RECORDING WITH WORDS FORSINGING AND DANCING

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... ~IJ~D~~~P.'-i"c 65443-F 1.50 216223RECORDING WITHOUT WORDS FOR DANCING I. WHO WANTS LOVE? Franz

: :: ND TRULY 2. ~8RE1o'ivJr'tofooJe Rjt,:;my" . Waltz Medley From ·'Merry·Go.Round of 1938"3. ANGEL Robbin and H

_ E Flat 1. Close Your Eyes 4. ~HY ~tL.I'er~oUT LOVE? LeU)se 2. Kosher Kitty Kelly From "Life Begins in College"

• • • 2. Pal of My Cradle Days Fox Trot Recording• " d by Played by FRANK MILN

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AN LOVE CALL YOU FORGOT TO DINNER MUSIC

...... 'Rose Marie" REMEMBER Series No.21. Sweethearts; 2. Irene; 3. Alice Blu

: : : Key of F Waltz. Key of F tie~~e5. so~~idT~~e~. ~~~c¥~c~l: ....•.... Friml Berlin Played by

•••••• Y EDGAR FAIRCHILD PI••ed b. .T. MILTON DELCAMP •:':':' ADAM CARROLL Copyright 1924 by ••

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••.•.•..• the Navy From "Ali Baba Goes to Town" Gorclon & Revel •••

T 3. I CAN'T BE BOTHERED NOW:.:.: X rot From "Damsel in Di.tre••" George GenhuJin Waltz .. F major •••

otterman Fox Trot Recording• •• 0by Played by ROBERT FARQUHAR Rapee·Pollack .•••• ,•

•••••• ARDEN C 1937. 1 and 3, Gershwin Pub. Corp.; 2. Robbins Played b,.:-:.:. Mu.ic Corp. HARRY SHIPMAN.' ."... MAN MADI IN U.S.A. Assisted

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INC WITHOUT WORDS FOR DANCING SAVE THE LAST WALTZ RECORDING WITH WORDS FOR SI :.:-:.

al Co~:~y Favorites TWO HEARTS FOR ME WHY DO I LOVE Y ...• " ions Irom 1925 Music Bo~ Revue Waltz "Show Boat"

Fox Trot Copyrighted 1931 by Harms. Inc. Waltz ~ Key of C Song .. A Flat ••:.:.:. haceofa Sheltering Tree; 2. The Johnson Hammerstein-Ker .. :'.:.<.< e South: 3. Tokio Blues: 4. Tell Her Reisch .. Robinson.. Young.. Stolz •••

in the Springtime. PI.,.e~ by Played by J. MILTON DELby J. MILTON DELCAMP Played by HARRY SHIPMAN THE AMPICO CORPORA •••

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A SURVEY OF AMPICO POP ROLLS

By Vernon Brown

THE STODDARD-AMPICO ERATHE EARLY 5xxxx INSTRUMENTAL ERATHE 5xxxx INSTRUMENTAL & 2xxxxWORD ROLL ERATHE DATED NUMBER ERATHE BLACK BOX-ERA

The Ampico pop collector has avaried array of music to choose from ­ragtime from the teens, jazz from the20s, the sophisticated Milnearrangements from the 30s. The threedecades of Ampico provide eloquentwitness to the development of popularmusic in the first part of this century.Much of this music is found in the20xxxx - 21 xxxx numerical series, butthere is another less well-known seriesof pop rolls with numbers rangingfrom 241 xxx to 222xxx, and there aremany pop rolls numbered in otherseries. The earliest pop rolls areinstrumental (non-word) rolls, and notall 20xxxx rolls are pop rolls. It wasnot until 1922, just two monthsbefore the introduction of the blackbox, that the 20xxxx -21 xxxx seriesbecame exclusively a pop series. AsAmpico pop rolls are by no meansconfined to the so-called Pop Series, Ipropose here to survey all Ampico poprolls and in so doing to provide, inoutline form, a means of dating allsuch rol-Is, if not exactly, at leastapproximately.

But what is a pop roll? It is inmost cases a hit tune at the time ofrecording. It is in most cases a song.And it is in most cases intended fordancing. Most pop rolls satisfy allthree of these conditions, some satisfyonly one or two, and some may satisfynone even though they can hardly beclassified as anything but pop. In thissurvey I have, as nearly as possible,followed Ampico practice. Is the rollincluded in Ampico lists of PopularMusic or Music for Dancing? Is itexcluded from those Ampico catalogswhich exclude pop? Is the composeridentifiable as a pop composer? Is thepianist identifiable as a pop pianist? Isthe selection labeled RECORDINGWITH WORDS FOR SINGING OR

DANCING or RECORDINGWITHOUT WORDS FOR DANCING?Is the selection labeled FOX TROT,ON E-STEP, WALTZ, etc.? Is theselection labeled RECORDING WITHWORDS or RECORDING WITHWORDS FOR SINGING or SONG orBALLAD but numbered with otherrolls which Ampico considered to beof transient rather than lastinginterest?

Even with these guidelines,classification is not always easy. Theborderline between pop and non-popis sometimes a thin one. Is GENERALPERSHING MARCH labeledONE-STEP a pop roll? Is Rubinstein'sMELODY IN F still a light classicwhen arranged and played by Arden &Carroll as a fox trot? Stephen Foster'sand Ernest R. Ball's sentimentalballads were (and are) popular, but arethey pop? Should selections fromoperettas be grouped with opera(classical) or musical comedy (pop)? Isa "folk opera" pop or light classic?And what about DINNER MUSIC andother rolls that include both pop andnon-pop in medleys? There are a goodmany borderline cases, and for thisreason, among others, the figuresbelow should not be taken as absolute.One man's pop may be another man'slight classic.

There are also some Ampico rollnumbers for which titles are missing. Itseems certain that some of thesenumbers were never issued, but it is

1912-19151916-19181918-1921

1921-19221922-1941

probable that the remainder are, forthe most part, pop issues the titles ofwhich are as yet unknown. A list ofthese numbers appears in graph format the end of this survey. "EveryAmpico owner should check hislibrary for these numbers so that themaster Ampico catalog now underpreparation can be as complete aspossible.

The 2080 pop rolls covered int his survey are played by 110"artists", but many of the names arepseudonyms, and in some cases nameswere changed or new names assumed.A list of all known Ampico pop artists'names appears at the end of th issurvey. When the known pseudonymsand dual names are taken intoaccount, ninety-two artists remain.The accompanying chart shows whowas who. The ten leading artists,according to number of rolls played,are Adam Carroll, Victor Arden,Herbert. Clair, Frank Milne, VincentLopez, J. Milton Delcamp, EdgarFairchild, Ferdie Grofe, MurielPollock, and Ralph Rainger. Top artistAdam Carroll played over 500 poprolls in solo or four-handarrangements. Twenty-eight artistsplayed only one roll.

Ampico rolls can be dividednumerically and historically into fivebroad areas:

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AN AMPICO WHO WAS WHO

PSEUDONYM

Felix Gerdts*George Kerr

Andrei Kmita

Victor Lane

Harry Shipman

Corrine de Bert

Elsie Hold*

Robert FarquharJeremy LawrenceBob EdgeworthRalph AddisonErnest LeithEdwin Lester #Noel SherrySherry Brothers

Enrico LavarroHerbert CookeHenri Lefevre*Sascha Baronoff*

Judge, Jr.

ACTUALLY

Marguerite Volavy*

Howard Brockway*

1922-28 J. Milton Delcamp1928-35 Adam Carroll

1920-21 probably Herbert Clair1922-36 Adam Carroll1932 one roll Angelico Valerio

J. Milton DelcampEdgar Fairchildrarely Adam Carroll

L. Leslie Loth*

Frank Milne

Edgar Fairchild, born Milton Suskind,*both names used

unknown

Ralph Rainger, born Ralph Reichenthal, both names used

Victor Arden, born Fillmore Ohman

Herbert Clair, born Herbert Claar

George Dilworth, born Frederick Maizel or Myzel

The Original Piano Trio: Edgar Fairchild, Herbert Clair,George Dilworth

~classical/semiclassicalonlytl:There are two Edwin Lesters; the other one is real.

In the following material the erasare delineated, and the first and lastpop roll in each year are listed. Theserial numbers of these first and lastrolls thus indicate when interveningnumbers were issued. The total

I

number of pop rolls known to havebeen issued in each year is given in

parentheses after the year. An asteriskindicates IIprobable, data inconclusive;plus or minus a few rolls", "pb" standsfor "played by", lIarr" stands for"arranged by", "asst" stands for"assisted" or "assisted by", 11ft"stands for "fox trot", f/SA" $tands for

IIStoddard-Ampico", and "N I" standsfor "never issued". A word roll is onewith song words printed on the roll."Wa Itz" , "ft", 1I1-step", etc areincluded when known. Until 1929 allroll numbers have a letter suffix;absence of suffix indicates a suffix isunknown.

