Hi Bruce, I have several "bulged" Sonoras in my collection, and have had about six copies of the sheet music you mention. The image and mention of the record on the sheet music has puzzled me for years. As far as I know, this particular record was never produced, nor was the company making any records at the time in question. Sonora first produced records in the 1910-1911 period, and then starting again (after 30+ years and several company reorganizations) in 1944. The Sutton & Nauck book, *American Record Labels and Companies, An Encyclopedia (1891-1943)* , @ 2000, discusses the matter of Sonora produced records on p. 194.
I did find a copy of a song coincidentally entitled "Sonora" recorded by Ferera and Franchini on Broadway 8011-B (which found a home on the turntable of my late-model Sonora Invincible), but this has nothing to do with the company. Enjoy your wonderful Sonora, Bob On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:27 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a Sonora Elite bulge Sided Phonograph, and a few years ago, a > friend gave me > a very nice Colorful Sheet Music Piece called Sonora "The Melody > Beautiful", an actual Song written in 1920 about the Sonora Phonograph. > > On the back of the Sheet Music it shows a picture of a Sonora 78rpm Record > with white Lettering on blue background with the title > Sonora "The Melody Beautiful", and then in big bold print "Be Sure to get > the Phonograph Record of "Sonora The Melody Beautiful ". > > Since I thought this would be a great record to keep with the Sonora Elite > and the Sheet music, I have had an Ebay automatic search going for a few > years > for this record with zero results. Plenty of Sonora record emails sent > from ebay for later Sonora Records but never one for this one. Has anyone > ever run across this > record or have it in their collection ? I am assuming it was not > originally for sale, but you could pick it up at your Sonora Dealer back in > 1920, which would > certainly make it an elusive and very uncommon record today. Hopefully > someone without a Sonora Phonograph may have it, and may be willing to part > with it. I know, fat chance of that > but certainly worth a try. > > Thanks, > > Bruce > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
