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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
NOVEMBER
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COLUMBIA' NEWS GLEANINGS'
Rotogravure Advertisement of New Demonstra
tion Record Most Artistic-Activity in Middle
West-New Stores Open in States of Ohio,
Illinois', California, New Y ork-Other News
A very interesting feature of the rotogravure
sec tion of the )lew York Times on Sunday last
was the ad 'v ertisement of the Col umbi a Phono
gr,aph Co., devoted t o the new ,pecial demon
stration Co lumbi a New Process record. T he
layou t was most artistic, the material con
\'i ncing a nd the \\'hole consti tut ed a very ex
a ll e nt appeal to public atte ntion . The ten-inch
demonstration record whic h went on sale on
November 17, and which has been referred to
se,veral times in The Review, features Charles
Hackett, tenor; Toscha Seide l, v iolinist ; the
Co lu'mbia Symphony Orchestra, a nd Ted Lewi s
and His Band. It ha s been priced at twenty
five cen ts.
A. H. Creal, regional reprl'senta ti ve of th e
Co lumbia Phono g raph Co., has just completed
an extensive trip throu g hout the Middle 'v\'est
er n States and reports that dealer ex hibition s
of Co lum bia New Proce ss records a nd new
Co lumbi as through out the section visite d indi
cate that the suppl y will not keep up with the
demands during the Winter months.
M ax Frank has opened a n exclusive s hop on
Twelfth and Vine s tr ee ts, Cin c innati, O. He
was formerly connected with a number of prom
in ent esta blishments.
J. Fred Dietz and S. M. Eggers recently
ope n ed the D. & E. Co lumb ia Shop at 11 \Veq
Seventh s treet , Cincinnati, O . The place is
admi rab ly eq uipped .
The Lyric Theatre Music Shop, of Indian
apol is, Ind., has opened a nrw store in Ir ving
ton, a sub urb of th a t city. Modern fixtures and
booths have been installed b y the proprietor,
1. Seidel.
The :Melody }vlusic Shop, 4103 South State
street, Chicago, III., is a recent addition to the
Co lumbi a family.
The]' E. De Prez Co., of S helb eyvi lle, Ind.,
has just taken on the new Columbia line and
the Columbia N ew Process r eco rd s.
B. H. 1/1illi ga n, who rece ntl y purchased the
Symp ho n y Music Shop at 1020 Wilson ave nue,
Chicago, has insta lled' a full line of New Process
Col umbi a reco rds and Co lumbia phonograp h s.
The A. Gressett Music' House, Meridian,
Miss., which recentl y' took on the Columbia
lin e, is adve rti s in g extensivel y in the local
papers.
T he Grunewa ld Hou se of New Orleans, La.,
reports a large busines s in Colum bia New
l ' rocess records.
The Stark-Dooley Music Co., w ho r ece ntl y
opened a new sto r e at 245 Sou th \'V es tern ave
IIU e, Los A ng ele" Cal., is handlin g the Colum
bia line in an aggressive manner.
Th e Co lu m b ia Grafonola Shop at Hollywood,
Cal., which ha s opened a branch at Sa nta Ana,
is ha ndlin g- Co lumbia phonographs and records
excl u s ive ly.
The recent formal opening of th e Co lumbia
Music Shop' in Buffalo, N, Y. , was quite an
C'vent; two orchestras furnished concerts during
th e day and souve nir s were given to a ll patrons.
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The opening of this excl usive Co lumb ia dea ler
was we lt' advertised and Messrs. Fr erdman an d
Rosenber g, proprietors, are well p leased with
the support _vo uchsafed th em by the p ubli c.
The fir st an ni versary of the opening of J.
Dombrowski 's Musie Sto re, exc lu,ive Co lum
bia d ea le r, Buffalo, :-J. Y., on Novem b er 10, was
an eve nt of great importance in th at city.
There was an enormo us crowd in attenda nce
who enjoyed a splendid mu~ical program.
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full line of new Co lumbia phono g raph s and ;.Jew
Process records were di s played.
The Columbia Phonograph Cb. mad e a very
ha nd some displa y of new Co lumbias an d New
Process records at the I3etter Homes F xh ib it
held at th e Broadway .'\ udit oriu111 in Rnffalo
durin g the week of :-Iovember 12.
Bieder Bros., prominent Columbia dealers of
Huffalo·, :-I. Y., have c lo se d co ntr acts for the
e r ection of a new buildin g wh ich will give them
a g reatly enla r ge d phono graph department.
SPECIAL VICTOR FOREIGN RECORDS
Interesting Special Release of German, Italian
and Hebrew Numbers Announced
Somewhat of an innovation in Victor record
relea ses was found in the announcemrnt of a
release o f eight foreign specials to be placed
on sa le December 21 and 'in cluding' three Ger
man recor ds, two· Italian and three Jewish. Par
ticularly interesting is th e circu lar a nn ou nci n g
the specia ls calling attention to the charac ter
of th e se lec tion s an d th eir popularit y in thi s
('ountry . Somet hin g is also sa id re ga rdin g the
r ecordi ng or ganizations, in c ludin g the Victor
Schrammel Orches tra, which pla ys two Yi en
nese wa ltzes; Harry Steier, the German tenor,
~~-ho will appear s hortl y with the C hi cago Opera
Co., who s in gs popular son gs from I3er lin ; Eu
ge nio G ibe lli, who sings two Italian numbers,
and others of r eputation.