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! ~~aaro~nwico :~ RECORO MUSIC RO~~ II

I 2641C Pric.~, $1.25 ~

~ That Spanish Rag I, S. ymoW" l'u.rth Ii Played by the Composer I, 1'0'" USE. ONLY ON TH£ iI STOOOARO-AUPICO P~"'Y£fl

, AM ERICAN PIANO CO.,t( 'U:W YORK, v. 8. A. ,~.,t:".#a¥.~...-...:~~a.1&

1912-1915 (31)

The earliest American PianoCompany pop recording known tohave been issued as an Ampico roll isSA 2641C THAT SPANISH RAGplayed by the composer, SeymourFurth. But when was this Ampico rollissued? The nature of theStoddard-Ampico numbering systemmakes it impossible to determine theorder in which the rolls were issued orwhether all rolls are accounted for ornot. All Stoddard-Ampico rolls areinstrumental, and all are numbered inone series. The first digit of aStoddard-Ampico number indicatessize in a seven-step gradation beginningwith 2. A letter suffix indicates pricein twenty-five cent incrementsbeginning with A = $0.75. As theStoddard-Ampico roll numbers areRythmodik 88-note roll numbers withdigits reversed, the remaining digits,when read from right to left, indicatethe serial number of the 88-note roll.From the American Piano Companycopyrights and the serial numbers, it ispossible, in most cases, to determinethe approximate date of recording,and if we assume that pop rolls, beingof more or less transient interest, wereissued soon after being recorded, wecan determine the years in which theserolls were probably issued. All we cansay for certain, however, is that therolls were recorded no later than theyear shown and that they were allissued someti me between 1912 and1915. These first Ampico rolls are ingray or dark green boxes withSTODDAR D-AMPICO labels. (SA

numbers on other labels are reissues.)There are 195 knownStoddard-Ampico rolls, and of these,31 (roughly one-sixth) are pop rolls.From this it may be seen that from thebeginning, pop rolls formed asignificant part of Ampico issues.

1912 (1)

SA 2641C (serial 146) THATSPANISH RAG - Furth

1913 (9)

Artists are Otto Winternitz, AlbertGumble, George Fairman, Fred Arno,and George Botsford.

SA 2784B (487) ON THEMISSISSIPPI (for dancing)Carroll-FieldS - Botsford & Gumble

SA 3506D (605) AT UNCLE TOM'SCABIN DOOR - Cowan [unknown]

1914 (12)

The first Pete Wendling rolls appear inth is year. Other artists are HowardBrockway (Kmita), Jane Harold,Malvin Franklin, Otto Winternitz, andFred Schwartz.

SA 2407D (704) ELLI R RES 1ST I B L E - tango - Logatti­Kmita

SA 4179D (971) VALSE JUNE waltzfor dancing - Baxter - Harold

1915 (9)

Artists are William Berge, PeteWendling, Howard Brockway (Kmita),AI Sterling, and Mabel Wayne.

SA 328010 (1082) CHIN CHIN - ft­Caryll - Wendling

SA 20721A (1270) OMARKHAYYAM "PASSING SHOW OF1914" - ft - Romberg - Wayne

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1916 (26)

At the beginning of 1916, a newlabel and a new numbering systemwere introduced. All rolls arenumbered in one series, and none havewords. As the 5xxxx - 6xxxx - 7xxxxInstrumental Series at firstaccommodated all music of whatevercharacter, from 1916 to mid-1918, allpop rolls have 5xxxx numbers.Ampico roll numbers are nowconsecutive, however, and it is possibleto determine the order in which therolls were issued. The last digit(instead of the- first) now indicates sizein a six-step gradation beginning with2. The letter suffix indicates price intwenty-five cent increments beginningwith C (instead of A) = $0.75. Artistsare Pete Wendling, AI Sterling, WilliamE. Berge, Howard Brockway (Kmita),and Mabel Wayne. The 1916 rolls areina dark green box withAMPICO-ARTIGRAPHIC label.

50062D MOON WINKS- 3-step­Stevens - Sterling

5145D* LA CONFESSION - waltz fordancing - Morgan - Berge

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Howard Brockway(Andrei Kmita)

1917 (53)

The last of the nineteen knownAmpico rolls played by Pete Wendlingappears in this year. Louis Fuiks/LouisJ. Fuiks/Victor Arden makes hisappearance early in this year usingLouis Fuiks for his first roll, VictorArden for others. The flowered filigreeborder AMPICO label replaces theAMPICO-ARTIGRAPH IC label duringthis year.

Note "asst W.E.D." below. ManyAmpico pop performances are"Assisted by W.E.D." yet no namewhich matches these initials can befound in any Ampico list of artists.W.E.D. is W. E. Draper who, strangelyenough, never played a roll in his ownright and whose name never appearson an Ampico roll or in AmpicoI iterature. Although there is somemystery as to the nature of hisassistance, he is counted as a pop artistin this survey. An article, completewith photo, in the March 15, 1919MUS I C T R A DEI N D I CATO Rdescribes him as having been"associated with the production of[American Piano Company's handplayed) rolls since their inception".And American Piano Company'sdescription of Rythmodik B13142COME BACK, DIXIE Wenrich pbWendling asst W.E.D. (a 1915

recording which mayor may not haveever been issued as an Ampico roll)states: "Mr. Wendling... with theassistance of Mr. Draper has produceda record possessing the delightfulcharacteristics for which the playing ofthese two artists is justly celebrated".

The three leading 1917 artists, inorder of number of rolls played, areLewis Fuiks/Victor Arden, HowardBrockway (Kmita), and William E.Berge.

51482D* POOR BUTTERFLY- ft­Hubbell - Wendling

54185 *JACK-O-LANTERNSELECTIONS: 1. WAIT TILL THECOWS COME HOME; 2. ASWEETHEART OF MY OWN­Caryl,1 - Arden asst W.E.D.

1918(63)

In mid-1918 the Ampico 2xxxxxWord Roll Series was introduced. Lastdigit indicates size and letter suffixindicates price as above. Instrumentalrolls (both pop and non-pop) continueto be numbered 5xxxx. Word rolls(both pop and non-pop) are nownumbered 2xxxxx. All rolls are now ina dark green box with flowered filigreeborder AMPICO label. The threeleading artists are Louis Fuiks/VictorArden, Joseph Lambert, and DonaldMakay.

INSTRUMENTAL (35)

54194 *I'M COMING BACK TOYOU, POOR BUTTERFLY - Hubbell­Arden & King

56343E ARABIAN NIGHTS - 1-step­David-Hewett - Arden & Lambert

The above thirty-five rolls wereissued prior to the introduction of the2xxxxx series. Seven additionalinstrumental pop rolls appear in thelast half of 1918, but all are reissues ofStoddard-Ampico rolls. Following arethe first and last of these reissues:

56603F DREAMING - waltz - Joyce­Winternitz

5711 F CARMENA - Wilson - Sterling

WORD ROLL (28)

200003E OH! FRENCH - 1-step­Ehrlich-Conrad - Pollock & Arden

200353E* I'M GLAD I CAN MAKEYOU CRY - McCarron-Morgan­

Lambert

1919 (55)

Although the total number ofpop rolls is less than in the previousyear, all pop rolls but one are nowword rolls. Frank Milne makes afleeting appearance in 200513FALOMA Mitchell·Joyce pb Makay &Milne, but does not appear again until1931. Edgar Fairchild makes his firstappearance as a pop artist and playsfive rolls. Leading artists are LouisFuiks/Victor Arden, Robert Joyce,and Herbert Clair.

Louis Fuiks

Edgar Fairchild

INSTRUMENTAL (1)

57533F A CLASSICAL SPASM­1-step - Thomas - Thomas

WORD ROLL (54)

200363E* ON THE SIDEWALKS OFBERLIN -1-step - Keithley - King &Lambert - Edgar Fairchild

200993F* GOLDEN GATE - waltz­Kendis-Brockman - Clair & Joyce

1920 (92)

Louis Fuiks/Victor Arden, theleading artists for the past three years,disappears and is not heard from againuntil 1928. Harry Shipman makes hisdebut - although Adam Carroll doesnot appear for another two years.Unless Adam Carroll was moonlightingat Ampico while working forRepublic, the original Harry Shipmanwas very likely Herbert Clair. Leadingartists are Herber:t Clair (Clair,Shipment), Muriel Pollock, and RobertJoyce. The mottled green box withfretted border label replaces the darkgreen box with filigree border labelduring this year.

The year 1920 marks the end ofAmpico's intimate relationship withRythmodik Record Music Rolls. Fromthe beginning of Ampico until late in

1920, most if not all Ampico pop rollswere made from recordings also issuedas 88-note Rythmodik rolls. Late in1920, American Piano Company soldRythmodik Music Corporation toQRS; the last known Rythmodik poproll is Z107183 MY LITTLE BIMBO(DOWN ON THE BAMBOO ISLE)Clarke-Donaldson pb Scott withprobable issue in November 1920. TheAmpico number for MY LITTLEBIMBO is 58603F with probable issueat about the same time.

Note that Muriel Pollock's TH ELOVE NEST (below) was issued firstas an instrumental roll and later (for25 cents more) as a word roll.

INSTRUMENTAL (12)

58223E THE LOVE NEST "MARY"­Harback-Hirsch - Pollock

58673F I'D LOVE TO FALL ASLEEPAND WAKE UP IN MY MAMMY'SARMS - ft - Lewis-Young-Ahert - Clair

WORD ROLL (80)

201023F* YOU'D BE SURPRISED­ft - Berlin - Clair & Mencher

201983F* THE LOVE NEST"MARY" - Harbach-Hirsch - Pollock

1921 (109)

From 1921 on, American PianoCompany pop recordings areexlusively Ampico, there being noknown pop rolls with 88-noteantecedents. In March 1921, thesix-step size gradation was reduced tothree. Last digits 1, 2, 3 now indicatesmall, medium, large. The changeoccurs between 59253F and 59263Fin the Instrumental Series and between202164F and 202171 F in the WordRoll Series. Leading artists are HerbertClair (Clair, Shipman), VincentYoumans, and [first name unknown]Jensen. All rolls are now in mottledgreen boxes with fretted border labels.

In April 1921, Ampicoabandoned the 5xxxx Instrumental &

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20xxxx Word Roll numbering systemin favor of a new and complex systemin which the date of issue is encodedin the roll number. The new system,however, provided a number seriesexclusively for pop word rolls andanother number series exclusively forpop instrumental rolls. The DatedNumber Pop Word Roll Series numberis a six-digit number with first digit 2or 3. The Dated Number PopInstrumental Series number is asix-digit number with first digit 6,second digit 4. The numbers aredecoded as follows: For the word rollseries, first subtract 2 from the firstdigit, and for the instrumental seriessubtract 6. The first two digits nowindicate the month of issue. The thirddigit indicates the year of issue: 1indicates 1921; 2 indicates 1922. Thefourth and fifth digits are the serialnumber of the roll, but a new serialnumber series is begun each month,and the first roll issued each month isnumbered 00. The last digit indicatessize, and a letter suffix indicates price,as before.

Let us take as an example:301061 F SECOND HAND ROSEClarke-Hanley pb Youmans. Six digitswith first digit 3 indicates pop wordroll. After subtracting 2 from the first

Muriel Pollock

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Herbert Clair

digit, the first two digits, 10, indicateOctober. The third digit, 1, indicates1921. The fourth and fifth digits, 06,indicate that this is the seventh popword roll issued in that month (sincethe first roll is num.bered 00). The lastdigit, 1, indicates that this is thesmallest roll in a three-step gradation,and the letter F indicates that theprice is $1.50.

The following chart shows thenumber-date correlation for all popdated numbers and the number ofknown issues for each month. There isonly one known issue in the Pop

Instrumental Series, the classificationbeing abandoned soon after itsinception.

As may be noticed, most of theabove numbers can readily berecognized as dated numbers by thefirst two digits. The seven rolls issuedin January 1922, however, areexceptions. These rolls have the samenumbers as seven rolls issued inOctober and November 1929.Fortunately, however, the seven 1922rolls all have suffix F, and the seven1929 rolls all have suffix E. Thus212021E is ONE SWEET KISSJohnson-Dryer pb Shipman & Lane,and 212021 F is WABASH BLUESRingle-Meinken pb Clair. All datednumber series rolls are in mottledgreen boxes with fretted border label.

january-March 1921 (30)

INSTRUMENTAL (21)

58763F MARGIE - ft­Conrad-Robinson - Sylvester &Jensen

59382G IRVING BERLIN MEDLEYNO.1: 1. ROSI E; 2. BROADWAYBLUES; 3. I LI KE IT - ft - Clair &Jensen

WORD ROLL (9)

202191 F* MY MAMMY - ft­Lewis-Young-Donaldson - Youmans

202271 F IT'S ALL OVER NOW­1-step - Brown-von Tilzer - Clair asst

H.S.

April-December 1921 (79)

INSTRUMENTAL (1)

641002G OLD TIME DANCEMEDLEY NO 1: 1. TAMMANY;2. MY GAL SAL; 3. UNDER THEBAMBOO TREE; 4. IDA, SWEET ASAPPLE CIDER; 5. THE BIRD ONNELLIE'S HAT; 6. THERE'LL BE AHOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWNTONIGHT - ft - Shipman

WORD ROLL (78)

24100x and 24101x are NI

241021 F PINING ft-Kendis-Brockman-Russell - Clair

321041F ROSY CHEEKS - ft­Parish-Young-Squires - Clair

1922 (97)

In March 1922 the dated numbersystem was abandoned and the earlier5xxxx & 20xxxx series reactivated,but with the 20xxxx series nowreserved exclusively for pop wordrolls. (A Ballad Series, establishedOctober 1921, now accommodates

DATE INSTRU. ISSUES WORD ROLL ISSUES

April 1921 641002G 1 241xxx 9May 251xxx 8June 261xxx 10July 271xxx 11August 281xxx 10September 291xxx 11October 301xxx 9November 311xxx 5December 321xxx 5

January 1922 212xxx 7February 222xxx 5

! TOTAL 1 90,

Adam Carroll

non-pop rolls.) The 2xxxxx numberseries thus now becomes the Pop WordRoll Series. In March-April 1922, thethree-step size gradation is reduced totwo. The intermediate size box andflanges are abandoned, and last digitsbecome 2, 3 indicating small, large. InMay 1922 the black box is introduced,and from June 1922 on, all rolls are inblack box. The last known mottledgreen box roll is 202471 F. All 1922pop issues are word rolls. There is justone pop instrumental, 59643G, andthis is a reissue (a mere renumbering)of dated number 641002G OLD TIMEDANCE MEDLEY listed above.

The original Piano Trio makes itsdebut in January of this year althoughphotos and writeup do not appearuntil the March Bulletin. The first rollby Adam Carroll, destined to becomethe top Ampico pop artist, appears inDecember of this year. The leading1922 artist is again Herbert Clair(Clair, Shipman) with the OriginalPiano Trio in second place and EdgarFairchild in third place.

January-February 1922 (12)

212001 F BLUE DANUBE BLUES"GOOD MORNING DEARIE" - ft­Caldwell-Kern - Youmans asst H.C.

222041 F JUST A LITTLE LOVESONG - ft - Young-Lewis-Cooper­Clair

March-December 1922 (85)

202281F DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND­ft - Creamer-Layton - Original Piano

Trio

203123F FADED LOVE LETTERS­waltz - Moore-Dulnage - Lane

1923 (114)

All pop rolls issued this year areword rolls. Herbert Clair plays tworolls in January and then is heard fromno more. The last two of the thirtyOriginal Piano Trio three-on-a-bencharrangements played by Fairchild,Clair & Dilworth also appear inJanuary. The first of the manyVincent Lopez rolls appears in May ofthis year. Many (but by no means all)of the Lopez rolls are played by"Vincent Lopez, Assisted," and it isthought that these, although firstplayed by Lopez, were actuallyrecorded by Adam Carroll.

WHO'S SORRY NOW, one of thebiggest hits of 1923, is listed as a poproll be Iow even though Ampicoapparently did not consider it so. It isnumbered in the Ballad Series, andalthough it is described in the June1923 Ampico Bulletin as "a popularballad in waltz tempo", perhapsbecause it is "played with becomingsentiment", it is listed in the classicalrather than the pop section of thisBulletin, and it is listed in the 1925and 1929 Ampico catalogs.

RaIph Reichenthal, who laterchanged his name to Ralph Rainger,makes his first appearance this year,and J. Milton Delcamp appears for thefirst time as a pop artist. Leadingartists are Adam Carroll (Carroll,Shipman), J. Milton Delcamp(Delcamp, Lane), and Edgar Fairchild(Fairchild, Cooke, de Bert).

203131 E CAROLINE - 1-step­Troup - Shipman asst A.C.

2042261 E SAY IT WITH UKULELE"ARTISTS AND MODELS"- ft­Conrad - Lopez asst

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1091 F WHO'S SORRY NOW - ballad ­Snyder - de Bert

1924 (126)

The first of the twenty-threenumbered DINNER MUSIC rollsappear this year. The first nine,63303H DINNER MUSIC SERIESNO. 1 issued 6-24 to 68933HDINNER MUSIC SERIES NO.9issued 5-28 are played by J. MiltonDelcamp, and Ampico apparentlyconsidered these in a class bythemselves as they are the only oneslisted in Ampico catalogs and kept instock till the end of roll production.There is, however, no sharp line ofdemarkation between the DelcampDINNER MUSIC rolls and those issuedlater played by others in that bothseries include pop and non-pop

selections.

Ted Fiorito and Ferde Grofe jointhe roster of Ampico artists this year.Leading artists are Adam Carroll(Carroll), Vincent Lopez, and Ferde

Grofe.

INSTRUMENTAL (6)

63051 ENOLA - ft - Arndt - Delcamp

63893F SHEHERAZADE - ft - arrLopez - Lopez asst

Vincent Lopez

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rerde Grofe

WORD ROLL (120)

204271E ARE YOU LONELY- ft­Burke - Lange

205461 E I WANT TO BE HAPPY"NO NO NAN ETTEn - 1-step­Youmans - Lane

1925 (144)

Zez Canfrey appears for the firsttime. Leading artists are J. MiltonDelcamp (Delcamp, Lane), AdamCarroll (Carroll, Shipman), andVincent Lopez.

MUSICAL COMEDYFAVORITES NO.1 below is the firstof eleven numbered MUSICALCOMEDY FAVORITES issued 1-25 to6-28. Three of these are played byDelcamp, five by Carroll, and one eachby Arden, Grote, and Confrey.

INSTRUMENTAL (13)

63943F MUSICAL COMEDYFAVORITES NO.1. MANDA; 2. MYTWI LIGHT ROSE; 3. THEN YOUKNOW THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE;4. WHEN YOU AND I WEREDANCING - ft - Delcamp

65443F WALTZ MEDLEY:1. CLOSE YOUR EYES; 2. KOSHER

K I TTY KELLY; 3. PAL OF MYCRADLE DAYS - Delcamp

WORD ROLL (131)

205473E INDIAN LOVE CALL"ROSE MARIE" - Friml- Fairchild

206771 E NEAPOLITAN NIGHTS­ballad - Zamechnik - Lavarro

1926 (146)

Among the 2xxxxx rolls issuedthis year are five dance instructionrolls that do not have song words buthave instructions and figures printedon the roll instead. Two of the five areclearly pop and are listed below withthe other instrumental rolls. The otherthree are 207463H, 207473H, and207483H INTERPRETATIVE ANDFANCY DANCING LESSONSDirected by Alexis Kosloff of theMetropolitan Opera Company - andthus presumably non-pop. These arethe only known instruction rollsnumbered in the 2xxxxx series, allothers being numbered in theInstrumental Series.

Lead i ng artists this year areAdam Carroll (Carroll, Shipman),Vincent Lopez, and J. Milton Delcamp(Delcamp, Lane). Ralph Reichenthaluses Ralph Rainger for the first time.

INSTRUMENTAL (12)

65581 F DIZZY FINGERS - novelty1-step - Canfrey - Confrey

66693H DINNER MUSIC SERIESNO.7: 1. PLEASE LEARN TOLOVE; 2. BY THE LIGHT OF THESILVERY MOON; 3. WHEN YOULOOK IN THE HEART OF A ROSE;4. WHEN IT'S APPLE BLOSSOMTIME IN NORMANDY; 5. THINEALONE; 6. THE BLUE ROOM­Delcamp

207311F NED WAYBURN'SORIGINAL CHARLESTON:1. CHARLESTON; 2. I'M GONNA

CHARLESTON BACK TOCHARLESTON; 3. SWEETGEORGIA BROWN; 4. YES SIR,THAT'S MY BABY- arr Carroll­Carroll

207721 F AMPICO BALLROOMDANCES, SERIES NO.1:VALENCIA "DEE DEE" - [artist notlisted]

WORD ROLL (134)

206781 F FOND OF YOU "CAPTAINJ INKS" - ft - Gensler - Canfrey

208171 E BECAUSE I LOVE YOU­Berlin - Delcamp

1927 (137)

The pump line and scale arediscontinued by mid-1927, and inNovember the switch is made from Ato B coding in anticipation of theModel B Ampico. From 69361 F onand 209251 E on, all rolls are B-rolls.("Coding" and "Model B Ampico" arelatter-day terms; Ampico terms are"editing" and "The New Ampico".)

Leading artists this year areAdam Carroll (Carroll, Shipman),Vincent Lopez, and J. Milton Delcamp(Delcamp, Lane).

Ralph Reichenthal(Ralph Rainger)

J. Milton Delcamp

INSTRUMENTAL (13)

66991 F BIND BIND - novelty ft­Kaufman - Lopez asst

68433H ZIEGFELD FOLLIES NO.1:1. IT ALL BELONGS TO ME;2. TICKLE THE IVORIES; 3. OH!MAYBE IT'S YOU; 4. IT'S UP TOTH E BAN D - Berlin - Fairchild &Rainger

WORD ROLL (124)

208181E I'M ON MY WAY HOME­ft - Berlin - Lopez asst

209411E GOOD NEWS- ft­DeSy Iva-Brown-Henderson - Confrey

1928 (175)

This is the peak year for poprolls. The 175 rolls are played bytwelve artists using seventeen names.Adam Carroll and Victor Arden,between them, account for more thanhalf of the tota-I issues. VictorArden/Louis J. Fuiks reappears aftereight years' absence, recording underboth names and now including themiddle initial J. (Originally he was justLouis Fuiks.) J. Milton Delcamp's lastroll, 210363F WHY DO I LOVE YOU"SHOWBOAT" Hammerstein-Kernappears in August 1928. Leadingartists are Adam Carroll (63 rolls as

Carroll, Shipman, Lane), Victor Arden(39 rolls as Arden, Fuiks), and J.Milton Delcamp (17 rolls as Delcamp,Lane). [In this compilation, 9 of the14 Lane rolls are allotted to Delcampand 5 to Carroll.]

INSTRUMENTAL (17)

68523H ZIEGFIELD FOLLIES NO.2: 1. SHAKING THE BLUES AWAY;2. OH! MAYBE IT'S YOU;3. J I NG LE JUNG LE DANCE;4. RAINBOW OF GIRLS - Berlin­Fairchild & Rainger

69503F LITTLE GREY HOME INTHE WEST - Lohr - arr & pb Sims

WORD ROLL (158)

209423F THE SONG IS ENDED­Berlin - Delcamp

210991 E THERE'LL NEVER BEANOTHER YOU - waltz - Berner­Shipman

1929 (156)

The LP Series makes its debut inNovember of th is year. Of the 107 LProlls issued 1929-1935, 44 are pop. AllLPs are instrumental, and all havelate-B-Iabel. The late-B-Iabel,introduced in the LP Series inNovember, is found in all series inDecember. All rolls with 12-29 issuedate have the late-B-Iabel, and theseare the last Ampico rolls to carry anissue date on the box label. LPs100005-100255 continue to carry theletter suffix. In other series, the lettersuffix is deleted upon the adoption ofthe late-B-Iabel in December. Theselections which comprise the pop LPmedleys also appear as small/largerolls; that is, there are no popselections available only on LP. Notethat the first half of DINNER MUSICSERIES A below appeared in 1926above as 66693H DINNER MUSICSERIES NO.7. As may be seen from100215R below, some of the LPs areearlier issues shorn of words andstrung together to make medleys.

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(Delcamp recorded his last roll in1928.)

There are six LP DINNERMUSIC rolls lettered A to F. Four ofthese, A, B, C, and D, are made up ofthe Delcamp DINNER MUSIC rollsissued 6-24 to 5-28. Of the nineDelcamp DINNER MUSIC rolls, onlyone, 64653H, NO.4, remainsunavailable on LP. SERIES A = NO.7+ NO.8, SERIES B = NO.1 + NO.2.SERIES C = NO.3 + 9. SERIES D =

NO. 6 + NO.5. End of Delcamp.SERIES E = OUTSTANDING WALTZMELODIES OF THE DAY NO.1 pbEdwin Lester + OUTSTANDINGWALTZ MEDODIES OF THE DAYNO. 2 pb Frank Milne (The LP rolllists aII selections as pb Milne.)SERIES F = DINNER MUSIC SERIESNO. 11 + DINNER MUSIC SERIESNO. 12 pb Frank Milne.

FOX TROT MEDLEY NO. 1be Iow is the first of thirty-eightnumbered fox trot medleys in theI nstrumental Series, the last one,however, titled WALTZ AND FOXTROT MEDLEY NO. 38. Numbers 1to 6 have only FOX TROT MEDLEYand the number. Numbers 7 to 38have as an additional title: POPULARDANCE MEDLEY, POPULARMELODIES OF THE MOMENT,OUTSTANDING HITS OF THE DAY,POPULAR HITS OF THE MOMENT,FOX TROT HITS OF THE DAY, orPOPULAR HITS OF THE DAY.

The first roll pb Edwin Lesterappears this year. There are sixAmpico rolls pb Edwin Lester, butthere are two Edwin Lesters. The"real" Edwin Lester, who now residesin Los Angeles, states that he playedonly one of the six Lester rolls:69761G ROMBERG WALTZES NO.1: 1. SWEETHEARTS; 2. SONG OFLOVE; 3. DEEP IN MY HEART,DEAR issued 4-29. The "other"Edwin Lester will appear in 1932.

Marguerite Volavy (as GeorgeKerr) plays her only pop roll: 70183GROMBERG WALTZES NO.2:

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1. ONE KISS; 2. THE DESERTSONG; 3. SILVER MOON; 4. ONCEUPON A TIME; 5. WHEN I FOUNDYOU; 6. AUF WIEDERSEHN issued9-29, the companion to the LesterROMBERG WALTZES NO. 1 justabove.

The Enigmatic 0 appears to theleft of the roll number on certainAmpico labels beginning in Decemberof this year.

Leading artists are Adam Carroll(Carroll, Shipman, Lane), VictorArden (Arden, Fuiks). and VincentLopez. Although twenty-two artists'names appear, Adam Carroll andVictor Arden accou·nt for overthree-fourths of the 156 rolls. [LPs arecounted in totaling the number ofrolls, but the recordings thereon arenot added to the artists' totals as allpop recordings on LPs appearelsewhere as weiLl

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69513F FOX-TROT MEDLEY NO.1:1. I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHINGBUT LOVE; 2. THERE'S ARAINBOW 'ROUND MYSHOULDER; 3. SONNY BOY

70411 FAUST- ft arrangement­Arden & Carroll

100025P DINNER MUSIC SERIES A:1. PLEASE LEARN TO LOVE;2. BY THE LIGHT OF THESILVERY MOON; 3. WHEN YOULOOK INTO THE HEART OF AROSE; 4. WHEN IT'S APPLEBLOSSOM TIME IN NORMANDY;5. THINE ALONE; 6. THE BLUEROOM; 7. THE LOVE NEST;8. GYPSY LOVE SONG;9. WILDFLOWER; 10. PEG 0' MYHEART; 11. IF LOVE WERE ALL;12. I'M JUST WI LD ABOUTHARRY - Delcamp

100215R 1. CAN'T HELP LOVIN'THAT MAN - Kern; 2. MA BELLE­Friml - Delcamp; 3. SOMEDAY,SOMEWHERE - PollOCk - Arden;

4. WHY DO I LOVE YOU? - Kern­Delcamp

WORD ROLL (132)

211011E THE LAND OF GOING TOBE "PARIS" - Goets-Kollo - Arden

212311 HERE AM I "SWEETADEll NE" - ft - Hammerstein-Kern­Arden & Carroll

1930 (98)

From 1930 on, box labels carryno issue date. Rolls are dated here bylistings in Ampico bulletins and otherreferences. The first knownAmpico-Duo-Art twin (Ampico'212941 Duo-Art 0758) appears inOctober of this year. Leading artistsare Adam Carroll (Carroll, Shipman,Lane). Victor Arden (Arden, Fuiks).and Phil Ohman. Although ten artists'names appear, .Adam Carroll andVictor Arden again account forthree-fourths of the rolls.

Note that FOX TROT MEDLEYNO.4 and FOX TROT MEDLEY NO.5 below are in different series. TheInstrumental Series FOX TROTMEDLEY rolls were mentioned above.There are also twelve FOX TROTMEDLEY rolls in the LP Series, andthese bear no relationship to rolls withthe same series numbers in theI nstrumental Series. The LP FOXTROT MEDLEY rolls are erraticallynumbered: There is no NO. 1 (Roll100305 is actually NO.1 although it isnot so titled), and between NO.3 andNO. 4 there is an additional FOXTROT MEDLEY (100535) with noseries number. If both of these arecounted, there are actually thirteen LPfox trot medley although the last one,listed in 1931 below, is titled FOXTROT MEDLEY NO. 12. Thesemedleys all have four selections except100675, NO.6, also listed in 1931below, which has only three selections.

