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Rare 1916 OPERAPHONE Vertical Record - PLAY ON ALL TALKING MACHINESVERTICAL HILL AND DALE RECORD with the later second style paper label.Singer is credited as Carl Berger, this is probably a Pseudonym for the New Zealand Percy Hemus who recorded the titles for OperaphoneOperaphone Record 1088. Cowles ForgottenArthur Lange The Ashes Of My Heart w orcherstraRecord has a crack Orig Issue Operaphone Vertical-lateral Record 8" 78 rpm. VERTICAL HILL AND DALE RECORDCONDITION: Tight crack from rim to dead wax, VG++ scuffed,, plays EXCELLENT EXCEPTIONALLY QUIET. crack causes clicksStill a NICE COPYPercy Hemus was born in New Zealand in 1878, but was later billed a "America's Baritone" Born:1878-03-07Born in:Auckland, Auckland, North Island, New ZealandDied:1943-12-22 (aged 65)when he performed in many concerts in the USA during the teens and 1920's. He recorded many records for Victor from 1904 up to 1928, and also performed as an Elocutionist, also in Comic Opera, and as a Radio Actor. Member of the cast in The Dutch Masters Minstrels, sponsored by Consolidated Cigars on CBS- Radio (1931). Played the Old Wrangler on The Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters for NBC-Radio (1933-?). Emcee for Madame Sylvia of Hollywood on NBC and NBC-BLUE (1933-1935). The judge on The Court Of Human Relations for the NBC, CBS and Mutual Radio Networks (1934-1939). Doctor Winslow on the NBC and CBS Radio Network soap, The Road Of Life (1937-1943).Born in Auckland, New Zealand 3/7/1878; died 12/22/1943 of a heart attack. He came to America at age seven. He was a singer in church choirs as a child, later was a concert baritone with symphony orchestras and in musical plays. In 1926, he dropped his music career and turned to radio broadcasting.Operaphone Records was a record company in existence from 1915 until 1921, who released numerous phonograph records cut in the hill-and-dale and universal-cut methods.HistoryThe Operaphone Manufacturing Corporation of New York was established by John Fletcher, a professional musician and amateur inventor, in 1914 with George Thomas serving as company president.[1][2] A pressing plant in Long Island City was soon established.[2] Fletcher claimed in a trademark application that he had first used the name Operaphone beginning in March, 1915.[2] Advertising for Operaphone discs first occurred in January 1916, offering 8-inch discs for 35 cents.[1] 12 new discs (24 titles) were released each month.[1] Operaphone claimed their output of discs tripled between January and August 1916.[2] The price of the 10-inch records had been increased to $1.00 by July 1920.[1] The company was reorganized in 1918 as the Operaphone Co., Inc. Eight-inch records were discontinued, some 200 having been produced, and a standard-size 10-inch series of discs was announced, but the records remained vertically cut.[2] This series also failed to capture the public's imagination (and wallets), and a final series of 10-inch records was introduced in July 1919. These discs used Emerson's universal-cut system, which were intended to be playable phonographs using either the vertical or lateral reproducers.[2] These met with the most success, as they are the most commonly-found Operaphone products.[2] In March 1921 it was announced in the trade publication Talking Machine World that Operaphone would quit the record business.[1] The company was purchased by the Remington Phonograph Company, and it was reorganized as the Olympic Disc Record Company.[1] Subsequently, Harry Pace partnered with Fletcher to bring use of the Operaphone pressing facility to the new Black Swan Records.[3]Operaphone also pressed records for client labels, including All-Star, Crescent, Domestic, and Elginola.[2]In Canada, the discs were sold for CAN$0.50, distributed by Canadian Phonograph Company of Toronto.[2]FormatEarly, paint-filled etched-label 8" Operaphone disc and tattered original sleeveMost Operaphone discs are vertically cut, but there is not consistency regarding the groove types of these discs. Some use the narrow-cut process similar to Edison Diamond Discs, while others use the sapphire-ball cut of Pathé Records[4] which is to be expected as some of Operaphone's masters originated from that company.[5] The very earliest Operaphone discs were 7 inches in diameter, vertically cut, with a paint-filled, etched label.[2] This was a very shortly-lived series, as an 8-inch series of vertically-cut discs was quickly introduced.[2] It was claimed that these played as long as a twelve-inch discs.[1] The painted label was replaced by an etched, frosted label similar in appearance to the Edison Diamond Disc, but this labeling format was replaced in August 1916 by a standard paper label.[2] Ten-inch, vertically cut discs were released beginning in July 1918, and then a switch was made in July 1919 to the universal-cut format.[2]GenreOperaphone issued popular material of the day, including sentimental ballads, comic songs, and various instrumental selections, fitting with the motto “Music for Everybody” which appeared on the labels. A few items of moderate jazz interest by the Joseph Samuels outfit, under pseudonym, appear on Operaphone.[4] Fletcher claimed in 1918 that he planned to release “the entire symphonic repertoire”, but nothing ever became of these plans.[2] Despite the label's name, no serious operatic recordings were released on Operaphone.[1] Operaphone attempted to increase record sales by placing highly disparate material on the opposite side of their records. The strategy backfired, and Operaphone ceased the practice within a few months.[2]All material was leased from Pathé, but there are known instances where material appeared on Operaphone as early as a month before the recording was issued on Pathé itself. 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Price: 19.99 USD
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Artist: CLICK RIGHT ARROW > FOR CONDITION, Military Band, Carl Berger, Charles Billings, Turner Roe
Format: Record
Material: Shellac
Genre: Classical, Opera
Record Label: OPERAPHONE Record
Record Size: 8"
Style: A Capella, Aria, Ars Nova, Ballad, Barcarolle, Canon, Cantata, Canzona, Chorale, Duet, Eastern European Music, Elegy, Film Score/Soundtrack, France & Belgium, French Music & Chansons, German music, Germany & Austria, Italian Music, Lied, Lullaby, Madrigal, Mass, Motet, Musical/Original Cast, Oratorio, Requiem, Russian Music, Spanish Music, Traditional & Vocal, Vocal
Speed: 78 RPM
Release Title: Cowles Forgotten/ Lange The Ashes Of My Heart
Language: English, French, Italian
Catalog Number: 1088
Sub-Genre: Russian & Baltic States