B. H. SMITH IN NEW POST
CU:Vf.l_\!oIJ), 0 .. ~()\"(:mbcr 19.-· -.\ va luable addi
tion to th e force of the Colulllbia P ho·no g raph
Co. Cleveland branch i, H. H . Smit h, who ha s
been tran sfe.rred from the exec uti ve offic·e to
take cha r ge of the record departme nt in thi s
branch. Tht: appearance of Bessie Smith, t>x
clusive Co lumbi a a rti st, at th e G lobe Theatre
earl y thi s month great ly "timulat ed the sale of
he r record s amo ng the colored l>e ople. Co lulll
bi a dealer s had a full-page advertisement in the
Gazette, th e lo ca l colored newspap e r, and t h e)
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WOOLLEY & MORE'S FORMAL OPENING
?lf ER IUI, :-<, COKN., No\'ember 19. Th e openi ng of
\ Voo ll ey & Mor e's new music store h e re n:
(en tl y was a tremendous success. L cs Lyon 's
Orchestra furnished mu sic durin g th e afternoon
a nd eve nin g. So uv enirs were distributed to a ll.
The unusually la r ge crowds whi ch filed in a nd
out of the stor e a ll day and late into th e ni g ht
display ed co n s iderable inter es t in th e new
Columbia phonographs. The announcement 01
th e openin g was carried throu gh with special
let ters to prese nt cus tomers and prosp ect~.
I PHONOCRAPHS
AND
CARUSO ROYALTIES HALF MILLION
Court Records Show Victor Paid $585,727 to
Tenor's Heirs in Two Years
.Roya lti es tota li ng ~ 585,7 27 were paid .to the
estate of Enrico Car uso, for the yea rs 1921 and
1922, on contracts with the Vi ctor Talking' Ma
chine Co., for whom Car uso mad e r eco rd s_ This
was disclosed in an accounting filed last week
in the Co urt of Chancery at Trenton by tile
,-. idow , :Mrs. Doroth y Park Benjamin Caruso.
{Tnder the contract the Car uso es tate is entitled
to 10 per cen t roya lti es fo r an indefinite number
of years.
Mrs. Ca ru so, w ho was anci ll ary executrix of
th e estate in :-lew Jersey, filed with the ac
counting a petition that h er distribution of the
Victor royaltie s be approve d an d that thereafter
the Yictor Co . distribute th e royalti,cs to the
beneficiaries without her inter vention as admin
istratrix.
:\n agreement provides for the payment of
royalties annually. Another Naples court d e- .
cr,ee, dated June 16, 1922, authorizes the pay
ment of roya lt ies as follows: One-eighth eac h
to the so ns, widow and brother, and of the
remaining fo ur-e ighth s, two -e igh th s to the widow
as tutor for Gloria, the te nor's daughter, a nd
the remainin g two-ei g hths to be deposited in
the bank to Gloria's acco unt.
VOCAUON EUROPEAN RECORDS
First Listings of Records Made From European
Masters Taken From Catalogs of Leading
European Countries by Recent Agreement to
Be Released to American Trade in Future
The Aeo li an Co. has announced the fi';st li s t
in gs of Europea n recordings on Vo cal io n rec
ords made possibl e as a result of excl usive con
tract s co nsummated wit h recordin g' labora tori es
on the Continent by Oscar \'\-. Ray, gl' neral
manag er of the Voca li on record di v is ion of th e
"'eolian Co. , w hil e in Europe some time ago.
The iirs t . of t he new list will b e issued late this
Inonth a nd \l'ill in clude se le ction s from the cat
a logs of the Polyphon Co. and of th e :\ 1;I:lno
J ,aboratories in Ital y. :\1any prominent artist s
are represent ed.
As a re s ult of the agreeme nts made with the
l'ol y phon and iVlilano Labo ratorie s, together
with the production of the Vocalion Rec ordin ::
r.aborat ory in Londo.n, there will be mad e ava il ·
able to the dealer s and the public in this co un
I ry so m " 12,000 new nu m bers,- including a spe
cia l li st of German Christ mas reco r d s that a re
no \\' be in g forwa rd ed to Voca lion distributor s
\\fith appropr ia te ad vert ising matter for this
,eason of the year.
The I': u ropea n recordings to be announced
wi ll ' h~li ste d ' iIi conjunction with the re gular
Voca lion ca talo t( a nd the li sts will b e a u gmented
wit h new re co rd s in Polish, Russi an, German,
llalian, Hebr ew and other languages.
Reor ganization of the talkin g ma ch in e de part
ment of Hahn e & Co. , on e of the lar ge de part
. ment stores of Newark, N. J., has ju st been
effected and _\ . F . :\1aco un has been made buyer
;' nd .sales managrr,
RECORDS
THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO.
CHICAGO
NEW YORK
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