[78-L] The Grafonola in the Classroom and Col A7505

[Royal Pemberton]

I have A7505, but not handy right now.  'The story of busy Mary' is on
one side?  I don't know what Mae Murray sounds like.  Underneath May's
name on the label (black label gold band on my copy) it says
'Educational Department'.  She tried to keep her voice from sounding
harsh on the recording, to the detriment of understanding what she
says.

I'll try to locate the record tomorrow, do a transfer, and post a link
to the results.

On 2/24/09, Harold Aherne <leotolstoy_75 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> If anyone's interested, Google books now has available a 1920 Columbia
> catalogue aimed at schools for the sake of using Columbia discs to teach,
> and not strictly the designated educational discs either (I think
> A300-A3173?).
> It can be found at
>
> http://tinyurl.com/b57esr
>
> Of course, there's no Art Hickman, Nora Bayes, or Ted Lewis to be found in
> these pages, but there are a number of fascinating pictures and
> illustrations.
>
> Now, something I've been pondering for a while: the artist on 12-inch A7505
> is (as spelt in this catalogue) "May Murray". Is there a chance that it
> might
> be Mae Murray, the film actress? The contents of the disc appear to be
> child-
> oriented, and Rust does not include it in the CED. But it was recorded two
> years
> before Mae Murray the actress became a hit in the 1915 Ziegfeld Follies, and
> perhaps she was willing to take any sort of work. Based on Murray's handful
> of talkie appearances, her voice was rather fluttery, not unlike Billie
> Burke's but
> a little lower in register. Has anyone heard this disc for comparison?
>
> -Harold
>
>
>
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