "Havana" (Stuart) Played by Lacalle's Band during at the same time a record which would be commercially 3006— Dancing on the Housetop-Schottische (Christie), Played by Lacalle s Band practicable and stand the test of wear, has so far lain in the 3007— Selection from "Cavalleria Rusticana" (Mascagni), extreme delicacy of the wax-like material ordinarily used, and „ . . ■ . _ . Played bY Lacalle's Orchestra 3008 — Moraima — Spanish Caprice (Lspmosa), the apparent impossibility of recording this astonishing number Played by Lacalle's Orchestra of threads without breaking down the walls, of almost inconceiv 3009-Salut d' Amour (Love's Greeting) (Elgar) & ' Violin Solo by W. Dorfman able fineness, which separate the tone furrows from each other. 3010— The Star of Bethlehem (Adams), This difficulty has been solved for all time by the production of Tenor Sol° by Henry Burr' °rchestra accompaniment 3011 — Down Where the Big Bananas Grow (Barrom). Tenor and Banthe Columbia Indestructible 4-Minute Record. tone duet by Byron G. Harlan and Arthur Collins. Orchestra What this means to cylinder record users is almost impos accompaniment. , , _, ' , , . 3012— Carolina Minstrels No. 1. sible to appreciate at a casual glance, ihe two-minute Columbia QA1Q T* -r ti j ti at t t • /c i \ t a i. ■ rr . & 3013 — If I Had a thousand Lives to Live (Solman). Tenor and ban Indestructible Record at 35 cents, with its matchless tonal quali tone duet by Henry Burr and Frank C. Stanley. Orchestra ac ties and unbreakable texture, has been universally conceded to be ^omPa"im^nt .\ 3014 — Where the Sunset Turns the Ocean s Blue to Gold (Petrie), the greatest boon to cylinder record users ever introduced. But Tenor solo by Byron G. Harlan. Orchestra accompaniment the 4-Minute Indestructible Record at 50 cents will, it is safe to 3015— Medley of Plantation Songs. . .Quartette. Orchestra accompaniment say, more than double the entertainment, economy, and profit of 3016-Red Head (Franklin and Green), J ' Soprano solo by Ada Jones. Orchestra accompaniment the two-minute record. The thinning of the tone walls, far from 3017 — When the Bell in the Lighthouse Rings, Ding, Dong (Solman), , • , 1 , 11 Bass solo by Frank C. Stanley. Orchestra accompaniment impairing the record in any manner whatsoever, has actually 3018-Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Holbrook) Sung by Choir resulted in a finer, purer, clearer and more thoroughly musical 3019— What Makes the World Go Round? From "A Broken Idol." tone-all this in addition to the principal gain, namely, the <™ afms and ^J^^K, S,opran° a"d+baritone duet hy r r & ' J' Ease Stevenson and Frank C. Stanley. Orchestra accompaniment doubled length of the performance. 3020— The Arkansas Traveler Original Sketch by Len Spencer Combination 4-Minute and 2-Minute Attachment for Columbia Cylinder Graphophones Any phonograph equipped with a 200-thread attachment for 4-min ute records will play Columbia Indestructible 4-minute records. The attachment for Columbia Cylinder Graphophones is a marvel of simplicity and efficiency — all you have to do is to shift a lever in order to play either 4-minute or the regular 2-minute Indestructible Records. The same reproducer point plays both records. $5 is to be added to the selling price of all new Columbia Cylinder Graphophones so equipped. Dealers will be able to equip Columbia Cylinder Graphophones with the 200-thread attachment for $7.50. Columbia Phonograph Company, Gen'I Tribune Building, New York