RECORD INDEX
Keep your records indexed. It is a very small matter, and once the habit is formed it is easy to find the record you want the moment you want it.
Victrola Record Albums consist of ten record envelopes, numbered 1 to 10 and bound into book form. Each album bears a letter of the alphabet. Inside its cover is a printed form to index its contents. Enter here the name of each record and its artists, and the envelope number. You should use, in addition, your Victor Index Book as a “directory” of all your records. If you enter in the Index Book the names of each record and its artists, the letter of the album and the envelope number, it will be an easy matter to turn directly to any record needed.
It will be seen that there are two extensions of the gold circle at the circumference of Victor record labels. On these the album and album envelope should be marked. The return of each record to its proper album and proper envelope is thus assured.
ARRANGING PROGRAMS
The first essential in the arrangement of any program is—variety. Following a big dramatic number there should be an emotional let down, although obviously it should not be so great as to be incongruous. It is best to go from a violin composition to a song or from a big concerted number like the Sextette from Lucia to some quieting composition for string quartette.
Another important point is that you have music of all possible tone colors to choose from. There are solos by voices of all kinds, but there are also solos by violins, ’cellos, trombones, cornets, flutes, saxophones, harps, xylophones, chimes—in fact, as we have said, solos by every known instrument and other numbers by all the known combinations of instruments are available to the Victrola owner.
With the Victor Catalogue to draw on, one might easily give a more or less formal concert program every night for years without exhausting the possibilities and without any sense of sameness.
CHOICE OF RECORDS
The final choice of records must always be left to the individual buyer. We have already pointed out that personal taste differs widely in music, but with the idea of giving you all the assistance possible in a general way, we have compiled a few special lists. The nearest Victor dealer will be glad to give you every assistance in building up your own library of records, and play any records you may wish to hear without obligation.