Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre • George Baklanoff (EMG Mark IX Gramophone)

Baritone George (Georgy) Baklanoff sings “Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre“ (the toreador song from act II of Carmen by Georges Bizet) on Columbia record A5272, played on an EMG Mark IX gramophone with a Meltrope III soundbox and a Burmese Colour Needle. Acoustically recorded December 30, 1910 in New York City - the first and only take.