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Small phonograph company «Poliakin & Sons» operated from 1910 to 1914 [1]. The label began its activity in Berlin by issuing records with Russian repertoire using masters bought from German companies «Stella», «Beka» and etc.

Judging by the existing copies of records, the company achieved certain perfection in the business of copying somebody else’s records: on this record the own announcement is attached to the copied phonogram! One can make this conclusion after careful listening to the record: the announcement sounds indistinctly and faintly, while the orchestra sounds brightly and richly.

Supposedly, for achieving this goal they used a pantograph with attached to it mouthpiece. The process might work this way: first they started the recorder, then spoke necessary phrase into the mouthpiece, then without stopping started the playback of the original record. Since all records have more or less prolonged lead-in groove, there should be a lapse between the end of the phrase and the beginning of the actual sound – this is exactly what we observe! Usually there is no such delay on the original recordings.

Using this “hi-tech” technology combined with “social skills” of Poliakin-senior explains the fact why “all attempts of thieved artists to stop the illegal business ended up without success - «wise» Poliakin-senior befriended with local police as well as with fathers of the city, so they closed their eyes on all his «pranks»”[3].

After passing of the Copyright Law in March 20, 1911, the company began making its own recording, mostly with folk music [2].

References:

1. P.Grunberg. The History of Gramophone in Russia., p.176
2. A.Zheleznyj. Our Friend – a Record., p.81
3. A.Tikhonov. The unknown “Centennial War”. From the history of musical piracy in Russia. Part 3. (in Russian)
Poliaphone-Record (red) (30)
Poliaphone-Record (pink) (11)
Poliaphone-Record (orange) (5)
Poliaphone-Record (black) (3)
Poliaphone-Record (three angels) (2)
 
