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 thousands 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 pages booklet
  

Track Listing :

1. The New Voice of Berliner. Introduction – Oliver Berliner
2. "It talks, it sings." Recorded advertisement – Robert Price
3. Les montagnards – E. Loiseau
4. The Maple Leaf Forever – Robert Price
5. Le long du Saint-laurent – Hector Pellerin
6. When You and I Were Young, Maggie – Henry Burr & Peerless Quartet
7. "Hello Bobby! I'm going to sing for you" – Emile Berliner
8. On est Canayen ou ben on l'est pas – Conrad Gauthier
9. The Devil's Dream – George Wade & His Cornhuskers (Jean Carignan, violon)
10. My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby – Wilf Carter
11. Vous qui passez sans me voir – Jean Lalonde
12. Darling, je vous aime beaucoup – Lucille Dumont
13. The West, a Nest and You, dear – Mart Kenney & His Western Gentlemen
14. Pie Jesu – Wilfrid Pelletier et l'orchestre des Festivals de Montréal
15. V'la l'bon vent – Le Quatuor Alouette
16. Tico-Tico – Alys Robi
17. Je croyais – Fernand Robidoux
18. Mon enfant je te pardonne – Paul Brunelle
19. La bonne chanson – Albert Viau et François Brunet
20. Je chante à cheval – Willie Lamothe
21. Oscar's Boogie – Oscar Peterson, piano
22. Si vous l'aviez compris – Raoul Jobin
23. Les fraises et les framboises – Le trio Soucy
24. Les nuits de montreal – Jacques Normand
25. I'm Movin' On – Hank Snow
26. Toi ma richesse – Jen Roger
27. N'oublie jamais – Raymond Berthiaume et les Three Bars
28. Yakety Yak – Les Jérolas