ABSTRACT
Under this name Columbia entered the disc field, in late 1901. The matrixes were made by the Globe Record Co., and pressing was done by the Burt Co.,a button manufacturer in Milburn, New Jersey. Label color was black and gold. In January 1902 Victor’s Eldridge Johnson purchased the firm without the knowledge of Edward Easton, Columbia president. When, in the following month, the two companies came to an agreement to share patents, the Climax matrices went back to Columbia. Some of the records had been embossed with “VTM” in the wax near the edge of the label. Performances by the Climax Band included “The Jolly Coppersmith” (#628), and “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden” (#82). Use of the Climax name ceased in fall 1902 as Columbia inscribed labels with its own name, beginning the so-called black and silver series. [Brooks 1975; Foote 1970.]
See also Disc