Note that the first and last singleselection word rolls below are includedin the first and last LP rolls below.

INSTRUMENTAL (16)

70463 TANGO MEDLEY NO.2:1. LA SEDUCCION; 2. LA RUMBA ­Fuiks

70883 FOX TROT MEDLEY NO.4:1. I STILL GET A THRILL; 2. I'LLBE BLUE JUST THINKING OF YOU;3. GOOD EVENIN'; 4. MYBLUEBIRD WAS CAUGHT IN THERAIN - Arden & Carroll

100305 1. LOVE, YOUR-SPELL ISEVERYWHERE - Arden & Ohman;2. IF I HAD A TALKING PICTUREOF YOU - Banta; 3. GOTTAFEELING' FOR YOU - Carroll;4. WHEN THE REAL THINGCOMES YOUR WAY - Rainger &Carroll

100665 FOX TROT MEDLEY NO.5:1. CONFESSIN' THAT t LOVEYOU - Lane; 2. CAN THIS BELOVE? - Arden; 3. EMBRACEABLEYOU - Ohman; 4. BETTY CO-ED­Arden & Ohman

WORD ROLL (82)

212321 IF I HAD A TALKINGPICTURE OF YOU "SUNNY SIDEUP" - ft - DeSylva - Brown­Henderson - Banta

213131 BETTY CO-ED - march & ft­Fogarty-Vallee - Arden & Ohman

1931 (77)

The year 1931 heralds the arrivalof Frank Milne as a major Ampicoartist. Whether or not Frank Milne is"God's Gift to 30s Pop Collectors", hewas ce rtainly "Duo-Art's Gift toAmpico". In this first year, all Milnerolls are actually "Played by FrankMilne" without benefit ofpseudonymns, and his production is amodest fourteen rolls. The firstAmpico roll pb Milne alone is 213141(below) issued 1-31. See the year 1919above for an early roll pb Makay &Milne. Leading artists are AdamCarroll (Carroll, Shipman, Lane),Victor Arden (Arden), and FrankMilne.

FOX TROT MEDLEY NO.6below appears both as an LP and as anordinary large roll. The large rollleader and box label carry the LP rollnumber.

From 1931 on, almost all newAmpico recordings are pop, classicalrecording having practically ceased atthe end of 1930.

INSTRUMENTAL (11)

70903 WALTZ MEDLEY: 1. WHENTHE ORGAN PLAYED ATTWI LIGHT; 2. MOONLIGHT ONTHE COLORADO; 3. SOMEWHEREIN OLD WYOMING - PoJlock

70913 FOX TROT MEDLEY NO.5:1. HELLO BEAUTIFUL; 2. TIE ASTRING AROUND YOUR FINGER;3. HEARTACHES; 4. GOT THEBENCH, GOT THE PARK;5. NINETY-NINE OUT OF AHUNDRED WANT TO BE LOVED­Arden & Carroll

100675 FOX TROT MEDLEY NO.6:1. I'M YOURS; 2. MAYBE IT'SLOVE; 3. I GOTRHYTHM - Arden &Carroll

100745 FOX TROT MEDLEY NO.12: 1. HELP YOURSELF TOHAPPINESS; 2. DANCING IN THEDARK; 3. I WANNA SING ABOUTYOU; 4. DO THE NEW YORK­Arden & Carroll

WORD ROLL (65)

213141 WHAT'S THE USE?­Jones-Newman - Milne

213781 NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE­Kahn-Fiorito - Lane

1932 (48)

This is the year of the AmericanPiano Company - Aeolian Corporationmerger. But as may be noticed above,some sharing of resources began in1930. Leading artists this year areAdam Carroll (Carroll, Shipman,Lane), Frank Milne (Milne, Addison,Lester, Leith), and Victor Arden(Arden).

Roll 71053 FOX TROTMEDLEY NO.8 (below) is played bythe "other" Edwin Lester, one ofFrank Milne's pseudonyms. Asmentioned above, roll 69761GROMBERT WALTZES NO. 1 issued4-29 is played by the "real" EdwinLester. Rolls 71053 (below), 71073,214061, 214131, and 215991 areplayed by the other Lester, FrankMilne. No deception may have beenintended, however. There is Duo-Artand Artrio-Angelus evidence thatFrank Milne had used the name EdwinLester as one of his pseudonyms formany years. The real Edwin Lesternever recorded for Duo-Art, yetDuo-Art rolls pb Edwin Lester appear(along with Duo-Art rolls pb FrankMilne) at least as early as 1923. Anearly (1922-1923) list of RecordingArtists for the Artrio-AngelusReproducing Piano also includesEdwin Lester (along with FrankMilne). The real Edwin Lester reportsthat he never knew Frank Milne andthat he had never, until recently, heardany of the other Edwin Lester's rolls.It may be that Frank Milne was also

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unaware of the duplication. At least hecontinued to use the pseudonym onboth Duo-Art and Ampico rolls until1936.

INSTRUMENTAL (7)

70933 FLYING HIGH: 1. WE'LLDANCE UNTIL THE DAWN; 2. I'LLMAKE A HAPPY LANDING­Fields-McHugh - Shipman & Lane

71053 FOX TROT MEDLEY NO.8,POPU LAR MELODIES OF THEMOMENT: 1. I GUESS I'LL HAVETO CHANGE MY PLAN;2. THERE'S A RING AROUND THEMOON; 3. AND YOU DESI RE ME;4. SOME DAY WE'LL MEETAGAI N - Lester

100785 STANDARD FOX TROTMEDLEY NO.1: 1. A SONG OFIN D I A - Original Piano Trio;2. NAI LA BALLET - Rainger &Carroll; 3. MELODY IN F - Arden &Carroll; 4. HYMN TO THE SUN­Grofe; 5. BY THE WATERS OF THEMINNETONKA - Confrey

Frank Milne

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WORD ROLL (41)

213791 TIME ON MY HANDS­Adamson - Gordon - Youmans­Rickenbach

214191 ISN'T IT ROMANTIC?"LOVE ME TONIGHT" - ft - Rogers­Ohman

1933 (70)

Beginning this year, the Ampicoroll numbering system gradually fallsapart. Unti I th is year, pop word rollswere (with one exception) issued inthe 2xxxxx series. Beginning this year,however, pop rolls are also found inthe 1x-3xxx Ballad Series. Leadingartists are Frank Milne (29 rolls asMilne, Addison, Edgeworth, Leith,Lester, Farquhar), Victor Arden (10rolls as Arden), and Adam Carroll (9rolls as Carroll).

DANCE MUSIC SERIES,PROGRAM NO. 1 below is the first oftwenty-one numbered dance musicmedleys in the LP Series. As in theearlier FOX TROT MEDLEY series,now discontinued, the sequence issomewhat erratic; this time there aretwo NO. 11s (100935 and 100975),and NO.4 and NO.5 have POPULARSONG HIT... in place of DANCEMUSIC...

Some box labels for 214651 THELAST ROUNDUP ft Hill have AdamCarroll as artist; others have PhilOhman as artist, and in one case atleast, these different labels are foundon opposite ends of the same box. Theroll leader, however, lists Ohman asartist in both cases.

INSTRUMENTAL (16)

71063 FOX TROT MEDLEY NO.9,OUTSTANDING HITS OF THE DAY:1. ALL-AMERICAL GIRL;2. SWEETH EARTS FOR EVE R;3. YOU LITTLE SO-AND-SO; 4. FITAS A FIDDLE; 5. YOU'RETELLING ME - Milne

71203* FOX TROT MEDLEY NO.17, OUTSTANDING HITS OF THEDAY: 1. BY A WATERFALL;2. THIS TIME IT'S LOVE;3. SOPHISTICATED LADY; 4. THISIS ROMANCE; 5. IT'S THE TALKOF THE TOWN - Edgeworth

100825 DANCE MUSIC SERIES,PROGRAM NO.1: 1. SHUFFLEOFF TO BUFFALO- ft- Arden;2. FALLING STAR - ft - Edgeworth;3. I CAN'T REMEMBER - waltz­Lawnhurst; 4. YOU'R E MIN E,YOUI - ft - Farquhar;5. PRETENDING YOU CARE - ft­Carroll

100865 * POPU LA R SONG HITSERIES, PROGRAM NO.5:1. MINE - Rackenbach; 2. WHO'SAFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF?­Milne; 3. LONELY HEART - Carroll;4. PEANUTS AND KISSES­Farquhar; 5. DINNER AT EIGHT­Arden

WORD ROLL (54)

214201 I TOLD EVERY LITTLESTAR "MUSIC IN THE AIR" - Kern­Ohman

214691* WHO'S AFRAID OF THEBIG BAD WOLF? - Churchill-Ronell ­Milne

2021 I'VE GOT TO SING A TORCHSONG - Warren - Arden

2951 * LONELY HEART - Berlin­Carroll

1934 (80)

The numbering becomes moreconfused with the appearance ofinstrumental rolls in the 2xxxxx series.A group of seven, possibly eight, rollsissued in the spring of 1934 haveRECORDING WITHOUT WORDSFOR DANCING yet are numbered2xxxxx instead of 7xxxx. All aresingle selection rolls, and thesewordless rolls are intermixed withword rolls. The following rolls have no

words: 214741, 214751, 214801,214811, 214821, 214851, and214861. Roll 214771 is unlocated.Pop rolls are now found in fivecategories: instrumental 7xxxx,instrumental 1xxxxx, instrumental2xxxxx, word roll 2xxxxx, and wordroI12xxx-3xxx.

