BA Rolfe, Billy Murray, > From: esroberto at hotmail.com> To: phono-l at oldcrank.org> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:20:50 -0500> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono-L and Censorship> > Great points, all. Know your customer base. Aside from the Happiness Boys, > Dalhart and Rachmaninoff, what major stars recorded regularly for Edison? > All the titles I ever see aren't by artists I'd call major stars of the era.> > > r.> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Diamondiskman at aol.com>> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org>> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 10:34 PM> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Phono-L and Censorship> > > > Edison stuck to the mores, business models, and audience awareness of the> > late 19th century far too long. He came from an time when the people who > > built> > the best machines, for the best prices, got the most business. He relied > > way> > too much on word of mouth, and skimped on advertising.> >> > Edison also inexplicably missed out on the fact that from 1900 on, > > American> > cities boomed, and the rural audience that had been so loyal to him began > > its> > long, slow decline that continues to this day. Victor seized the moment.> > They advertised heavily, and often, in large, urban-oriented > > publications. To> > see one of Victor's lavish, colorful spreads in a magazine from that era > > almost> > makes an Edison fan wince. Victor also invented the "star" system, with> > their long-term contracts. Edison thought it was better to get a > > half-dozen of> > the great artists' best titles, and not be "stuck" with paying them any > > more> > money for "lesser material."> >> > It is fitting that one of the world's most famous trademarks, (Nipper,) > > has> > a gramophone painted over an Edison cylinder machine, and that one of the> > most famous Edison advertising pieces has two toothless geezers singing > > along> > with a cylinder machine.> >> > DISCLAIMER!> >> > To all of you toothless geezers out there. Please do not take offense. I > > am> > approaching geezerdom at an ever accelerating pace, and my dentist takes > > more> > of my money every year.> >> > Randy> > _______________________________________________> > Phono-L mailing list> > Phono-L at oldcrank.org> >> > Phono-L Archive> > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/> >> > Support Phono-L> > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank> > > > _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> Phono-L at oldcrank.org> > Phono-L Archive> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/> > Support Phono-L> http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank