The Discographer - February 2014 - 4

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This being the 4th
edition of The
Discographer
Magazine - it is fair to
say that it has
established itself as a
much-needed resource and
welcome edition for 78rpm
collectors worldwide. We feature
in this edition three articles/
discographies written especially
for the magazine by three authors
well-known to many 78rpm
collectors using the internet. All
three authors are active members
of the 78rpm Collectors
Community - but all three are also
highly successful restorers or
researchers of 78rpm records.
Beginning with a comprehensive
article and discography by Doug
Hamilton, we look at the The
London Piano Accordion Band - in
all its shapes and forms. (See
page 45.) Although an incomplete
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work in progress, this detailed
discography explores the talents
of the leaders of this group -
Billy Reid, George Scott Wood and
Eric Winstone.
We also feature a meticulously
researched discography on the
Virtuoso String Quartet - (a very
ne group active for HMV from
1924-1929). Written by Bryan
Bishop, many collectors of
classical music will recognize the
name as author and blog-writer of
the highly successful, The
Shellackophile - which explores
recordings of classical music from
the 78-rpm era. Bryans amazing
restoration work with 78rpms is
well known and admired.
You can view Bryan's extensive
blog here:
shellackophile.blogspot.com
We also feature a discography
written and researched by the
excellent 78rpm restorer - Bill
Anderson. Many collectors will
recognize the name through his
posts on the 78-L mailing list and
other such lists on GoogleGroups.
Bill Anderson has meticulously
researched the rst recordings of
the St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra. His discography
features the early Victor acoustic
and early electric recordings from
this ne ensemble for 1923, 1924
and 1925. His excellent
accompanying article is also a
delightful read - thoroughly
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Highlights in this Edition:
Page 7 -Fonotipia Posters
Page 11 - The Virtuoso String Quartet
Discography
Page 14 - DECCA Advertisements
Page 43 - New Music on our website
Page 45 - The London Piano Accordion
Band Discography
Page 59 - Gramophone Emporium
Closure
Page 63 - First recordings of the St.
Louis Symphony
Page 74 - New 78rpm Music Videos
Page 76 - English 78rpms by Record
Number
Page 84 - Nat Shilkret -Victor Orchestra
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Nathan Davis
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Doug Hamilton
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Further listings in this months
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Gramophone Emporium (in
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Letters to Editor
I read your article, Big
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and found it a fascinating read. Its
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Cover of Edition 3 - The Discographer
Fonotipia Posters
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A selection of amazing Fonotipia
Posters from the early 20th
Century...
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A Discography of HMV recordings by
the Virtuoso String Quartet (1924-29)
Written by Bryan Bishop
The Virtuoso String Quartet was founded late in 1923 by four British
musicians, apparently for the express purpose of making recordings.
Each of its members was a veteran of the recording studios. First
violinist Marjorie Hayward and cellist Cedric Sharpe (whose idea the
Virtuoso String Quartet seems to have been) were both long-standing
solo artists at HMV ("His Master's Voice," or The Gramophone Co., Ltd.),
and were each also a member of a previous string quartet making
recordings, Hayward with the English String Quartet on Columbia, and
Sharpe with the
Philharmonic String
Quartet on HMV. Second
violinist Edwin Virgo was
a member of the former
ensemble, and violist
Raymond Jeremy a
member of the latter.
I am indebted to Tully
Potter, who probably
knows as much about
great string players of the
past and their
recordings as anyone
alive, for the above
information. Interested
persons should look into
his excellent article,
"Virtues of the Virtuoso
Four", published in the
Summer 2011 issue of
Classical Recordings
Quarterly, which is a
survey of the Virtuoso
String Quartet's activity
in studios (both recording
and radio) and in concert.
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While earlier string quartet ensembles (such as the Flonzaley, Catterall
and Lener String Quartets) had begun their recording careers by being
limited to making potboilers, isolated movements and abridgments from
the string quartet repertoire before being permitted to record complete
works, the Virtuoso String Quartet took the opposite trajectory during
their brief career in the studios. By the time of their appearance, there
was a push to record, for the rst time, major symphonic and chamber
music works in complete form, largely instigated by a new journal, "The
Gramophone," founded in 1923 by Compton Mackenzie. The Virtuoso
String Quartet recorded three complete quartets one by Tchaikovsky,
one by Beethoven, and the Franck, as well as the Frank Bridge "Three
Idylls" by the acoustical recording process, and each of these was a
recording premire. With the arrival of electrical recording, the
Virtuoso String Quartet were able to contribute to the Beethoven
centennial celebrations in 1927 with three more
Beethoven quartets, but by this time, HMV had
signed the more prestigious Budapest String
Quartet and the Virtuoso String Quartet
were thereafter reduced to recording
isolated movements and potboilers. (A
notable exception was the Ravel
Quartet, their last issued recording.)
They made no recordings after 1929,
although Tully Potter notes that they
continued to concertize and to
broadcast until their disbanding in
1936. By 1943, all of their HMV
recordings had disappeared from the
catalogue.
The choice of the name "Virtuoso" for the group was seen as
inappropriate in some quarters. "The Gramophone," reviewing their rst
recording in July, 1924, opined that they "do not, luckily, live up to their
unfortunately chosen name. (A quartet, as I once remarked before, is
essentially a republic, not a monarchy, and artists who call themselves
virtuosi are invariably petty monarchs.) This is an excellent and
competent body of players..." Both Hayward and Sharpe, as mentioned
above, had localized reputations as solo artists, which could possibly
have accounted for the name, but in any case this was disguised from
the record-buying public by the fact that the players' names never
appeared on the labels! (They were usually credited, however, in the
liner notes of the albums.)
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For this discography I have loosely taken as a model the excellent
Flonzaley Quartet discography by Jon Samuels, published in the May
1988 issue of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections' "ARSC
Journal" (Vol. 19, No. 1). The format is in three large sections. In the
rst, [page 18 onwards], recordings are listed chronologically by session
(i.e., a different session for each different date). Each session is divided
into three columns, the rst for the matrix and take numbers (with
issued takes being underlined), the second for the original issue number
(if the recording was actually released), and the last for the composer
and work (and parts of movements, if applicable). The location of the
recording, and actual studio used (if known) is also indicated following
the session number and recording date. All of the Virtuoso String
Quartet's recordings were made for HMV in England. Matrix numbers
beginning with "Bb" are 10-inch matrices; those beginning with "Cc" are
12-inch matrices. To compile this listing I have relied on Alan Kelly's
HMV matrix listings of the Bb/Cc series (1921-30), self-published by Mr.
Kelly as a CD-ROM. (For more information about the les of Alan Kelly, whose
comprehensive research into The Gramophone Company's output will likely remain
unparalleled, visit www.normaneld.com/kelly.htm.)
The second section, [page 27 onwards], is a
combination index (by composer) and
complete issue listing. Each work is listed
with a reference to the session
number(s) in Section I that produced
the recording, with session numbers
yielding issued takes being underlined.
This is followed, for issued recordings,
by the HMV issue number, number of
sides and coupling; album set number (if
any); the dates of issue and of deletion;
automatic sequence coupling numbers (if
any); the American Victor issue number; and a
reference to online sites where the recording may
be heard and/or downloaded. The third section, [page 35 onwards], is a
chronological listing of issued recordings, including side layouts for
multi-movement works. For issues of shorter works I have given the
titles of the pieces as they appear on the labels.
HMV records by the Virtuoso String Quartet were issued in three
coupling series. Continued on page 16...
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The earlier issues (up to March, 1927) were in the black label "D" series,
a mid-price (as we would call it today) line somewhat cheaper than the
premium-priced red label series but more expensive than the plum label
"C" (12-inch) and "B" (10-inch) series which functioned as HMV's
popular line. By December, 1927, the Virtuoso String Quartet's
recordings were being issued in these cheaper series. For the issue and
deletion dates of these releases I have relied on the discographies of the
"C" series (by Frank Andrews and Michael Smith) and the "D" series (by
Michael Smith), published by the City of London Phonograph and
Gramophone Society (www.clpgs.org.uk). There is also a "B" series
discography (by Frank Andrews and Ernie Bayly), but I never bothered
to acquire it as I did the other two; my thanks therefore go to Robert
Girling, the publications director of the CLPGS, for kindly supplying me
with the issue and deletion dates for the three Virtuoso String Quartet
releases in the "B" series.
A word about HMV's album series: The Gramophone Company had been
producing album sets almost from their earliest days, primarily of
"complete" operas and other large vocal works, but it was only towards
the end of 1926 that HMV seems to have decided to have an "Album
Series of Complete Works" in a numbered sequence to keep track of this
growing branch of their operations. Album numbers never appeared on
the labels of the records themselves, merely on the album containers,
and (from 1929) in the HMV catalogues. The rst 25 or so of these
numbers seem to have been assigned retroactively to sets in their
existing catalogue in 1926, as is evident when one arranges the titles of
these 25 sets in numerical order, for the sequence is not chronological
indeed, acoustical and electrical sets are intermixed. The progression
seems to be: opera, operetta (Nos. 4 to 12 are Gilbert & Sullivan sets, in
alphabetical order), symphonies, chamber music, piano music,
miscellaneous. Then with No. 26 the sets become chronological. Two of
the Virtuoso String Quartet's sets are among these rst 25 sets: the
Franck Quartet (No. 18) and the Debussy (No. 19). (My copies of these two
albums have no set number anywhere on them, which is another reason I believe the
numbers were assigned after the fact.) The criterion for inclusion within the
album set series seems to have been works requiring four or more
records (six or more in the case of the existing acoustical sets). HMV's
album set series certainly is a subject worthy of further research.
Automatic sequence couplings designed for use with HMV's automatic
changer mechanisms were introduced in 1928, the numbers in all series
beginning at 7000. None of the Virtuoso String Quartet's recordings
then in the catalogue were given automatic couplings, however. The
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Ravel Quartet, issued in 1931, was released in standard and automatic
couplings simultaneously. Then, in 1933, a new style of changer
mechanism was introduced, necessitating reissues of those sets already
on the catalogue with a different coupling to accommodate the new
mechanism. This accounts for there being two sets of automatic
sequence couplings for the Ravel Quartet. At about the same time the
older sets in the "D" series were also given automatic couplings,
presumably for the new mechanism.
There were two basic types of automatic couplings:
1) the "slide" automatic, where a set of four records, for example, would
have sides 1 and 5 coupled, 2 and 6, etc. It is called "slide" because the
records were placed on the turntable before play with side 1 on top,
and the records allowed to slide off after play into a padded drawer,
until they were all nished, then the stack retrieved and turned over
with side 5 on top;
2) the "drop" automatic, where the same set of four records would have
sides 1 and 8 coupled, 2 and 7, 3 and 6, and 4 and 5. The records
would drop from a higher point onto the turntable, and after play, the
stack would be turned over and played in reverse order. The
existence of two types of automatic couplings means that the odd-
side llers for affected sets could have been on either the rst record
of a set (for "drop" automatic" sets) or the last record (for "slide
automatic" sets), and, since I have no way of knowing which type of
coupling HMV used at which time, I have indicated both possible
numbers for ller sides in the issue listing.
In the United States, HMV recordings were issued by Victor, through an
exclusive licensing arrangement between the two companies that lasted
until 1957. The merest handful of Virtuoso String Quartet sides, 13 in
total, were issued by Victor; the oddest of these issues being of the piece
formerly known as "Haydn's Serenade" (actually by Hoffstetter) which
was issued as part of a Black Label set entitled "Dinner Music Famous
Serenades"! The remaining Victor releases were Red Seal records,
including one release in the Victor Musical Masterpiece album series
(with an M- prex for manual coupling, and an AM- prex for "slide"
automatic).
There are 90 total issued sides by the Virtuoso String Quartet, and of
these, some 60 are audible online as free downloads from various
places. My own blog, "The Shellackophile" shellackophile.blogspot.com
is one of these, as is Damian Rogan's site, "Damian's 78s" -
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www.damians78s.co.uk. In both cases the ZIPped les must be
downloaded to your computer for listening. There is also a large
collection (40 sides) available at the invaluable site hosted by the AHRC
Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music
(CHARM) (www.charm.rhul.ac.uk), where the recordings may either
be downloaded or listened to with their online player. There are some
overlaps between what CHARM has and what Damian and I have. With
CHARM, extended works must be heard one side at a time, whereas
with mine and Damian's transfers the sides are joined for continuous
play.
# # # # KEY - " 78rpm Electric ! 78rpm Acoustic
SECTION I CHRONOLOGICAL LOG OF RECORDING SESSIONS
#Matrix/Take No. #Issue No. #Composer/Work
# # # # Session No.1 Wednesday, January 9, 1924, Hayes
! Cc4043-1-2# # Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D First movement, part 1
! Cc4044-1-2-3# # Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D First movement, part 2
# # # # Session No.2 Tuesday, February 26, 1924, Hayes
! Cc4043-3-4
#
# D 865# Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D First movement, part 1
! Cc4044-4-5-6# D 865# Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D First movement, part 2
! Cc4262-1-2# D 866# Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D Second movement, part 1
! Cc4263-1-2# D 866# Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D Second movement, part 2
Session No.3 Friday, March 28, 1924, Hayes
! Cc4423-1-2# D 867# Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D Third movement
! Cc4424-1-2# # Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D Fourth movement, part 1
! Cc4425-1# # Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D Fourth movement, part 2
Session No.4 Wednesday, April 2, 1924, Hayes
! Cc4425-2-3# # Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D Fourth movement, part 2
! Cc4435-1-2# D 868# Glazounov: Valse, Op. 15, No. 5
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# # # # Session No.5 Friday, May 2, 1924, Hayes
! Cc4424-3-4-5# D 867# Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D Fourth movement, part 1
! Cc4425-4-5# D 868# Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D Fourth movement, part 2
! Cc4540-1-2# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 8 in E minor First movement, part 1
# # # # Session No.6 Tuesday, May 20, 1924, Hayes
! Cc4615-1-2# D 954# Beethoven: Quartet No. 8 in E minor Second movmt, part 1
# # # # Session No.7 Wednesday, June 4, 1924, Hayes
! Cc4690-1-2# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 8 in E minor Third movement
! Cc4691-1-2-3# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 8 in E minor Fourth movmt, part 1
! Cc4692-1-2# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 8 in E minor Fourth movmt, part 2
# # # # Session No.8 Monday, June 16, 1924, Hayes
! Cc4728-1-2-3# D 915# Bridge: Three Idylls No. 1, part 1
! Cc4729-1-2# D 915# Bridge: Three Idylls No. 1, part 2
! Cc4730-1-2# D 916# Bridge: Three Idylls No. 2
! Cc4731-1-2# D 916# Bridge: Three Idylls No. 3
! Cc4540-5-6# D 953# Beethoven: Quartet No. 8 in E minor First movement, part 1
! Cc4614-5-6# D 953# Beethoven: Quartet No. 8 in E minor First movement, part 2
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! Cc4690-3# D 955# Beethoven: Quartet No. 8 in E minor Third movement
! Cc4691-4# D 956# Beethoven: Quartet No. 8 in E minor Fourth movmt, part 1
! Cc4692-3# D 956# Beethoven: Quartet No. 8 in E minor Fourth movmt, part 2
# # # # Session No.10 Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1925, Hayes
! Cc5588-1-2# # Franck: Quartet in D First movement, part 1
! Cc5589-1-2# D 1006# Franck: Quartet in D First movement, part 2
# # # # Session No.11 Thursday, Jan. 15, 1925, Hayes
! Cc5595-1-2*# D 1007# Franck: Quartet in D First movement, part 3
! Cc5596-1-2# # Franck: Quartet in D First movement, part 4
! Cc5597-1-2# # Franck: Quartet in D Second movement, part 1
*Later pressings of this matrix used take 1.
# # # # Session No.12 Monday, January 19, 1925, Hayes
! Cc5622-1-2# D 1008# Franck: Quartet in D Second movement, part 2
! Cc5623-1-2# D 1009# Franck: Quartet in D Third movement, part 1
! Cc5624-1-2-3# D 1009# Franck: Quartet in D Third movement, part 2
! Cc5625-1-2# D 1010# Franck: Quartet in D Third movement, part 3
# # # # Session No.13 Wednesday, Mar. 18, 1925, Hayes
! Cc5597-3-4*# D 1008# Franck: Quartet in D Second movement, part 1
! Cc5892-1-2# # Franck: Quartet in D Fourth movement, part 1
! Cc5893-1-2# D 1011# Franck: Quartet in D Fourth movement, part 2
! Cc5894-1-2-3# D 1011# Franck: Quartet in D Fourth movement, part 3
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*Pressings of this matrix issued from April, 1928, used take 3.
# # # # Session No.14 Monday, April 20, 1925, Hayes
! Cc5892-3-4-5# D 1010# Franck: Quartet in D Fourth movement, part 1
# # # # Session No.15 Monday, September 14, 1925,
Hayes (The rst electrically recorded session).
