September 12, 1925.
PRESTO
NEW HARMONY RECORDS
Columbia Phonograph Company Sends No-
tice to Trade of First Release of a Quality
Record at a Popular Price.
Notice of the first release of the New Harmony
Record—"a quality record at a popular price," has
just been sent out to the trade. These records,
which are manufactured by the Columbia Phono-
graph Company, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., are placed
on the market in order to meet the extensive popular
demand for a medium price record of high quality.
The record is manufactured from the best mate-
rials, has an extremely smooth surface, bears an at-
tractive and distinctive label, and will be kept up to
date by the monthly or more frequent issue of all
the latest dance and popular song selections of the
day.
The list price printed on the label of the Har-
mony record is 50c east of the Rocky Mountains and
55c west of the Rocky Mountains. At this price the
dealer is offered a very attractive profit.
The first release of the New Harmony, consisting
of nineteen 10-inch records, contains the following
selections:
Dances—Yes Sir, That's My Baby, fox trot, Har-
mony Dance orchestra (vocal chorus by Billy Jones),
and Cecilia, fox trot, Harmony Dance Orchestra;
I Miss My Swiss, fox trot, The Southern Serenaders
(vocal chorus by Billy Jones), and Steppin' In So-
ciety, fox trot, The Manhattan Dance Makers; Are
You Sorry?, fox trot, The Manhattan Dance Mak-
ers, and Alone at Last, fox trot, The Southern Sere-
naders; Yearning, fox trot. The Promenaders, and
Titina (from "Puzzles of 1925"), fox trot, The Prome-
naders (vocal chorus by Billy Jones); Collegiate, fox
trot, Joe Friedman's Monte Carlo orchestra (vocal
chorus by Billy Jones), and On a Night Like This,
fox trot, Joe Friedman's Monte Carlo orchestra; Row,
Row, Rosie, fox trot, The Manhattan Dance Mak-
ers, (Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields), and I'm Tired
of Everything but You, fox trot, Harmony Dance
orchestra; Oh! Boy, What a Girl, fox trot, Joe Fried-
man's Monte Carlo orchestra (vocal chorus by the
orchestra), and Say Arabella, fox trot, Fred Hall's
orchestra; You Forgot to Remember, waltz, The
Moonlight Serenaders, and Sometime, waltz, The
Moonlight Serenaders; Rabbit Foot Blues, blues fox
trot, Clarinet Joe and His Hot-Footers, and What
Kinda Man Is You?, blues fox trot, Clarinet Joe
and His Hot-Footers.
Vocal Selections—Sometime, solo, orchestra ac-
companiment, and You Forgot to Remember, solo,
orchestra accompaniment, Franklyn Baur, tenor;
Ev'ry One Home Is Asking For You, duet, orches-
tra accompaniment, Franklyn Baur and Elliott Shaw,
and Silver Head, solo, orchestra accompaniment,
Ernest Hare, baritone; I Miss My Swiss, duet, or-
chestra accompaniment, Billy Jones and Ernest Hare,
and Oh Say! Can I See You Tonight, duet, orches-
tra accompaniment, Billy Jones and Ernest Hare;
Smile All the While, solo, orchestra accompaniment,
and Remember I'm Your Pal, solo, orchestra accom-
paniment, Arthur Fields, baritone.
Sacred Selections—Holy, Holy, Holy, male quartet,
organ and violin accompaniment, The Cathedral
Quartet, and Lead, Kindly Light, solo, organ and
violin accompaniment, Elliott Shaw, baritone; Abide
with Me, male quartet, organ and violin accompani-
ment, The Cathedral Quartet, and Safe in the Arms
of Jesus, duet, organ and violin accompaniment,
Franklyn Baur and Elliott Shaw.
Band Selections—The Handicap, march, and The
Joy Riders, march. The Harmony Military Band.
Hawaiian Selections—Dark Hawaiian Eyes, steel
guitar, novelty guitar accompaniment, by Tohn Paal-
hui, Frank Ferera, and Dreamy Hawaii, steel guitar,
novelty guitar accompaniment, by Anthony Fran-
chini, Frank Ferera.
Irish Ballads—The Harp That Once Through
Tara's Halls, solo, orchestra accompaniment, and In
Dublin's Fair City, solo, orchestra accompaniment,
James O'Neill, tenor.
Novelty Banjo and Vocal Selections—Goodbye,
Liza Jane, solo, orchestra accompaniment, Harry C.
Browne, baritone, and Uncle Ned, solo, orchestra
accompaniment, Harry C. Browne with male quar-
tet.
A. C. MAYER RETURNS.
A. C. Mayer, special representative of the Victor
Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J., has returned
from a trip to the Pacific Northwest, visiting the
various Victor dealers and giving sales talks. He
returned east by way of Portland and reports that the
dealers are all rceiving his talk on salesmanship with
enthusiasm.
The city council of Honey Grove, Tex., has author-
ized the levying of a tax to support the Honey Grove
Municipal Band, under a new state law.
HIGH GRADE
PROFITS IN PORTABLES
Little Talking Machine with All-the-Year-
Round Possibilities of Growing Interest
to Dealers Everywhere.
This has been an excellent portable talking ma-
chine summer and a strange fact noted by one big
dealer was that sales of portables kept pace with
those of radio sets. Quite a prevailing idea is that
the radio is a killer for the phonograph.
But while radio may effect sales of the large size
talking machines it certainly does not disturb the
portable trade in a similar way. The portable talk-
ing machine is now considered a good all-the-year-
round seller.
Every dealer, however, does not realize that inter-
esting fact but those who saw the opportunities
early last spring and prepared to take advantage of
them are now happy in the possession of the profits.
Of course the portable type has advantages not en-
joyed by the larger sizes. It is compact, neat and
the cost is low. Then it has the desirable ability to
withstand abuse and is as easily carried as a suitcase.
These are strong reasons why the portable interests
the customer in the vacation season and the same
reasons hold good in the winter.
With the possibilities of a quick turnover and a
market spread all over the year the portable talking
machine business is an alluring one. Mild weather
prevails all through the year in a considerable por-
tion of the United States so the all-the-year-round
character of the little instrument appeals. It is a
wise dealer who gets his business on this basis. He
will soon review the results with complete satisfac-
tion.
NEW DE FOREST DEVICE.
The De Forest Radio Co. has placed on the market
a radiation preventer designed to put an end to the
interference occasioned through the improper use of
regenerative receivers or of other types of receivers
that have been poorly constructed. The new device
may be easily installed in any set at a very low ex-
pense and completely eliminates any chance of the
receiver rebroadcasting.
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