 
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TakeTitle Name (Composer)Artist(s), AccompanimentRec Date
Rec Place
Press Date
Label(s)Order No
[xRef Nos]
Files
P.-R. 5360
russianmezzo-soprano
I love you eternallyтебя бесконечно люблю), romance (Nikolay Zubov, lyrics by Vladimir Myatlev)
Maria A. EmskayaPoliaphone-Record (pink)
5457
ukrainian, russiantenor with piano
Roared and Groaned The Dnepr River (Реве та стогне Дніпр широкий), folk song
P.Lobeznikov, acc. piano, Conductor M.L.KropivnitskyPoliaphone-Record (orange), Stella Record
P.-R. 5480
russiansolo with chor
The last day (Последний нынешний денечек), folk song
Russian Folk Choir of V. Varshavsky, Conductor Vasily S. VarshavskyPoliaphone-Record (pink)
P.R. 14064
russianbaritone with piano
Tomsky’s Ballad - Once in Versailles (Three cards) (Баллада Томского - Однажды в Версале (Три карты)) (Opera «Queen of Spades», act 1) (Pyotr Tchaikovsky, lyrics by Modest Tchaikovsky, based on: Alexander Pushkin: The story «The Queen of Spades»)
Alexander Bragin, acc. pianoPoliaphone-Record (pink), Stella Record12237
P.R. 14065
russianbaritone with piano
Prince Eletzky’s aria - I love you (Ария князя Елецкого - Я вас люблю) (Opera «Queen of Spades», act 2) (Pyotr Tchaikovsky, lyrics by Modest Tchaikovsky, based on: Alexander Pushkin: The story «The Queen of Spades»)
Alexander Bragin, acc. pianoPoliaphone-Record (pink), Stella Record12241
28
russianorchestra
Soldier Life (Солдатская жизнь), march
OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R.321
(321)
russianorchestra
The Triumphal March (Триумфальный марш) (Opera «Aida») (Giuseppe Verdi, lyrics by Antonio Gislanzoni, based on: Camille Du Locle / Francois Auguste Ferdinan Mariet: )
Poliaphone Company own OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R. 5065
(556)
russianbrass band
You Fell as the Victims (Funeral) (Вы жертвою пали (Похоронный)), march song
Symphony Orchestra in BerlinPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R. 5001
(797)
russianbrass band
Longing for Motherland (Тоска по Родине), march (D.M. Trifonov, arr. Franz J. Kroupa, V. Poliakin)
"Poliaphone" Orchestra (?)Poliaphone-Record (red)
R.P. 927
(927)
germanbrass orchestra
Forge in the Forest (Die Schmiede im Walde), character piece (Theodor Michaelis)
Extraphone Orchestra, Conductor I.F.SokolovSt.PetersburgPoliaphone-Record (red), Extraphone21752
R.P. 928
(928)
germanbrass orchestra
Mill in Schwarzwald (Die Mühle im Schwarzwald), character piece (Richard Eilenberg)
Poliaphone-Record (red)
P.R.-5042
(1016)
russianorchestra
España (Эспана), waltz (Emile Waldteufel)
Poliaphone OrchestraBerlinPoliaphone-Record (black)
5014
(1426)
russianorchestra
Expectation (Ожидание), waltz (Herold L. Kitler)
Poliaphone Company OrchestraOdessaPoliaphone-Record (red)
5000
russianbrass band
Longing for Motherland (Тоска по Родине), waltz (D.M. Trifonov, arr. Franz J. Kroupa, V. Poliakin)
"Poliaphone" Orchestra (?)OdessaPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R.5030
(5030)
russian
Ruthenian potpourri, Part I (Малороссийское попурри (I Часть)), medley
Poliaphone Company own OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (black)
P.-R.5031
(5031)
russian
Ruthenian potpourri, Part II (Малороссийское попурри (II Часть)), medley
Poliaphone Company own OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (black)
5039
french, germanbrass band
Margarita (La Bella Lolita), waltz (Léon Vasseur, arr. Camillo Morena)
"Poliaphone" OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
french, germanorchestra
Margarita (La Bella Lolita), waltz (Léon Vasseur, arr. Camillo Morena)
Poliaphone Company own Orchestra
5040
russian
Waltz (Вальс) (Opera «Faust») (Charles Gounod, lyrics by Jules Barbier, Michel Carre, based on: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: The tragedy «Faust»)
OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (three angels)
5041
russian
Waltz (Вальс) (Opera «The Geisha») (Sydney Jones)
OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (three angels)
P.R.5063
(5063)
russian, german
Grandpa (Дедушка) (Klarinettenmuckel), polka
Poliaphone Company own Orchestra ?BerlinPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R.5067
(5067)
russian
Glowworm Idyll (Glühwürmchen-Idyll) (Идилия "Светлячки" (Glühwürmchen-Idyll)), ballroom dance (Operetta «Lysistrata») (Paul Lincke, lyrics by Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers)
Poliaphone Company own OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R. 5075
(5075)
russian
Queen Draga (Королева Драга), waltz (M.Gugel (?))
"Poliaphone" Orchestra (?)Poliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R. 5076
(5076)
russian
Kaporsky Waltz (Капорский вальс) (Greenberg)