" Cc6690-1-2-3-# D 1058*# Debussy: Quartet in G minor First movmt, part 1
4-5
*See label scan on page 13.
# # # # Session No.16 Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1925, Hayes
" Cc6690-6-7# # Debussy: Quartet in G minor First movement, part 1
" Cc6692-1# # Debussy: Quartet in G minor Second movement
# # # # Session No.17 Friday, Sept. 18, 1925, Hayes
" Cc6711-1-2-3# D 1059# Debussy: Quartet in G minor Third movement, part 1
" Cc6712-1-2# # Debussy: Quartet in G minor Third movement, part 2
" Cc6713-1-2*# D 1060# Debussy: Quartet in G minor Fourth movement, part 1
*Pressings of this matrix issued from March, 1930, used take 1.
# # # # Session No.18 Thursday, October 8, 1925, Hayes
" Cc6692-2-3-4-5# # Debussy: Quartet in G minor Second movement
" Cc6891-1-2# # Debussy: Quartet in G minor Fourth movement, part 2
# # # # Session No.19 Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1925, Hayes
" Cc7021-1-2# D 1061# Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Scherzo
" Cc7022-1-2# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat First movement, part 1
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# # # # Session No.20 Monday, October 26, 1925. Hayes
" Cc7059-1-2# D 1184# Beethoven: Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Second movmt, part 1
# # # # Session No.21 Friday, December 4, 1925, Hayes
" Cc6691-5-6# D 1058# Debussy: Quartet in G minor First movement, part 2
" Cc6692-6-7# D 1059# Debussy: Quartet in G minor Second movement
" Cc6712-3-4# D 1060# Debussy: Quartet in G minor Third movement, part 2
" Cc6891-3-4# D 1061# Debussy: Quartet in G minor Fourth movement, part 2
# # # # Session No.22 Monday, Dec. 14, 1925, Hayes
" Cc7506*-1-2# D 1185# Beethoven: Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Third movmt, part 1
" Cc7507-1-2-3# D 1186# Beethoven: Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Third movmt, part 2
*Matrices Bb7504 and Bb7505 were recordings made the same day by Hugh Campbell (vocalist).
# # # # Session No.23 Thursday, Dec. 17, 1925, Hayes
" Cc7552-1-2# D 1186# Beethoven: Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Fourth movmt, part 1
" Cc7553-1-2-3# D 1187# Beethoven: Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Fourth movmt, part 2
" CC7022-3-4# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat First movement, part 1
" Cc8517-1-2# D 1187# Dittersdorf: Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Minuet
" Cc8583-1-2# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C First movement, part 1
" Cc8585-1-2# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Second movement, part 1
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# # # # Session No.26 Thursday, July 1, 1926, Hayes
" Cc8651-1-2# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Second movement, part 2
" Cc8652-1-2-3# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Third movement
# # # # Session No.27 Friday, July 9, 1926, Hayes
" Cc8727-1-2# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Fourth movement, part 1
" Cc8728-1-2-3# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Fourth movement, part 2
" Cc8729-1-2# # Haydn: Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3 Rondo
# # # # Session No.28 Tuesday, October 12, 1926, Hayes
" Cc7022-5-6# D 1183# Beethoven: Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat First movement, part 1
" Cc7023-5-6-7# D 1183# Beethoven: Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat First movement, part 2
" Cc8584-3-4# D 1202# Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C First movement, part 2
# # # # Session No.29 Monday, October 18, 1926, Hayes
" Cc8585-3-4# D 1203# Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Second movement, part 1
" Cc8651-3-4# D 1203# Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Second movement, part 2
" Cc8652-4-5# D 1204# Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Third movement
# # # Session No.30 Monday, Dec. 6, 1926, Studio B, Hayes
" Cc8727-3-4# D 1204# Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Fourth movement, part 1
" Cc8728-4-5# D 1205# Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Fourth movement, part 2
" Cc9742-1-2# D 1206# Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat First movement, part 1
" Cc9743-1-2# D 1206# Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat First movement, part 2
# # # Session No.31 Monday, Dec. 13, 1926, Studio B, Hayes
" Cc8729-3-4-5# # Haydn: Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3 Rondo
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" Cc9761-1-2# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Second movement, part 1
" Cc9762-1-2# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Second movement, part 2
" Cc9763-1-2# # Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Third movement
# # # Session No.32 Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1926, Studio B, Hayes
" Cc9785-1-2# D 1208# Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Fourth movement, part 1
" Cc9786-1-2-3# D 1209# Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Fourth movement, part 2
" Cc9787-1-2-3# D 1209# Schubert: Moment Musicale, Op. 94, No. 3
# # # Session No.33 Thursday, Jan. 20, 1927, Studio B, Hayes
" Cc8583-5-6# D 1202# Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C First movement, part 1
" Cc10085-1-2# # Ravel: Quartet in F First movement, part 1
" Cc10086-1-2# # Ravel: Quartet in F First movement, part 2
" Cc10087-1-2# # Ravel: Quartet in F Second movement, part 1
" Cc10088-1-2# # Ravel: Quartet in F Second movement, part 2
# # # Session No.34 Monday, January 24, 1927, Studio B, Hayes
" Cc10092-1-2# # Ravel: Quartet in F Third movement, part 1
" Cc10093-1-2# # Ravel: Quartet in F Third movement, part 2
" Cc10094-1-2# # Ravel: Quartet in F Fourth movement, part 1
" Cc10095-1-2# # Ravel: Quartet in F Fourth movement, part 2
# # # Session No.35 Monday, January 31, 1927, Studio B, Hayes
" Cc8729-6-7# D 1205# Haydn: Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3 Rondo
" Cc9761-3-4# D 1207# Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Second movement, part 1
" Cc9762-3-4-5# D 1207# Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Second movement, part 2
" Cc9763-3-4# D 1208# Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Third movement
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# # # Session No.36 Thursday, April 7, 1927, Studio C, Small
Queen's Hall, London
" Bb10526-1-2-3# # Glazounov: Orientale, Op. 15, No. 2
" Bb10527-1-2-3# # Gossec: Tambourin
" Cc10528-1-2# # Bridge: An Irish Melody (Londonderry Air)
# # # Session No.37 Friday, July 1, 1927, Studio C, Small
" Bb10526-4-5# B 2784# Glazounov: Orientale, Op. 15, No. 2
" Bb10527-4-5# B 2589# Gossec: Tambourin
" Cc10528-3-4# C 1470# Bridge: An Irish Melody (Londonderry Air)
" Bb11204-1-2# B 2589# Grainger: Molly on the Shore
# # # Session No.38 Monday, November 21, 1927, Studio C,
Small Queen's Hall, London
" Cc12030-1-2# C 1470*# Haydn: Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3 Theme and Variations
*See label scan on page 12.
" Bb12031-1-2-3# B 2784# Thomas: Mignon Gavotte
" Bb12032-1-2-3# B 3137# Harrison: Widdicombe Fair Humoresque, Op. 22
" Cc12033-1-2# C 2271# Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D Nocturne
# # # Session No.39 Saturday, June 16, 1928, Studio C, Small
" Cc12453-1-2-3# C 1635# Grieg: Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 Romanze
" Cc12454-1-2# C 1635# Grieg: Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 Intermezzo
" Bb12455-1-2# # Goossens: By the Tarn, Op. 15, No. 1
" Bb12456-1-2-3# # Goossens: Jack o' Lantern, Op. 15, No. 2
# # # Session No.40 Monday, June 18, 1928, Studio B, Hayes
" Bb13538-1-2# # Speaight: Lonely Shepherd
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" Bb13539-1-2-3# # Speaight: Puck
" Cc13540-1-2# C 1593# Bridge: Three Idylls No. 1, part 1
" Cc13541-1-2# C 1593# Bridge: Three Idylls No. 1, part 2
# # # Session No.41 Thursday, July 5, 1928, Studio C, Small
" Cc13918-1-2# # Glazounov: "Quartet slav" [A movement from Quartet in G, Op. 26?]
" Bb13919-1-2# B 3137# Haydn: Serenade
" Bb13920-1-2# # Schubert: Moment musicale
# # # Session No.42 Monday, October 15, 1928, Studio B, Hayes
" Bb14591-1-2# # Wolf: Italian Serenade, part 1
" Bb14592-1-2# # Wolf: Italian Serenade, part 2
" Cc14593-1-2-3# # [?]: Polka
# # # Session No.43 Monday, February 4, 1929, Studio C, Small
With John Cockerill (harp), Robert Murchie (ute), and Charles Draper (clarinet)
" Cc15828-1-2# C 1662# Ravel: Introduction and Allegro, part 1
" Cc15829-1A-# C 1662# Ravel: Introduction and Allegro, part 2
2-3
" Cc15830-1-2A# C 1663# Ravel: Introduction and Allegro, part 3
# # # Session No.44 Monday, March 18, 1929, Studio C, Small
" Cc16240-1-2# C 1663# Bridge: Three Novelettes No. 3
" Cc16241-1-2# C 2268# Ravel: Quartet in F First movement, part 1
" Cc16242-1-2# C 2268# Ravel: Quartet in F First movement, part 2
" Cc16243-1-2# C 2269# Ravel: Quartet in F Second movement, part 1
" Cc16244-1# # Ravel: Quartet in F Second movement, part 2
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# # # Session No.45 Wednesday, April 17, 1929, Studio C, Small
" Cc16244-2# C 2269# Ravel: Quartet in F Second movement, part 2
" Cc16361-1-2# C 2270# Ravel: Quartet in F Third movement, part 1
" Cc16362-1-2# C 2271# Ravel: Quartet in F Third movement, part 2
" Cc16363-1-2# C 2271# Ravel: Quartet in F Fourth movement
# # # Session No.46 Monday, December 9, 1929, Studio C, Small
" Cc18463-1-2-3# # Delius: Quartet Third movement (Late Swallows), part 1
" Cc18364-1-2-3# # Delius: Quartet Third movement (Late Swallows), part 2
SECTION II Composer/Work Index
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827):
String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat, Op. 18, No. 6
(Sessions Nos. 30, 31, 32, 35)
D 1206 through D 1209 (7 sides, with Schubert: Moment Musicale No. 3)
Album Series No. 37
Issued March, 1927; deleted July, 1937
Automatic sequence coupling: D 7430 through D 7433 (issued in 1933)
Victor Set M-172 (11491/4) and Set AM-172 (11495/8, automatic sequence),
issued c. 1933
Download: Shellackophile
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 ("Rasumovsky")
(Sessions Nos. 5, 6, 7, 9)
D 953 through D 956 (8 sides)
Issued February, 1925; deleted June, 1929
Downloads: Shellackophile, CHARM
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String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3 ("Rasumovsky")
(Sessions Nos. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33)
# D 1202 through D 1205 (7 sides, with Haydn: Quartet, Op. 33, No. 3 Rondo)
Album Series No. 36
Automatic sequence coupling: D 7426 through D 7429 (issued about 1933)
String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127
(Sessions Nos. 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 28)
# D 1183 through D 1187 (9 sides, with Dittersdorf: Quartet No. 5 Minuet)
Album Series No. 35
Issued March, 1927; deleted December, 1933
Downloads: Shellackophile, Damian's 78s
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887):
# String Quartet No. 2 in D Third movement (Notturno: Andante) ("Nocturne")
(Session No. 38)
C 2271 (ller for Ravel: Quartet in F)
Issued October, 1931; deleted February, 1935
Automatic sequence coupling: C 7150 or C 7153
Automatic sequence coupling reissue (October, 1933): C 7338 or C 7341
Bridge, Frank (1879-1941):
An Irish Melody ("The Londonderry Air"), H. 86 (abridged)
(Sessions Nos. 36, 37)
# C 1470 (coupled with Haydn: Quartet, Op. 76, No. 3 Theme and Variations)
Issued April, 1928; deleted January, 1942
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Three Idylls for String Quartet, H. 67 (complete recording)
(Session No. 8)
D 915 and D 916 (4 sides)
Issued November, 1924; deleted December, 1926
# Three Idylls for String Quartet, H. 67 No. 1 in C-Sharp minor
(Session No. 40)
C 1593 (2 sides)
Issued February, 1929; deleted September, 1932
# Three Noveletten for String Quartet, H. 44 No. 3 in E-Flat
(Session No. 44)
C 1663 (ller for Ravel: Introduction and Allegro)
Issued May, 1929; deleted January, 1943
Victor 9739-B, issued c. 1930
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918):
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
(Sessions Nos. 15, 16, 17, 18, 21)
# D 1058 through D 1061 (7 sides, with Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 5 Scherzo)
Album Series No. 19 (assigned after issue)
Issued February 1926; deleted July, 1935
Automatic sequence coupling: D 7482 through D 7485 (issued about 1933)
Downloads: Damian's 78s, CHARM
Delius, Frederick (1862-1934):
# String Quartet Third movement ("Late Swallows")
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(Session No. 46)
Unissued (2 12" sides)
Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von (1739-1799):
# String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Second movement (Menuetto non troppo presto)
("Minuet")
(Session No. 24)
D 1187 (ller for Beethoven: Quartet No. 12)
Downloads: Shellackophile, Damian's 78s
Franck, Cesar (1822-1890):
String Quartet in D
(Sessions Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
D 1006 through D 1011 (12 sides)
Album Series No. 18 (assigned after issue)
Issued August, 1925; deleted July, 1934
Download: Shellackophile, CHARM
Glazounov, Alexander (1865-1936):
# Five Novelettes, Op. 15 No. 2 ("Orientale")
# B 2784 (coupled with Thomas: Mignon Gavotte)
Issued November 1928, deleted October, 1937
Download: CHARM
# Five Novelettes, Op. 15 No. 5 ("Valse")
(Session No. 4)
D 868 (ller for Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1)
Issued August, 1924; deleted December, 1927
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# String Quartet No. 3 in G, Op. 26 ("Quartet Slav") unidentied movement
(Session No. 41)
Unissied (1 12" side)
Goossens, Eugene (1893-1962):
Two Sketches for String Quartet, Op. 15
(1. By the Tarn; 2. Jack o'Lantern)
(Session No. 39)
Gossec, Franois-Joseph (1734-1829):
# Le Triomphe de la Rpublique Tambourin (arr. Cedric Sharpe)
B 2589 (coupled with Grainger: Molly on the Shore)
Issued December, 1927; deleted February, 1934
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961):
Molly on the Shore (Irish Reel)
(Session No. 37)
B 2589 (coupled with Gossec: Tambourin)
Issued December, 1927; deleted February, 1934
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907):
# String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 Second and third movements (Romanze,
Intermezzo)
(Session No. 39)
C 1635 (2 sides)
Harrison, Julius (1885-1963):
# Widdicombe Fair Humoreske for String Quartet, Op. 22
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(Session No. 38)
# B 3137 (coupled with Hofstetter: Quartet, Op. 3, No. 5 Serenade)
Issued February, 1930; deleted November, 1938
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809):
# String Quartet, Op. 33, No. 3 in C ("The Bird") Fourth movement (Rondo:
Presto)
(Sessions Nos. 27, 31, 35)
Automatic sequence coupling: D 7426 or D 7429 (issued in 1933)
# String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 3 in C ("Emperor")
Second movement (Poco adagio, cantabile) ("Theme and Variations") (abridged)
(Session No. 38)
C 1470 (coupled with Bridge: An Irish Melody)
Issued April, 1928; deleted January, 1942
Hoffstetter, Roman (1742-1815):
# String Quartet in F, Op. 3, No. 5 [attributed to Haydn]
Second movement (Andante cantabile) ("Serenade")
(Session No. 41)
B 3137 (coupled with Harrison: Widdicombe Fair)
Issued February, 1930; deleted November, 1938
Victor 26511-A (side 5 of set P-12), issued in 1940
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847):
# String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 44, No. 3
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Second movement (Scherzo: Assai leggiero vivace)
(Session No. 19)
D 1061 (ller for Debussy: Quartet in G minor)
Issued February, 1926; deleted July, 1935
Downloads: Damian's 78s, CHARM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937):
Introduction and Allegro, for harp, ute, clarinet and string quartet
(Session No. 43)
With John Cockerill (harp), Robert Murchie (ute) and Charles Draper (clarinet)
C 1662 and C 1663 (3 sides, with Bridge: Novelette No. 3)
Issued May, 1929; deleted January, 1943
Victor 9738-A, 9738-B, 9739-A, issued c. 1930
String Quartet in F
String Quartet in F
# C 2268 through C 2271 (7 sides, with Borodin: Quartet No. 2 Nocturne)
Album Series No. 136
Issued October, 1931; deleted February, 1935
Automatic sequence coupling: C 7150 through C 7153
Automatic sequence coupling reissue (October, 1933): C 7338 through C 7341
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Schubert, Franz (1797-1828):
# Moments Musicaux for piano, Op. 94 No. 3 in F minor (arr. for string quartet)
(Session No. 32)
Victor 11494-B (in Set M-172) and 11498-B (in Set AM-172), issued c. 1933
NB. Because the piece is so short, it is played twice.