Until this year, almost all rolls inthe 2xxxxx series are single selectionword rolls with last digit 1. This yearsees the introduction of eight dualselection word rolls and two multipleselection word rolls in this series. Theduals (two selections) and multiples(three or more selections) are largerolls with last digit 3.

Leading artists are Adam Carroll(Carroll, Shipman, Lane), VictorArden (Arden, Fuiks), and FrankMilne (Milne, Edgeworth, Farquhar,Addison).

INSTRUMENTAL (32)

71223* FOX TROT MEDLEY NO.18, POPULAR HITS OF THE DAY:1. GATHER LIP ROUGE WHILEYOU MAY; 2. YOU'RE MY PAST,PRESENT AND FUTURE; 3. IWANT YOU, I NEED YOU;4. HONEYMOON HOTEL;5. SWEET MADNESS - Milne

71333 FOX TROT MEDLEY NO. 26,OUTSTANDING HITS OF THE DAY:1. I'M IN LOVE; 2. I'LL CLOSE MYEYES TO EVERYONE ELSE;3. OUT IN THE COLD AGAIN;4. FUN TO BE FOOLED;5. SWEETIE PIE - Milne

100875* DANCE MUSIC SERIES,PROGRAM NO.6: 1. THE DAYYOU CAME ALONG - Arden;2. THANKS - Arden; 3. IT'S ONLYA PAPER MOON - Arden; 4. HEATWAVE - Carroll; 5. NOT FOR ALLTHE RICE IN CHINA- Carroll;6. EASTER PARADE - Carroll

101005 D·ANCE MUSIC SERIES,PROGRAM NO. 14: 1. THECONTINENTAL - Arden & Carroll;

2. ONE NIGHT OF LOVE - Carroll;3. AN EARFUL OF MUSIC - Arden;4. OKAY TOOTS - Arden; 5. MYOLD FLAME - Arden

214741 DID YOU EVER SEE ADREAM WALKING "SITTINGPRETTY" - Revel - Arden

214861 CARIOCA "FLYING DOWNTO RIO" - Youmans - Ohman &Arden

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214703* 1. THE DAY YOU CAMEALONG; 2. THANKS­Johnston-Coslow - Arden

215161 ISN'T IT A SHAME?­Silver-Sherman-Lewis - Addison

2961 SPEAK TO ME OF LOVE­Lenoir - Carroll

301 1 N EVE R M 0 R E"CONVERSATION PIECE"­Coward - Milne

1935 (66)

The LP Series is discontinued thisyear; roll 101065 (below), the last rollin this series, is listed in the Summer1935 Ampico Bulletin. All 2xxxxxseries rolls are word rolls this year;twelve are dual selection; all others aresin gIes. Leading artists are AdamCarroll (Carroll, Shipman, Lane),Victor Arden (Arden), and FrankMilne (Milne) who, among themselves,accou nt for all but four of thesixty-six rolls.

From DINNER MUSIC SERIESNO. 14 (below) on, the numbering ofthe dinner music rolls is erratic. Thereare two rolls titled DINNER MUSICSERIES NO. 14: 71434 (below) pbCarroll and 71763 pb Milne. There arethree rolls titled DINNER MUSICSERIES NO. 15: 71493 pb Arden &Carroll, 216043 pb Addison, and71823 pb Lawrence. And there aretwo rolls titled DINNER MUSICSERIES NO. 17: 71853 pb Milne, and71863 pb Lawrence.

INSTRUMENTAL (17)

71434 FOX TROT MEDLEY NO. 27,OUTSTANDING HITS OF THE DAY:1. RAIN; 2. BE STILL MY HEART;3. GIVE ME A HEART TO SING TO;4. LOST IN A FOG; 5. HAPPINESSAHEAD - Milne

71453 DINNER MUSIC SERIES NO.14: 1. SAY IT WITH MUSIC; 2. TEAFOR TWO; 3. LOOK FOR THESILVER LINING; 4. NIGHT ANDDAY; 5. ROSE MARIE; 6. THEYDIDN'T BELIEVE ME - Carroll

101015 DANCE MUSIC SERIES,PROGRAM NO. 15: 1. I'LLFOLLOW MY SECRET HEART­Carroll; 2. STARS FELL ONALABAMA; 3. WERE YOUFOOLIN'? - Lane; 4. STAY ASSWEET AS YOU ARE - Shipman;5. IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS­Arden & Carroll

101065 DANCE MUSIC SERIES,PROGRAM NO. 20: 1. WOULDTHERE BE LOVE? - Arden; 2. I'MMISUNDERSTOOD Shipman;3. SHE'S A LATIN FROMMANHATTAN - Lane; 4. ABOUT AQUARTER TO NINE - Lane; 5. LIFEIS A SONG - Arden & Carroll

WORD ROLL (48)

215171 I'LL FOLLOW MY SECRETHEART - Coward - Carroll

215631 TENDER IS THE NIGHT"HERE COMES THE BAND"­Donaldson - Arden & Carroll

3031 LOVE PASSES BY­Schertzinger - Fairchild

1936 (42)

Many changes occur in this year.Boxes appear with label on only oneend, and the minibox replaces the falsebottom box; all smaII (last digit 1)rolls from 215731 on and 3091 on arein minibox. The first rolls with bothAmpico and Duo-Art numbers on the

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I eader appear. The legendRECORDING WITH WORDS FORSINGING AND DANCING is replacedby FOX TROT AND SONG ROLL orWALTZ AND SONG ROLL (Duo-Artterminology). Some instrumental poprolls have only FOX TROT or FOXTROT RECORDING.

There are three rolls in the2xxxxx series which were originallyissued in 1928 but are now given newnumbers and listed in the Summer1936 Ampico Bulletin. In addition,one of the rolls was played by J.Milton Delcamp, but Delcamp nowhaving left this vale of tears, therenumbered roll carries Adam Carroll'sname instead. The three rolls areselections from SHOW BOAT, at thistime enjoying a revival as a movie - asthe Ampico Bulletin mentions that the"Show Boat [is] in Port Again" andthat these "three numbers from'SHOW BOAT' [are] furtherimmortalized by Universal'smagnificent production featuring IreneDunne..." The three rolls:

215801 (209781 E issued 4-28) OL'MAN RIVE R "SHOW BOAT"­Hammerstein-Kern - Arden

215811 (210521E issued 8-28) BILL"SHOW BOAT" Wodehouse­Hammerstein-Kern - Carroll

215823 (209913F issued 5-28) CAN'THELP LOVIN' DAT MAN "SHOWBOAT" - Hammerstein-Kern­Delcamp/Carroll

Single selection rolls withoutwords appear again in 1936 for thesecond and last ti Ille. There are justfour: 215731, 215741, 215781, and215831. They appear intermixed withword rolls March through Summer.

In November 1936 the first ofthe many multiple selection rollswithout words appears in the 2xxxseries. Until this time all multipleselection rolls without words havebeen numbered in the InstrumentalSeries (or in the LP Series). From now

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on, however, some multiple selectioninstrumental rolls continue to benumbered 7xxxx while others arenumbered 2xxxxx.

A definite pattern of words vswordlessness emerges at this time,however, and persists until the end ofroll production. From roll 215841(issued 10-36) on, the single and dualselection rolls have words, and themultiple selection rolls have no words.One dual and one multiple exceptionwill be mentioned later.

WORD ROLL (33)

215641 ALONE "A NIGHT AT THEOPERA" - Brown - Arden

215991 LET'S PUT OUR HEADSTOGETHER "GOLD DIGGERS OF1937" - ft - Arlen - Lester

3051 THUNDER OVER PARADISE ­Robin- Rainger - Carroll

3091 I MEAN TO SAY I LOVE YOU ­Korngold - Milne

WORD ROLL (12)

216021 THE GIRL ON THE POLICE_GAZETTE "ON THE AVENUE"­Berlin - Edgeworth

216281* HAVE YOU MET MISSJONES? "I'D RATHER BE RIGHT" ­Rogers-Hart - Carroll

3111 I'M GETTIN' SENTIMENTALOVER YOU - Bassman - Milne

1938 (20)

The numbering is furthercomplicated this year by theappearance in the Ballad Series of amultiple selection pop roll withoutwords (below). This is the only knownBaII ad Series roll without words.Multiple selection instrumental rollsare thus now found in three differentseries, and these rolls outnumber wordrolls three to one.

All rolls are played by FrankMilne (Milne, Farquhar, Lawrence,Edgeworth, Sherry, Sherry Brothers).

INSTRUMENTAL (15)

71763 DINNER MUSIC SERIES NO.14, TWILIGHT MEMORIES:1. MEMOR I ES OF YOU; 2. ASERENADE TO THE STARS;3. STARDUST; 4. I CAN DREAM,CAN'T I?; 5. YOU'RE LUCKY TOME; 6. ALWAYS AND ALWAYS­Milne

216293* HAWAIIAN MELODIES:1. HAWAII CALLS; 2. DOWNWHERE THE TRADE WINDS BLOW;3. WHY DO HAWAIIANS SINGALOHA? - Lawrence

1937 (30)

Although 71463 MELODIES INBLUE (listed above in 1936) isinstrumental, 216073 MELODIES INBLUE NO.2, issued this year, is aword roll, an exception to the pattern,and the last of only three 2xxxxxmultiple selection rolls with words.The other two are 214723 and 214843issued in 1934.

This year all pop rolls but one arenumbered 2xxxxx, and more than halfare multiple selection rolls withoutwords.