"Poliaphone" Orchestra (?)Poliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R.5125
(5125)
russianorchestra
Pompadour (Помпадур), dance
OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R.5126
(5126)
russianorchestra
Hungarian Dance (Венгерка)
OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R. 5173
(5173)
russianorchestra
Hello to the Comrades (Привет товарищам), march (Michael Naigauz)
"Poliaphone" OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R. 5175
(5175)
russianorchestra
Nadezhda (The Hope) (Надежда), waltz (R.I.Naigauz)
"Poliaphone" OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R. 5185
(5185)
russianbrass band
The days of our life (Дни нашей жизни), march (Leo Isaacovich Chernetzky)
"Poliaphone" OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R. 5186
(5186)
russianbrass band
Oj-Ra! Oj-Ra! (Ой-ра! Ой-ра!), polka
"Poliaphone" OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P-R 5580
(5580)
russianorchestra
Peasant polka (Крестьянская полька) (I.B.Poliakin)
Poliaphone Company own OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P-R 5581
(5581)
russianorchestra
Godmother Helena (Кумушка Елена), polka (arr. I.B.Poliakin)
Poliaphone Company own OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R.5634
(5634)
polishharmony orchestra
Krakowiak, folk dance (Radermacher)
Harmony Orchestra of V.S. Varshavsky, Conductor Vasily VarshavskyPoliaphone-Record (pink), Stella Record12609
P.-R.5635
(5635)
russianharmony orchestra
Village Trepak (Деревенский трепак), folk dance
Harmony Orchestra of V.S. Varshavsky, Conductor Vasily VarshavskyPoliaphone-Record (pink)
P.-R. 5638
(5638)
russianorchestra
Seven-Fourty (Семь-сорок), dance (arr. A.B.V.)
Orchesta "Stella"Poliaphone-Record (red), Stella Record12746
P.-R. 5639
(5639)
russian, jewishorchestra
Milashka - Moldovan Girl (Милаша - молдаванка), dance (Subbota, arr. A.B.V.)
Orchesta "Stella"Poliaphone-Record (red), Stella Record12782
P.-R. 5704
(5704)
russiancomic
Comic questions (Комические вопросы), comic scene
Bim-Bom (Ivan Radunsky & M.Stanevsky)Poliaphone-Record (pink), Stella Record12592
P.-R. 5705
(5705)
russiancomic scene
A comic scene (Комическая сценка)
Bim-Bom (Ivan Radunsky & M. Stanevsky), acc. guitar, mandolinPoliaphone-Record (pink), Stella Record12587
11130
russianorchestra
God Save the Tsar (Боже царя храни), anthem (Alexey F. Lvov, lyrics by Vasily Zhukovsky)
OrchestraPoliaphone-Record (red)
P.-R. 5359
(12247)
russiansoprano with violin and piano
Had You But Known (Когда б Вы поняли меня), romance (Luigi Denza)
Maria Emskaya, acc. violin and piano1910
St.-Petersburg
Poliaphone-Record (pink), Stella Record12247
P-R. 5300
(12281)
russiansoprano with piano
Forgotten are the tender kisses (Забыты нежные лобзанья), gypsy romance (Anatoly Lenin)
Vera Goldberg, acc. pianoOdessaPoliaphone-Record (orange)
P.-R. 5479
(12417)
russiansolo with choir
Dashing merchant (Ухарь-купец), song (lyrics by Ivan Nikitin)
Russian folk choir of V. Varshavskiy, Conductor Vasiliy S. VarshavskiyPoliaphone-Record (pink)
5456
(12578)
ukrainian, russiantenor with piano
The Sun is Low (Сонце низенько), folk song
[ru]П.Л.Лобезников, acc. [ru]фортепиано, Conductor M.L.KrapivnitskyPoliaphone-Record (orange), Stella Record12578
P-R. 14058
(14058)
russian, italiansoprano with orchestra
Prayer (Молитва Тоски) (Vissi d’arte) (Opera «La Tosca», act 2) (Giacomo Puccini, lyrics by Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, based on: Victorien Sardu: Drama «La Tosca»)
Татьяна Абрамовна Фингерт ?, acc. orchestraPoliaphone-Record (orange)
P-R. 14059
(14059)
russian, frenchsoprano with orchestra
Une dame noble et sage (Ария Пажа) (Opera «Les Huguenots», act 1) (Giacomo Meyerbeer, lyrics by Eugene Scribe, Emile Deschamps, based on: [ru]Проспер Мориме[ru]Prosper Merimee: The novel «Chronique du regne de Charles IX»)
Татьяна Абрамовна Фингерт ?, acc. оркестр "Общества Поляфон" (orchestra)Poliaphone-Record (orange)
14066
russianbaritone with piano
Tomsky’s song - If Only Darling Maidens (Песенка Томского - Если б милые девицы) (Opera «Queen of Spades», act 3) (Pyotr Tchaikovsky, lyrics by Modest Tchaikovsky, based on: Alexander Pushkin: The story «The Queen of Spades»)
Alexander Bragin, acc. pianoSt.-PetersburgPoliaphone-Record (pink), Stella Record14066
15085
russianbass with orchestra
Susanin’s aria - They guess the truth .... My dawn will come (Ария Сусанина - Чуют правду .... Ты придешь,моя заря) (Opera «A Life for the Tzar (Ivan Susanin)», act 4) (Mikhail Glinka, lyrics by Yegor Rozen)
Shlyapin ?Poliaphone-Record
P.R.84504
(84504)
french
Viens Poupoule (Femails Only), polka (Adolph Spalm)
Poliaphone Company own Orchestra ?Odessa ?Poliaphone-Record (red)
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