# Momens Musicaux for piano, Op 94 Unidentied selection
(Session No. 41)
Unissued (1 10" side)
Speaight, Joseph (1868-1947):
# Some Shakespeare Fairy Characters (5 pieces for string quartet)
No. 2 (The Lonely Shepherd); No. 3 (Puck)
(Session No. 40)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893):
String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11
(Sessions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
D 865 through D 868 (7 sides, with Glazounov: Valse, Op. 15, No. 5)
Issued July, 1924; deleted December, 1927
Thomas, Ambroise (1811-1896):
# Mignon Gavotte (arr. Alfred de Kaiser)
(Session No. 38)
B 2784 (coupled with Glazounov: Orientale, Op. 15, No. 2)
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Issued November 1928, deleted October, 1937
Download: CHARM
Unknown composer:
Polka
(Session No. 42)
Unissued (1 12" side)
NB. Tully Potter says "possibly from Smetana's Quartet [No. 1] in E minor."
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903):
Italian Serenade in G, for string quartet
(Session No. 42)
SECTION III Chronological Release History
A) HMV Records (Black Label)
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11 (July, 1924):
D 865 First movement: Moderato e semplice, Part 1
First movement: Moderato e semplice, Part II
D 866 Second movement: Andante cantabile, Part I
Second movement: Andante cantabile, Part II
D 867 Third movement: Scherzo (Allegro giusto)
Fourth movement: Finale (Allegro non tanto), Part I
D 868 Fourth movement: Finale (Allegro non tanto), Part II
Glazounov: Valse, Op. 15, No. 5
Bridge: Three Idylls for String Quartet (November, 1924):
D 915# # No. 1, Part I: Adagio molto expressivo Allegretto moderato e rubato
# # No. 1, Part II: Allegretto moderato e rubato Adagio
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D 916# # No. 2: Allegretto poco lento Poco pi mosso
# # No. 3: Allegro con moto Presto
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 (February, 1925):
D 953 First movement: Allegro, Part I
First movement: Allegro, Part II
D 954 Second movement: Molto adagio, Part I
Second movement: Molto adagio, Part II
D 955 Second movement: Molto adagio, Part III
Third movement: Allegretto
D 956 Fourth movement: Finale (Presto), Part I
Fourth movement: Finale (Presto), Part II
Franck: String Quartet in D (August, 1925):
D 1006 First movement, Part I: Poco lento
# # First movement, Part II: Allegro Poco lento
D 1007# # First movement, Part III: Poco lento Allegro
# # First movement, Part IV: Allegro Poco lento
D 1008 Second movement: Scherzo (Vivace), Part I
Second movement: Scherzo (Vivace), Part II
D 1009 Third movement: Larghetto, Part I
Third movement: Larghetto, Part II
D 1010 Third movement: Larghetto, Part III
Fourth movement: Finale (Allegro molto), Part I
D 1011 Fourth movement: Finale (Allegro molto), Part II
Fourth movement: Finale (Allegro molto), Part III
(Album Series [No. 18])
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Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (February, 1926):
D 1058# # First movement: Anim et trs dcid, Part I
# # First movement: Anim et trs dcid, Part II
D 1059# # Second movement: Assez vif et bien rhythm
Third movement: Andantino doucement expressif, Part I
D 1060 Third movement: Andantino doucement expressif, Part II
# # Fourth movement: Trs modr, Part I
D 1061# # Fourth movement: Trs modr, Part II
# # Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 44, No. 3 Scherzo
(Album Series [No. 19])
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat, Op. 127 (March, 1927):
D 1183# # First movement: Maestoso Allegro, Part I
# # First movement: Maestoso Allegro, Part II
D 1184 Second movement, Part I: Adagio ma non troppo
# # Second movement, Part II: Andante con moto Adagio molto espressivo
D 1185 Second movement, Part III: Adagio molto espressivo
Third movement: Scherzando vivace, Part I
D 1186 Third movement: Scherzando vivace, Part II
Fourth movement: Finale, Part I
D 1187 Fourth movement: Finale, Part II
# # Dittersdorf: Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat (mislabelled "in E") Minuet
(Album Series No. 35)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3 (March, 1927):
D 1202 First movement: Allegro vivace, Part I
First movement: Allegro vivace, Part II
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D 1203 Second movement: Andante con moto quasi allegretto, Part I
Second movement: Andante con moto quasi allegretto, Part II
D 1204 Third movement: Menuetto
Fourth movement: Allegro molto, Part I
D 1205 Fourth movement: Allegro molto, Part II
# # Haydn: Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3 (mislabelled "Op. 74, No. 1") Rondo
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat, Op. 18, No. 6 (March, 1927):
D 1206 First movement: Allegro con brio, Part I
First movement: Allegro con brio, Part II
D 1207 Second movement: Adagio ma non troppo, Part I
Second movement: Adagio ma non troppo, Part II
D 1208 Third movement: Scherzo (Allegro)
Fourth movement, Part I: La Malinconia
D 1209 Fourth movement, Part II*: Allegretto quasi allegro
Schubert: Moment Musicale
*The labels identify the second part of the fourth movement as the fth movement.
HMV Records (Plum Label)
(December, 1927):
B 2589 Gossec-Sharpe: Tambourin
Grainger: Molly on the Shore
(April, 1928):
C 1470 Bridge [arr.]: Londonderry Air
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# # Haydn: The "Emperor" Quartet, Op. 76, No. 3 Theme and Variations
(November, 1928):
B 2784 Glazounov: Orientale
Thomas: Gavotte ("Mignon")
(February, 1929):
C 1593 Bridge: Idyll No. 1, Part I
Bridge: Idyll No. 1, Part II
(March, 1929):
C 1635 Grieg: Romance
Grieg: Intermezzo
(With John Cockerill, harp; Robert Murchy [sic], ute; Charles Draper, clarinet) (May,
1929):
C 1662 Ravel: Intro. & Allegro for Harp w/Strings & Woodwind Accomp., Pt I
Ravel: Intro. & Allegro for Harp w/Strings & Woodwind Accomp., Pt II
C 1662 Ravel: Intro. & Allegro for Harp w/Strings & Woodwind Accomp., Pt III
# # Bridge: Novelette No. 3
(February, 1930):
B 3137 Haydn: Serenade
Harrison: Widdicombe Fair
Ravel: String Quartet in F (October, 1931):
C 2268 First movement: Allegro moderato, Part I
First movement: Allegro moderato, Part II
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C 2269# # Second movement: Assez vif, trs rhythm, Part I
# # Second movement: Assez vif, trs rhythm, Part II
C 2270# # Third movement: Trs lent, Part I
# # Third movement: Trs lent, Part II
C 2271# # Fourth movement: Vif et agit
Borodin: Nocturne
B) Victor Records (Red Seal)
(With John Cockerill, harp; Robert Murchy [sic], ute; Charles Draper, clarinet) (issued c.
1930)
9738-A Ravel: Intro. & Allegro for Harp w/Strings & Woodwind Accomp., Pt I
9738-B Ravel: Intro. & Allegro for Harp w/Strings & Woodwind Accomp., Pt II
9739-A Ravel: Intro. & Allegro for Harp w/Strings & Woodwind Accomp., Pt III
9739-B# # Bridge: Novelette No. 3
Victor Musical Masterpiece Set M-172 (issued c. 1933):
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat, Op. 18, No. 6
11491-A First movement: Allegro con brio, Part I
11491-B First movement: Allegro con brio, Part II
11492-A Second movement: Adagio ma non troppo, Part I
11492-B Second movement: Adagio ma non troppo, Part II
11493-A Third movement: Scherzo (Allegro)
11493-B Fourth movement, Part I: La Malinconia
11494-A Fourth movement, Part II*: Allegretto quasi allegro
11494-B Schubert: Moment Musicale
*The labels identify the second part of the fourth movement as the fth movement.
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Victor Records (Black Label)
# Victor Records Set P-12, "Dinner Music Famous Serenades" (issued in 1940)
The Victor P- series was the popular album set series, consisting almost entirely of sets of three or four 10"
Black Label records. Set P-12 was the rst of several volumes of "Dinner Music" featuring light classical fare,
mostly arranged for salon orchestras. All of the recordings in Set P-12 are taken from English HMV or German
Electrola matrices. Only one of the sides is by the Virtuoso String Quartet. The contents of this set are as
follows:
26509-A Toselli: Serenade
# # Barnabs von Gczy and His Orchestra (from Electrola EG 3877)
26509-B Drdla: Serenade
Anton and the Paramount Theatre Orchestra, London, with Al Bollington, organ
(from HMV BD 660)
26510-A Drigo: Serenade (Les Millions d'Arlequin)
26510-B## Heykens: Serenade (Stndchen)
26511-A Haydn: Serenade
Virtuoso String Quartet (from HMV B 3137)
26511-B Jungherr: Serenade
NOTES:
# A listing of the Tchaikovsky, Quartet No. 1 in D recording can be seen
in the Gramophone Magazine - July 1924 edition. See next page for
excerpt.
