-priced series released from 1906 under the Columbia Records imprint by the U.S. company Columbia Graphophone Company; releases ceased with the latter company's demise in late 1923.
Created as Columbia's answer to Victor's Red Seal records, the series featured both classical music and more popular fare, including dance music.
No special number blocks were set aside for the series, but it was distinguished by a specially designed label, the so-called Banner or Tricolor label. A red, blue, and white banner on dark-blue background lists Columbia's victories at international trade expositions, starting with Paris 1900 and St. Louis 1904 (1906-1907 version). In 1907, the Milan 1906 award s the list. In 1916, a series of four awards is added: Jamestown, Seattle, Buenos Aires, and Panama-Pacific (from the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco). The name "Symphony Series" in the lower right of the label only appears in 1908. Between 1921 and 1922, the series name was omitted when the label featured an "Exclusive Artist."
The series included both 10-inch and 12-inch records, and the price of a single record varied from $1.00 to $7.50.
