[78-L] "Columbia Record" reprint available (1904-1907)

[Ryan Barna]

Greetings! I've just completed the first set of reprints for the "Columbia Record" from 1904 to 1907. (If you've never heard of the Columbia Record, it was pretty much the "Edison Phonograph Monthly" and "The Voice of the Victor" for Columbia dealers, and it's scarcer.) I've reproduced these from the best surviving copies, combined from two major library collections, and they have not been digitized as of yet. You'll find a lot of extraordinary detail in these, from company history and new developments to monthly record releases, including lists of the bestselling discs and cylinders from 1905 to 1907. Page samples and article highlights are available at http://www.phonostalgia.com/columbiarecord/samples.html. The price for a set of all four is $49 postpaid in the US and Canada, $64 elsewhere, but you can also buy them individually at $14 each for 1905-1907, or $16 for 1904 (it's more pages). This is the lowest I can get them for now due to production costs. The series will eventually run to 1917 but it will be another month or two before I can get that far. More details on ordering is available at http://www.phonostalgia.com/columbiarecord. If you're a public library or an institute, I can also mail you a set with an invoice enclosed. If you're still not sure if these are right for you, watch the Phonostalgia Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/phonostalgia, as I will be posting more examples from them during the week. It's an essential reference set for early sound and discography research. -Ryan