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Excerpt from The Gramophone Magazine, July 1924 - featuring an advertisement for
HMV Summer releases including the Virtuoso String Quartet -
See page 18 for details on the recording featured in the advertisement.
NEW MUSIC - 78RPM COMMUNITY
A selection of new, 78rpm music samples uploaded to the 78rpm Collectors
Community over the past month or so... List prepared by Nathan Davis
Jazz/Swing/Big Bands
Hawaiian Serenaders, (Al Bowlly)
(1) " Victory 297, mx 1041-2, Love Never Dies
(2) " Victory 298, mx 1044-1, Lovebirds Are Better Than Bluebirds
Rec. London, November 13, 1930 (Al Bowlly Vocal, Guitar)
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/820/hawaiian-serenaders-al-
bowlly
"Al Alberts" and His Orchestra [actually Peter Van Steeden]
(1) " Cameo 8315, mx 3327-A, "The Jazz Patrol"
Rec. NYC, Sept. 1928 (3327-A). 80.00 rpm
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/mp3-music/albums/411
Ambrose And His Orchestra (Tracks from 1930-1932)
(1) " HMV B 5814, mx Bb 19081, Apr 8 1930
(2) " HMV B 5824, mx Bb 19260, Apr 24 1930
(3) " HMV B 5869, mx Bb 19896, Jul 14 1930
(4) " HMV B 5904, mx Bb 19897, Jul 14 1930
(5) " HMV B 5909, mx Bb 20283, Oct 13 1930
(6) " HMV B 6061, mx OB 1350, Sep 3 1931
(7) " HMV B 6158, mx OB 3027, Mar 9 1932
(8) " HMV B 6261, mx OB 4262, Oct 18 1932
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/815/ambrose-and-his-
orchestra-1930-1
Glenn Miller
(1) " HMV BD 5927, mx OA.068068, A String of Pearls
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/826/a-string-of-pearls-glenn-miller
Jimmie Noone: Dean of Modern Hot Clarinetists
(1) " Brunswick, (from Album B-1006), All recorded at the Apex Club, Chicago,
1928, - Apex Blues
(2) " Brunswick, (from Album B-1006), - Sweet Lorraine
(3) " Brunswick, (from Album B-1006), - I Know That You Know
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NEW MUSIC - 78RPM COMMUNITY
Music continued...
(4) " Brunswick, (from Album B-1006), - Sweet Sue - Just You
(5) " Brunswick, (from Album B-1006), - Four or Five Times
(6) " Brunswick, (from Album B-1006), - Every Evening (I Miss You)
(7) " Brunswick, (from Album B-1006), - Monday Date
(8) " Brunswick, (from Album B-1006), - Blues (My Naughty Sweetie Gives To
Me)
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/881/jimmie-noone-dean-of-
modern-hot
Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
(1) " HMV, Rec. No. Unknown, Matrix No. Unknown, I Wonder Where My Baby
Is Tonight?
(2) " HMV, Rec. No. Unknown, Matrix No. Unknown, Constantinople
(3) " HMV, Rec. No. Unknown, Matrix No. Unknown, Rhythm Is The King
(4) " HMV, Rec. No. Unknown, Matrix No. Unknown, Deed I do
(5) " HMV, Rec. No. Unknown, Matrix No. Unknown, Shes Drivin Me Wild
(6) " HMV, Rec. No. Unknown, Matrix No. Unknown, Run, Rabbit Run
(7) " HMV, Rec. No. Unknown, Matrix No. Unknown, Let Me Dream In Your
Arms Again
(8) " HMV, Rec. No. Unknown, Matrix No. Unknown, Mucking About The
Garden
(9) " HMV, Rec. No. Unknown, Matrix No. Unknown, Shes A Very Good Friend
Of Mine
(10)" HMV, Rec. No. Unknown, Matrix No. Unknown, That Certain Party of
Mine
(11)" HMV, B 5771, 30-2494, Happy Days Are Here Again!
(12)" HMV, B 5771, Matrix No. Unknown, Singin In The Bathtub
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/878/jack-hylton
February 2014 / 44
THE LONDON PIANO ACCORDION BAND
Prepared By Doug Hamilton
This is an incomplete work in progress. Readers are invited to submit
any missing data so that a better report can result. In particular some
might have albums which contain extra background information.
Directors: BILLY REID (BR) GEORGE SCOTT WOOD (GSW) ERIC WINSTON (EW)
# #
# BILLY REID GEORGE SCOTT WOOD ERIC WINSTONE
There were many accordion groups playing at the same time in the
1930s, but the only one which seriously rivaled Primo Scala [Harry
Bidgood] was the London Piano Accordion Band, led at different times
by Billy Reid (1902-1974) [about 1931 to 1934], George Scott Wood
(1903-1978) [1934 to 1940], and Eric Winstone (1915-1974) [1940 to
about 1941]. Billy Reid's band invariably teamed up with youthful
vocalist Dorothy Squires after 1936, who went
on to become an international star in her
own right. Billy also recorded as Billy
Reid Accordion Band.
Multi-talented George Scott Wood,
born in Glasgow in 1903, recorded
for the Regal Zonophone label and
made many tracks between 1934
and the early 1940s, during which
time he also busied himself with his
own jazz group called the Six
Swingers[on RZ and Columbia], and
his Accordion Band. He also found
time to perform with several other
groups including the International
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Novelty Orchestra. Despite his heavy work load, and just like Harry
Bidgood, he managed to maintain a high standard of music which the
public thoroughly enjoyed bouncy, catchy, melodic and tuneful
everything which the modern successor to the old concertina was
capable of achieving via its bellows and keyboard. George Scott Wood
died in 1978. Vocalists were seldom named on the RZ discs
unfortunately. Prior to 1934 he recorded as Britannica Accordion Band
[on Decca], Bobby Brown and his accordion band [on Panachord/Decca]
and Roberto Accordion Band He also recorded later as George Scott
Wood Accordion Band.
Eric Winstone (1915-74), was extremely popular as a solo accordionist
and also with his swing quartet, where his virtuoso playing was well
supported by a string bass, guitar and vibraphone. He also recorded for
Regal Zonophone with the bigger London Piano Accordion Band, before
nally switching to his larger-than-life dance orchestra which enjoyed
several post-war hits. He retained his smaller accordion ensemble for
radio broadcasts and recording, especially for the ever-popular favorite
program, "Music While You Work". His main vocalists were Alan Kane
and Julie Dawn. (1925-2000).
Spelling- either accordion or accordeon both used on labels.
THE RECORDING ASPECT
The many and various accordion bands recorded prolically in Britain
and other countries. The information as to the composition of many of
these bands is not easily found now. One particular reason is that
writers such as Brian Rust did not regard them as dance bands and
hence Brian did not include them in his British book.
A further complication is due to the policy of some recording companies
not including enough on record labels particularly in omitting to name
vocalists, who were usually normal dance band
vocalists of the time.
Compounding the difculty was also that
often a pseudonym was used, and later
album compilers often did not know or
were lax in disco graphic data.
Fortunately some enthusiasts have
researched and are publishing data, but
much still is desired.
One of the largest accordion recording
companies was the EMI British REGAL and
REGAL ZONOPHONE label, who pressed a
great number of these bands. So far a
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complete listing for this label does not seem to have been published, but
discographers such as John Rogers of Melbourne are endeavoring to
compile listings, some of which are available on specialist web sites.
Examination of actual record labels has given much information.
Often the record releases in other countries such as Australia had
different track couplings and even used other pseudonyms for the band.
TRACK MATRIX BACKING DATE LABEL
NAME
RECORD
NUMBER
AUST.
Rec. #
A Beautiful Lady In Blue CAR-3795 Sam Costa, GSW 1935 RZ G-22749
A Million Dreams CAR-1590 Dir Billy Reid 1932 RZ MR-762
A Million Tears CAR-4693-1 Chorus, GSW 1937 RZ
A Sonnet To A Bonnet Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3531
A Waltz Was Born In
Vienna
CAR-4082 Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2116
Ain't Cha Coming Out Dir GSW 1939 RZ MR-3096
All Alone With My
Shadow
RZ Julie Dawn, EW 1941 RZ MR-3530
All Ashore CAR-5156-1 Sam Browne, Dir GSW 1938 RZ
All Over Italy CAR-2037 vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-963
All Pals Together 1940 RZ MR-3278
Aloha Oe CAR-2386 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-1160 G-22090
Along The Santa Fe Trail Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3467
Am I For You? CAR-5865-1 Chick Henderson, Dir
GSW
1940 RZ MR-3352
Amapola Alan Kane, EW 1941 RZ MR-3500 G-24517
An Old Hawaiin Guitar CAR-4131 Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2166 G-23008
Angelino Piccolino Dir GSW 1939 RZ MR-3111
Angry 1940 RZ G-24273
Anything I Dream Is
Possible
male, GSW RZ
Apple Blossom Time CAR-5390 Sam Costa, GSW 1939 RZ MR-3045
At The Caf Continental Dir GSW 1936 RZ G-22933
Au Revoir CAR-4083 Sam Costa, Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2116
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Aurora Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3530
Back In Those Old
Kentucky Days
Dir GSW 1936 RZ G-22997
Back To Those Happy
Days
Dir GSW 1935 RZ G-22454
Beer Barrel Polka CAR-5394 Sam Browne, GSW 1939 RZ MR-3047 G-23834
Boulevard Of Broken
Dreams
Dir GSW 1934 RZ G-22057
By A Campre In The
Moonlight
RZ Dir Billy Reid 1934 RZ G-22023
By The Lazy Lagoon CAR-3716 vocal, Dir GSW 1935 RZ MR-1912
By The Wishing Well CAR-3717 Vocal, GSW 1935 RZ MR-1912 G-24246
Campus Moon Dir GSW 1936 RZ G-22815
Cinderella CAR-5204 Sam Costa ? Dir GSW 1939 RZ MR-2955
Colorado Sunset CAR-5154 Dir GSW 1938 RZ MR-2903
Come Out Vienna Dir Billy Reid 1933 G-21891
Coronation Waltz CAR-4521 Vocal, GSW 1936 RZ MR-2418 G-23222
Covered Wagon Days RZ Male Vocal, GSW 1935 RZ G-22695
Cuban Love Song CAR-939 vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1931 REGAL MR-497 G-21291
Cuckoo Waltz male, GSW RZ
Dancing Romany CAR-4007 Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2071
Daughter Of
Mademoiselle From
Armenieres
Dir GSW 1939 RZ MR-3141
Day It Rained Alan Kane, Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3488
Donkey Serenade RZ no vocal, Dir GSW 1938 RZ MR-2714 G-23437
Down By The Danube CAR-1635 vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1932 RZ MR-791
Down By The Old Rustic
Mill
CAR-2118 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-1009
Down Forget Me Not Lane Alan Kane
Dream Time CAR-4049 Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2096
Dream Valley Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3444
Echo Of A Serenade Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3466
Echo Waltz Dir Billy Reid
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Eeep Ipe Alan Kane, Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3434
Eleven Pounds Of Heaven vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-635
Flanagan And Allen
Memories
GSW 1940 RZ G-23670
Fleurette CAR-1303 Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-604
For You vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1931 REGAL MR-441 G-21291
For You Alone, Lucia CAR-3897 Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2024
For You Madonna Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-1904
For You, Rio Rita CAR-1929 male vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-916
From One Pair Of Arms Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-651
Gay Tunes RZ GSW 1940 RZ MR-3399
Getting Around And
About
Dir GSW 1935 RZ G-22454
Give Me This Waltz RZ GSW 1934 RZ G-22265
God Bless You CAR-2390 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-1160
Golden Heart RZ GSW 1936 RZ G-23056
Good Evening Pretty
Lady
Dir GSW 1936 RZ G-22997
Goodbye, Hawaii CAR-3164-1 Sam Browne, Dir GSW 1935 RZ MR-1556 G-22360
Goodnight But Not
Goodbye
Goodnight Little Girl Of
My Dreams
CAR-2206 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-1059 G-21938
Goodnight, Good Luck,
Carry On
Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3445
Grandma's Parcel RZ GSW 1940 RZ G-24387
Greatest Mistake Of My
Life
GSW RZ
Gypsy Fiddler CAR-1961 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-956
Happy Go Lucky You Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-733
Happy, I Am Happy Cavan O'Connor 1934 RZ MR-1469
He Was A Handsome
Young Soldier
Heartbreaker Dir GSW 1936 RZ G-23213
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Hey Little Girl RZ Alan Kane, EW 1941 RZ MR-3501 G-24519
Hey Little Hen Alan Kane, Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3501
Hits Of Today Medley Dir Billy Reid
Holiday Hits 1939 RZ GSW 1939 RZ MR-3110
Honolulu Paradise CAR-4050 Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2096
I Dream Of San Marino GSW 1936 RZ MR-2332
I Hear Bluebirds Alan Kane
I Love You Truly RZ Dir Billy Reid 1934 RZ G-22090
I Send My Love With
These Roses
Dir GSW 1935 RZ G-22779
I Won't Tell A Soul RZ GSW 1938 RZ MR-2835 G-23575
I'd Do Anything CAR-1871 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-902
If You Say Yes Cherie RZ Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ G-21868
I'll Never Have To Dream
Again
I'll Think Of You Julie Dawn, EW 1941 RZ MR-3500
I'm Gonna Lock My Heart Dir GSW 1938 RZ MR-2844
I'm Lonesome For You
Caroline
RZ Chorus, GSW 1934 RZ G-22331
I'm Nobodys Baby CAR-5883 Alan Kane, Dir GSW 1940 RZ MR-3374
I'm Sure Of Everything
But You
Dir Billy Reid
In A Little Gypsy Tea
Room
RZ no vocal/GSW 1935 RZ MR-1760 G-22779
In Old Vienna CAR-1932 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-915
In The Chapel In The
Moonlight
GSW 1936 RZ MR-2332
In The Hills Of Old
Virginia
CAR-938 Dir Billy Reid 1931 REGAL MR-486 G-21317
In The Middle Of A Kiss Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-1904
In The valley Of The
Moon
CAR-2038 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR- G-21802
In The Vine Covered
Church
RZ Dir Billy Reid no vocal 1933 RZ G-21895
Inside My Wedding Ring Kay Harding, Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3510
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Isle Of Capri RZ Cavan O'Connor, GSW 1934 RZ MR-1411 G-22231
It Looks Like Rain In
Cherry Blossom
CAR-4660-1 Sam Browne, GSW 1937 RZ G-23287
It Was A Tango CAR-2457 Sam Browne, Dir Billy
Reid
1934 RZ MR-1187
It's A Hit Medley Alan Kane, Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3487
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie RZ Sam Costa, GSW 1936 RZ MR-2183 G-22980
It's Foolish But It's Fun RZ Julie Dawn, EW 1941 RZ MR-3488
It's Time To Sing Sweet
Adeline
Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-963
I've Been With Touble Dir GSW 1934 RZ G-22057
Joseph The Jugler RZ GSW 1935 RZ G-22633
Jump On The Wagon CAR-3471 Dir GSW 1935 RZ MR- G-22522
Just A Kiss RZ GSW 1935 RZ G-22427
Just A Little Cottage Julie Dawn, EW 1941 RZ MR-3531
Kiss Me Goodnight
Sergeant Major
RZ Male vocal, GSW 1939 RZ MR-3142 G-23920
La Cucaracha CAR-3066-1 Sam Browne & Chorus 1934 RZ MR-1516 G-22297
La Locumba CAR-4006 Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2071
Let The Curtain Come
Down
CAR-5729 Sam Browne, GSW 1940 RZ MR-3278 G-24246
Let's Put Out The Light Dir Billy Reid 1932 RZ MR-762
Little Boy Who Never
Told A Lie
Alan Kane, Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3476
Little Church Around The
Corner
RZ Dir Billy Reid 1934 RZ G-22197
Little King Without A
Crown
RZ GSW 1939 RZ MR-3310
Little Swiss Whistling
Song
Litz Chopin And Mendel Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-735