INSTRUMENTAL (18)

216003 1. THERE'S SOMETHING

IN THE AIR; 2. I CAN'T PRETEND; 216453* 1. YOU GO TO MY HEAD;3. MOON FACE; 4. SMOKEDREAMS _Milne 2. WITH YOU ON MY MIND;

3. SPRING IS HERE; 4. YOU'RE

2 1 627 3 * 1. T HIS N EVE R t LOVELY, MADAME - Edgeworth

HAPPENED BEFORE; 2. TRUECONFESSION; 3. SWEET 31631. NOW IT CAN BE TOLDSOMEONE; 4. YOU'RE A JJALEXANDER'S RAGTIMESWEETHEART - Farquhar BAND" - Berlin; 2. SMALL FRY

Twenty-seven of the thirty rollsare played by Frank Milne (Milne,Edgeworth, Farquhar, Addison,Lawrence, Sherry, Sherry Brothers).The remaining three are played byAdam Carroll. Roll 216821 below isAdam Carroll's last pop roll. [His oneremaining roll, 71833 PORGY ANDBESS SELECTIONS, issued in 1939but no doubt recorded earlier, is nothere considered pop.]

The 1936 rolls are played by fourartists: Frank Milne (thirty-one rollsp b Milne, Farquhar, Addison,Edgeworth, Sherry Brothers, Lester),Adam Carroll (nine rolls pb Carroll,Lane), one roll pb Victor Arden(Arden), and one roll pb Fairchild &Carroll. Roll 215641 ALONE "ANIGHT AT THE OPERA" Brownissued 1-36 is Victor Arden's lastAmpico recording. Roll 2158831. PICK YOURSELF UP; 2. NEVERGONNA DANCE "SWING TIME"Kern issued 10-36 is Edgar Fairchild'slast Ampico recording, and from 11-36on, the roster of Ampico pop artists isreduced to two: Frank Milne andAdam Carroll.

INSTRUMENTAL (9)

71463 MELODIES IN BLUE:1. CHLO-E; 2. SOLITUDE;3. SOPHISTICATED LADY;4. MANHATTAN SERENADE­Milne

71543 OUTSTANDING HITS OFTHE MOMENT, WALTZ AND FOXTROT MEDLEY NO. 38: 1. THETOUCH OF YOUR LIPS; 2. LOVE ISLIKE A CIGARETTE; 3. I DON'TWANT TO MAKE HISTORY;4. WOULD YOU? - Milne

215731 LIGHTS OUT - Hill - Addison

215831 ALL MY LIFE "LAUGHINGIRISH EYES" - Stept - Farquhar

IISING YOU SINNERS" - Carmichael;3. THAT WEEK IN PARIS lITHELADY OBJECTS" - Oakland·Farquhar

WORD ROLL (5)

216321 LOVE IS HERE TO STAY­Gershwin - Lawrence

216461 DON'T WAIT TILL THENIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - ft­Abel-Baer - Milne

1939 (12)

All rolls but one are multiplesel ecti on instrumental. Roll 3171(below) is the last roll in the BalladSeries, the last single selection roll, andthe last Ampico word roll.

The last knownAmpico-Duo-Art twin (Ampico216503 Duo-Art 01124) appearsduring the first half of this year.

All rolls are played by FrankMilne (Milne, Lawrence, Farquhar,Sherry).

INSTRUMENTAL (11)

71823* DINNER MUSIC SERIES NO.1 5, T WILl G H T M E M 0 RI ES:1. KINDA LONESOME; 2. THANKSFOR EVERYTHING; 3. I HAVEEYES; 4. I WON'T TELL A SOUL ILOVE YOU - Lawrence

71843* DINNER MUSIC SERIES NO.16: 1. DEEP PURPLE; 2. THEMOON IS A SILVER DOLLAR;3. THEN CAME THE RAIN­Lawrence

216473* 1. TWO SLEEPY PEOPLE ­Carmichael; 2. MY REVERIE­Clinton; 3. APRIL IN MY HEART­Carmichael - Sherry

216553* 1. MELANCHOLY MOOD­Schuman; 2. SOUTH OF THEBORDER - Kennedy-Carr; 3.0HYOU CRAZY MOON - Van Heuser;4. SCATTER-BRAIN­Keene-Bean-Masters . Milne

WORD ROLL (1)

3171 * BLUE ORCHIDS - Carmichael­Lawrence

1940 (11)

All rolls are instrumental. Thereis one dual selection roll:216603 1. INDIAN SUMMER­Herbert; 2. I CRIED FOR YOU­Freed-Lyman pb Milne is the dualselection exception mentioned earlier,the only 2xxxxx dual selection rollwithout words.

The other ten rolls are multipleselection rolls numbered 7xxxx and2xxxxx. Why are some of thesemedleys numbered 7xxxx and othersnumberd 2xxxxx? An examination ofthe eighty-two medley rolls in the twoseries from 1936 on reveals that (1)All the 7xxxx rolls have a group title(01 NN E R MUSIC, FOX TROTMEDLEY, and the like) followed by alist of selections; that is, they are titledmedleys; (2) Most of the 2xxxxx rollshave only the list of selections; that is,they are untitled medleys; (3) Thereare, however, eight 2xxxxx medleyswith titles:

216042 DINNER MUSIC SERIES NO.15 [lists omitted here]

216073 MELODIES IN BLUE NO.2

216153 MIDSUMMER MEDLEY

216163 HITS FROM IIBROADWAYMELODY OF 1938"

216183 HITS FROM IIYOU CAN'THAVE EVERYTHING"

216293 HAWAIIAN MELODIES

216383 OUTSTANDING HITS FROMIISNOW WHITE AND THE SEVENDWARFS"

216583 PINOCCHIO SELECTIONS

It may be that with the exception ofMELODIES IN BLUE NO.2, a word

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roll, all of these should have beennumbered 7xxxx. The first five appearin 1937, the next two in 1938, and thelast in this year, 1940.

All 1940 rolls are played byFrank Milne (Milne, Lawrence,Farquhar, Edgeworth).

71853* DINNER MUSIC SERIES NO.17: 1. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE;2. HEAVEN IN MY ARMS; 3. ALLIN FUN; 4. THAT LUCKY FELLOW;5. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE­Milne

71873* DINNER MUSIC SERIES NO.18: 1. I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN;2. I'M STEPPING OUT WITH AMEMORY TONIGHT; 3. WHEREWAS I?; 4. THE NEARNESS OFYOU; 5. ORCHIDS FORREMEMBRANCE - Farquhar

216563* 1. FAITHFUL FOREVERI'GULLIVER'S TRAVELS"­Robin-Rainger; 2. DO I LOVEYOU? - Porter; 3. WHEN LOVEBECKONS "DUBARRY WAS ALADY" - Porter; 4. BLUEBIRDS INTHE MOONLIGHT - Robin-Rainger­Farquhar

216653* 1. THE SAME OLDSTORY - Field-Oliphant; 2. I'MHOME AGAIN - Wrubel; 3. THERE IGO - Weisor; 4. MAYBE­Flynn-Madden - Milne

1941 (5)

All rolls are multiple selectioninstrumental. All are played by FrankMilne (Milne, Farquhar, Sherry). Roll216673 (below) is the last roll in the2xxxxx series. Roll 71903 (below) isthe last roll in the 7xxxx series and thelast roll issued by Ampico.

71883* DINNER MUSIC SERIES NO.19: 1. YOU SAY THE SWEETESTTHINGS; 2. THE LAST TIME I SAWPAR IS; 3. CABIN IN THE SKY;4. AMERICA, I LOVE YOU - Milne

71903 SELECTIONS FROM IILADY

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216673 a. FRESH AS A DAISY;2. LET'S BE BUDDIES; 3. MYMOTHER WOULD LOVE YOU;4. I'VE STI LL GOT MY HEALTH"PANAMA HATTI E" - Porter - Sherry

216663* 1. I WANT TO LIVE"BOYS AND GIRLS TOGETHER"­Fair; 2. HE'S MY UNCLE - Pollock;3. TWO D REAMS MET IIDOWNARGENTINE WAY" - Warren;4. ONLY FOREVER "RHYTHM ONTHE RIVER" - Monaco - Milne

IN THE DARK": 1. THIS IS NEW;2. JENNY; 3. MY SHIP - Weill­Milne

1.2571903Selections From

·"LADY IN THE DARK"1. THIS IS'NEW 2. JENNY

3. MY SHIPKurt Weill

Ballad RecordingPICQ'ed by FRANK MILNE

CQP7"i,h't, 1941, CbappeU & Co•• Ino.."A~I f.H U.'.A.

FOR HOMEUS£ OilY

AMPICO POP ARTISTS

A De Costa, Leon# H Leith, Ernest*Delcamp, J. Milton Lester, Edwin

Addison, Ralph* Dillworth, George Haig, George Lopez, VincentArcher, Harry Drake, Ivan Harold, JaneArden, Victor Draper, W. E. MArno, Fred J

E MacDonald, WalterB Jaysnoff Sisters Madden, Harvey

Edgeworth, Bob* Jensen, Makay, DonaldBanta, Frank Johnson, Henry Mencher, MurrayBargy, Roy F Johnston, Bernard Milne, FrankBeckwith, Rubin Joyce BrothersBerge, William E. Fairchild, Edgar Joyce, Robert 0Bert, Corrine de* Fairman, George Judge, Jr. *Blake, Eubie Farquhar, Robert* Ohman, Phil

Black, Frank Ferguson, Ruth KBotsford, George Ferucici, Maida P

Breau, Louis Fiorito, Ted Kerr, George*Burt, Raymond Frey, Hugo Kerr, Thompson

Perkins, RayFriml, Rudolph King, Paul

Pollock, Muriel

C Franklin, Malvin M. Kmita, Andrei*Fuiks, Lewis J. Kreiselman, Gertrude

R

Carroll, Adam Furth, SeymourChadwick, Lillian L

Rainger, Ralph

Chase, Newell G Reichenthal, Ralph

Clair, Herbert Lane, VictorRickenbach, Paul

Clarke, George Gilbert, Harryt Lange, HenryRogers, Richard

Confrey, Zez Goit, Kenneth Lambert, JosephCooke, Herbert* Gomez, Lavarro, Enrico*

SGriselle, Thomas Lawnhurst, Vee

D Grofe, Ferdie Lawrence, Jeremy*Shaw, Dorothy

Gumble, Albert Shloss, LarryDawson, Emse

Lederer, Harry Schmitz, FredDe Costa, Harry

Lederer, John Sims, Lee

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Scott, MarionSherry Brothers*Sherry, Noel*Shipman, Harry*Sterling, AISylvester,

T

Thomas, FloraThomas, Harry

u

Uljee, Eleanor

V

Valerio, AngelicoVan Orden, ClarenceVoorhees, Don

February 15, 1925

W

Walker, BerthaWayne, MabelWendling, PeteWhite, JerryWilliams, EdwinWinternitz, OttoWolpa, BerthaWright, Emil

Y

Youmans, Vincent

* pseudonym

# listed in 1920 as popartist but no known pop rolls

THE S PUR

This article is based on materi­als collected by Richard J. Howeand was prepared with the as­sistance of Austen Graham, BillBurkhardt, Ginny Billings, BobPye, Bill Knorp, Doug McGee,Bill Pixley, Hester Zimmerman,Bill Coverdale, Larry Givens andRalph and Elaine Obenchain.

