eds , ▁as ▁can ▁be ▁confirmed ▁by ▁the ▁spoken ▁announ c ements ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁records . ▁There ▁was , ▁however , ▁an ▁artist ▁d ish on esty ▁incident ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 9 0 s ▁with ▁Russell ▁Hun ting . ▁Le eds ▁had ▁Hun ting ▁record ▁a ▁special ty ▁of ▁his ▁called ▁" C ohen ▁at ▁the ▁Tele phone ". ▁He ▁was ▁paid ▁$ 5 ▁per ▁" round ", ▁as ▁p ant ographic ▁dup lication ▁yield ed ▁about ▁ 1 0 0 ▁acceptable ▁duplicates ▁of ▁a ▁cyl inder . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁fourth ▁round ▁( rec ording ▁into ▁ 4 ▁machines ▁yield ed ▁ 1 6 ▁master s ) ▁he ▁saw ▁a ▁man ▁cart ing ▁ 2 4 ▁record ings ▁of ▁his ▁" C ohen ▁at ▁the ▁Tele phone " ▁away ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁studio . ▁Hun ting ▁accused ▁Le eds ▁of ▁attempting ▁to ▁def ra ud ▁him . ▁Le eds ▁T alk - O - Phone , ▁according ▁to ▁Hun ting , ▁made ▁good ▁upon ▁being ▁threatened ▁with ▁expos ure . ▁ ▁A ▁few ▁V au dev ille ▁stars ▁of ▁some ▁note ▁recorded ▁for ▁Le eds , ▁including ▁By ron ▁G . ▁Har lan . ▁The ▁audio ▁f idel ity ▁of ▁original ▁Le eds ▁record ings ▁is ▁about ▁compar able ▁to ▁Victor ▁or ▁Columbia ▁Records ▁disc s ▁of ▁some ▁ 5 ▁years ▁earlier . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁notable ▁feature ▁of ▁early ▁Le eds ▁records ▁are ▁the ▁labels ▁at ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁disc