Few men accomplished more than Emile Berliner (1851-1929) in the field of recorded sound. Berliner invented the phonograph, the microphone and the flat disc and founded no less than three major record companies: EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, and Victor. The Berliner Gramophone Co. was Canada's first record company. Emile Berliner started making records in Montreal in 1900. The recording business which at first sold a few thousand discs went on in a short time to sell millions. This disc features major recordings of the Canadian Berliner and RCA Victor and the booklet includes the history of the company, the evolution of sound technologies and a social history of the milieu in which the company operated.
- Includes a fully illustrated 80 page booklet
Track Listing:
1. The New Voice of Berliner. Introduction – Oliver Berliner
2. “It talks, it sings.” Recorded advertisement – Robert Price
3. The mountain people – E. Loiseau
4. The Maple Leaf Forever – Robert Price
5. Along the Saint-Laurent – H ector Pellerin
6. When You and I Were Young, Maggie – Henry Burr & Peerless Quartet
7. “Hello Bobby! I’m going to sing for you” – E mile Berliner
8. We are Canayen or we are not – C onrad Gauthier
9. The Devil's Dream – George Wade & His Cornhuskers (Jean Carignan, violin)
10. My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby – W ilf Carter
11. You who pass without seeing me – J ean Lalonde
12. Darling, I love you very much – L ucille Dumont
13. The West, a Nest and You, dear – M art Kenney & His Western Gentlemen
14. Pie Jesu – Wilfrid Pelletier and the Montreal Festivals orchestra
15. V’la l’bon vent – The Alouette Quartet
16. Tico-Tico – A lily Robi
17. I believed – F ernand Robidoux
18. My child I forgive you – Paul Brunelle
19. The good song – A lbert Viau and François Brunet
20. I sing on horseback – W illie Lamothe
21. Oscar's Boogie – O scar Peterson, piano
22. If you understood it – R aoul Jobin
23. Strawberries and raspberries – The Soucy trio
24. Montreal nights – J acques Normand
25. I'm Movin' On – H ank Snow
26. You my wealth – J en Roger
27. Never forget – R aymond Berthiaume and the Three Bars
28. Yakety Yak – The Jérolas