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When Vincent Lopez plays

eAMPICOC9J!it ALL ojtnt PIAN0

AMPICO NUMBERS NEVER ISSUED OR TITLES UNKNOWN

All potential Ampico numbers for which there are no known titles arelisted here. The dating in some cases is approximate. The numbers inshaded areas are those which there is reason to believe were never issued.Some of the others were also probably never issued. The unknown rollsare dark green and mottled green box rolls issued between June 1917 andDecember 1920, and most if not all of them are pop.

5442x5443x5456x 5784x5457x 5785x5459x 5787x5471x 5788x5478x 5789x5480x 5795x5488x 5819x5493x 5843x5507x 5851x

5222x 5515x 5853x5226x 5540x 5856x5288x 5624x 20111x5320x 5626x 5725x 20201x5357x 5631x 5757x 20202x5360x 5636x 5764x 20203x5364x 5637x 5769x 20204x5377x 5638x 20039x 20205x5379x 5639x 20040x 20206x5385x 5640x 20041 x 20207x 7158x5390x 5709x 20048x 20208x 7161x5391x 20005x 20082x 20209x 7162x5394x 20029x 20083x 20210x 7164x5397x 20034x 20100x 20212x 21577x 21664x

1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1936 1937 1940

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BOWERS' COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA MEETING APRIL 28

By Tom Hawthorne, Reporter

Stan Aldridge21 Alliger DriveTonawanda, NY 14150(716) 693-1718

All present enjoyed the meeting, andeveryone got to hear plenty of rolls onthe i r favorite i nstru menta Mosteveryone left that night, wonderingjust how much furniture they wouldhave to move out of the living room tomove in their first big orchestrion.

BULLETINI For Sale! Two AmpicoAs, both professionally rebuilt andplaying beautifully. First is Knabe 5'with attractive light walnut case.Second is Chickering 5'2" with darkcase. Each $2,000. S. Tilney, 151 W.74th Street, Apt. 8A, New York, NY10023.

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BULLETIN: For Sale! SteinwayDuo-Art 1918 sIn 194063 6'11" Style-0- with separate pump box. Finemahogany case; stripped and sanded;excellent original ivory; new hammersand fe Its; lots of brass; playercomplete but only partially restored;needs new bass strings. $1 ,850.00 ortrade for nickleodian or Ampicogrand.After some further comments

by Cecil, including a Ithank you' toDave and Mary for their generoushopitality, the business meeting wasadjourned. Immediately the musicstarted up again, and the Violina wasagain the star, but this time it had toshare the limelight with themagnificent Maesto, as well as Dave'sAmpico B. Luckily, the Seebergorchestrions were in separate rooms, aswell as the music boxes and the8S-note player. Otherwise, the dinmight have been a little too much forall but the most dedicated collector.

and return. Many members indicatedtheir interest in attending.

Cecil then opened a discussionregarding the future direction of theChapter and asked opinions frommembers present. The responseseemed to indicate that most memberswere satisfied with the currentbi'-monthly meetings, plus anoccasional formal or informalget-together at other times. Thesuggestion of a public museumexhibition or an AMICA-sponsoredrestoration of an instrument on publicexhibition did not receivewholehearted support. However, itseems feasible that a small group ofmembers might take on such a projectunder the sponsorship of the Chapter.Jack Perry indicated that he haddiscussed the possibility of a livecomparison concert to be planned as ajoint effort between AMICA and alocal university. Most membersindicated that they would supportsuch a program.

Barry Spencer, Treasurer,announced that as a result of our driveto renew Chapter memberships in ourMarch newsletter, we now have 101Chapter members.

Some of the highlights of Dave'scollection are a Weber Maesto, aPhonoliszt-Violina, A Mason andHamlin Ampico B in an art case,Seeberg Hand Seeberg G orchestrions,a selection of classic disc and cylindermusic boxes, and many other itemspertaining to the hobby. Dave lives ina beautiful Beverly Hills home, with asweeping view of Los Angeles. Hishome is decorated with many othercollectable items, among which is ahistorical set of presidentialautographs.

So. Calif. Chapter was privilegedto visit one of the finest collections inthe area, carefully assembled by DaveBowers, who needs no introduction toAMICA members. Dave's several bookson automated instruments, as well ashis years of experience of buying,selling, and restoring instruments, havemade him a knowledgeable authorityon the subject.

The music began playing as theguests began arriving, and the mostpopular instrument easily was theViolina, as it is the only fully restoredone on the West Coast and was a 'fi rst'for many of the members. It consistsof three violins, arranged vertically in asemicircle, and played by a rotatinghorsehair bow. Piano accompanimentis provided by a keyboard expressionpiano. The instrument was in perfectcondition, and seemed to enjoyperforming before its awed audience.

The guests were asked for thei rattention about 9 pm and Cecil Dover,Chapter President, welcomed the largeturnout, and introduced the Chapterofficers for 1973. The forthcomingconven~ion to be hosted by TexasChapter was discussed. It wasannounced by Anita Nickels that asubstantial savings was available for agroup fare from Los Angeles to Dallas

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ILETTERS TO THE EDITOR I

Gene Dilthey replaces theretiring David Patterson as So. Calif.Newsletter Editor.

For Southern Californians whowould like to fly to the AMICAConvention in Texas, group fares havebeen arranged with Delta Airlines.Contact Cecil Dover for details. Thesavings are $48 round trip.

...Mr. Woodhull's comments in theMarch Bulletin touch on an area ofdiscontent. Many members are wayout in the boondocks and cannotjustify dues of $12 merely for theBulletin, their only contact really.Perhaps an assessment could be madeto the members attending meetings topay for the meetings and the duesrealigned to reflect the cost of theBulletin.

When we started a similarorganization (The Society ofReproducing Player Piano Owners)back in 1956, we had lofty ideas aboutmerely exchanging rolls, not pittingmember against member in auctionswhich drive prices up and up.

The problem with Mr. Powellwas a mistake in several areas, but it isnot membership business, anymore

than wining and dining player pianopersonalities.

We feel that it is good thatsomeone has started to wonder "justwhat is the purpose of thisorgan ization?"

Arthur H. SandersThe Musical MuseumDeansboro, New York 13328

On Sunday, August 5th, aspecial treat is being offered toSouthern California AMICAns byAnita Nickels. Anita has invited thegroup to enjoy a buffet supper, and toshare her pleasure in the new "gem" ofher collection, a beautiful art-caseSteinway Duo-Art grand. To help herplan for her supper, Anita asks thatyou contact her and make areservation.

... About a month ago Ipurchased a Mason & Hamlin organ. Iwas so excited about it I wrote to thecompany to find out all I could aboutit. I got a letter back saying all theycould tell me was that in 1882Mason & Hamlin quit making organs.

, find this a little hard to believesince my organ has a row of medalsthe company won across the front.The oldest one is 1885. Also, the lastpatent date on mine is July 14, 1896.

Is there any way of my findingout how old the organ is? The modelnumber is 333-6175, style number50K.

I would appreciate anything youcould tell me.

Ronald Carlson2101 Freeman Parkway, Apt. 18Beloit, Wisconsin 53511

P.S. I got your address from theAeolian Company.

Did you know that AMICA has afilm that you can use ... for free? Greatfor parties, chapter meetings,acquainting your philistine friendsabout the fun and frolic of playerpianos. It's a one-reeler on Super-8film, with sound. The title? "They AllLaughed ..." Contact Ginny Billings,1428 Liberty St. EI Cerrito, CA, ifyou're interested in borrowing it.

"Schubert Playl71g fOT HI.S Fllends"P'lInrtd by C4rl R6hhng. Cl P. G.

ADAM CARROLL - WHERE IS HE?

Several AMICAns have recently

requested the new address of AdamCarroll. That listed in the JanuaryBulletin roster is incorrect. Usuallysuch a notice of change-of-address isnot of general interest, but we thoughtmany of you would like to know thatAMICA now has his current address.Should you care to contact him, hisaddress is:

Adam Carrollc/o The Lambs Club130 W. 44th StreetNew York, NY 10036(212) 582-1515

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Every Ampico owner should have for reference one or both of thefollowing reprints. Both of these reprints describe each recordinglisted in detail. With pictures of the Artists including a short biog­raphy. Each has a composers list of recordings and an alphabeticallist of the recordings. Most of the rolls listed in these two Catalogswere reissued at later dates and on up until the end of production.We have found these two Catalogs excellent reference, giving usmany details concerning each recording. Most of the later Catalogslisted these same rolls but without the all important details.

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