Live Laugh And Love CAR-941 vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1931 REGAL MR-497 G-21408
London I Love Alan Kane, Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3476
London, I Cannot Leave
You
Lonely Little Dancer RZ Chorus, GSW 1935 RZ G-22518
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Lonesome Melody Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-673
Love Makes The World Go
Round
RZ GSW 1940 RZ G-23730
Love Makes The World
Medley
Love Songs Of The Nile CAR-2039 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ
Lullaby Of The Leaves vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-635
Mademiiselle RZ Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ G-21868
Many Happy Returns Of
The Day
CAR-570 vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1931 REGAL MR-441 G-21233
Marching Along Together Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-672
Maria Elena CAR-6164 Alan Kane, EW 1941 RZ MR-3543 G-24592
Meet Me Down Beside
The Singing Waters
CAR-3069 Dir GSW 1934 RZ MR-1527 G-22318
Mem'ry Of A Rose Dir Billy Reid RZ
Mem'ry Of A Rose, The CAR-5866-1 Chick Henderson 1940 RZ MR-3353 G-24388
Mexicali Rose CAR-5356-1 Sam Browne, GSW 1939 RZ
Mexican Serenade CAR-1484 Vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-734 G-21580
Mexico Flo From Mexico RZ GSW 1936 RZ MR-2183 G-22980
Midnight In May RZ GSW 1934 RZ G-22264
Midnight In Paris RZ GSW 1936 RZ G-22808
Midnight Waltz CAR-1378 Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-652
Milano CAR-1834 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-872
Moon Dir Billy Reid 1932 RZ MR-745
Moon Over Miami CAR-3898 Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2021
Moonlight Avenue Trio
Moonlight Madonna Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ G-21867
Moonlight On The Prairie Dir Billy Reid
Moonlight On The River Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-733
Moonlight, Hawaii And
You
CAR-5075 Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-2821 G-24517
Mufn Man Julie Dawn, EW 1941 RZ MR-3501
Music Maestro Please CAR-5097 GSW 1938 RZ MR-2844 G-23575
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Music, Maestro, Please Dir Billy Reid
My Greatest Mistake Dir GSW 1940 RZ MR-3423
My Heart Was Sleeping CAR-3068 Dir GSW 1934 RZ MR-1527 G-22318
My Senorita RZ GSW 1934 RZ G-22264
My Song Goes Round The
World
My Wishing Song CAR-1835 Male vocal, Dir Billy
Reid
1933 RZ MR-886 G-21731
Never Break A Promise GSW RZ
No More You RZ GSW 1937 RZ G-23287
Oh! Soldier! Whose Your
Lady Love
Dir GSW 1939 RZ MR-3141
Old Fashioned
Sweethearts
Dir Billy Reid
Old Kitchen Kettle Chorus,Dir Billy Reid 1932
On Linger Longer Island RZ GSW 1938 RZ G-23404
On Moonlight Avenue
Medley
RZ Alan Kane, Dir EW RZ
On The Beach At Bali Bali CAR-4130 Male vocal, GSW 1936 RZ MR-2166 G-23056
One Day When We Were
Young
CAR-5282-1 Vocal Chorus 1939 RZ G-23733
One Night In Monte Carlo RZ GSW 1935 RZ G-22748
One Night In Napoli RZ GSW 1935 RZ G-22360
Our Days Together CAR-4132 Vocal, GSW 1936 RZ MR-2167
Over And Done With Dir GSW 1939 RZ MR-3096
Pal Of My Dreams Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-672
Paradise CAR-1304 Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-604 G-21317
Paradise Waltz CAR-940 Dir, Billy Reid 1931 REGAL MR-486
Penny Serenade CAR-5205-1 Sam Browne, Dir GSW 1939 RZ MR-2955
Play To Me, Gypsy CAR-2456 Sam Browne, Dir Billy
Reid
1934 RZ MR-1187 G-22020
Play, Fiddle, Play CAR-1696 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-824
Please Believe Me RZ GSW 1936 RZ MR-2072 G-22849
Poor Little Angeline RZ Peter Maurice, GSW 1936 RZ MR-2072 G-22849
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Poor Me, Poor You Dir Billy Reid
Put A Little Springtime CAR-1837 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-872 G-21802
Rain RZ male, GSW 1934 RZ G-22331
Rio De Janeiro Dir Billy Reid
Roaming RZ Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ G-21938
Roll Along Prairie Moon CAR-3389-1 Male vocal, GSW 1935 RZ G-22581
Roll Up The Carpet CAR-2117 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-1008
Rosa Mia Dir Billy Reid 1932 RZ MR-763
Rosalie CAR-4133 Vocal, GSW 1936 RZ MR-2167
Rose Marie Selection RZ Male vocal,GSW 1935 RZ
Rose Of Italy Chorus, GSW
Round The Back Of The
Arches
Alan Kane, Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3511
Rumpel Stilts Kin Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3444
Run, Rabbit, Run CAR-5522-1 Sam Browne 1939 RZ MR-3142 G-23920
Same Old Moon Dir Billy Reid 1932 RZ MR-745
Santa Claus Express Dir Billy Reid 1935 RZ MR-1911
Say Goodnight To Your
Old Fashioned Mother
Say That You Care For
Me
RZ Alan Kane, EW 1941 RZ MR-3431
Shadow Waltz RZ Dir Billy Reid no vocal 1933 RZ
Ship Ahoy Little Skipper 1939 RZ MR-3171
Showboat Selection RZ Male vocal,GSW 1935 RZ
Sidewalk Waltz CAR-1931 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-915
Silver Hair And Heart Of
Gold
Vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-734 G-21580
Silver Sails On Moonlit
Waters
RZ GSW 1938 RZ G-23386
Sing A Round Up Song CAR-5792 Dir GSW 1940 RZ MR-3309 G-24273
Sing, My Heart Dir GSW 1939 RZ MR-3070
Six Hits Medley #2 CAR-3521/2 Vocal, Dir GSW 1935 RZ MR-1789
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Sleepy Time In Sleepy
Hollow
RZ GSW 1935 RZ G-22370
So Many Memories GSW
So Tired Phil Phillips
Somewhere In The Blue
Ridge Mountains
RZ Cavan O'Connor/GSW 1934 RZ MR-1448 G-22265
Sonnet To A Bonnet 1941 RZ MR-3531
South Of The Border CAR-5391 Sam Costa, GSW 1939 RZ MR-3045 G-23885
Stars Look Down CAR-5963 Alan Kane, EW 1941 RZ MR-3431
Stars Over Devon RZ GSW 1935 RZ G-22633
Sweet Dreams Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ G-21867
Sweet Hawaiin Chimes CAR-5155 Dir GSW 1938 RZ MR-2903
Sweet Honolulu CAR-3900 Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2024
Sweet Leilani CAR-4520 Vocal, GSW 1936 RZ MR-2418
Sympathy RZ GSW 1936 RZ G-22805
Sympathy Waltz CAR-3903 Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2021
Take Me Back To My
Boots And Saddle
RZ Male vocal, GSW 1935 RZ G-22695
Take Me To Your Heart
Again
male, GSW
Take Me To Your Heart
Again
Phil Phillips
Tears In My Heart RZ no vocal, Dir GSW 1938 RZ MR-2714 G-23437
Tell Me Tonight Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-735
Ten Little Miles From
Town
CAR-5281-1 Sam Costa, Dir GSW 1939 RZ G-23733
That Day It Rained 1941 RZ MR-3488
The Continental CAR-3065-1 Sam Browne, Dir GSW 1934 RZ MR-1516 G-22297
The Cubalero Dir GSW 1936 RZ G-22815
The Daughter Of Mother
Machree
Dir GSW 1936 RZ G-23222
The Handsome
Territorial
CAR-5464-1 Vocal Chorus 1939 RZ MR-3095 G-23885
The Lazy Lagoon CAR-3716 Vocal, GSW 1935 RZ MR-1912
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The Night You Gave Back
The Ring
Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-555 G-21408
The Park Parade GSW RZ
The Song That Broke My
Heart
Dir Billy Reid 1932 RZ MR-763 G-21671
The Whisper Waltz CAR-1962 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-956
There'll Never Be
Another You
RZ Male vocal, GSW 1935 RZ G-22748
There's A Cabin In The
Pines
Sam Browne 1933 RZ
There's A Cabin In The
Pines
There's A Home In
Wyoming
Dir Billy Reid 1933 G-21989
There's No More You Can
Say
RZ GSW 1934 RZ G-22309
There's Something In
Your Eyes
Dir Billy Reid
They Call Me A Dreamer RZ GSW 1939 RZ MR-3310 G-24818
They Can't Black Out The
Moon
CAR-5552 Vocal, Dir GSW 1939 RZ MR-3171 G-23975
They Would Wind Him Up
& He Would Whistle
CAR-5697-1 Sam Browne, GSW 1940 RZ MR-3252
This Is My Love Song Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-651
This Year's Roses CAR-5793 Dir GSW 1940 RZ MR-3309
Three Little Fishes RZ GSW 1939 RZ G-23834
Throw Another Log On
The Fire
GSW 1934 RZ G-22076
Throw Open Wide Your
Window
Dir Billy Reid
Timber RZ GSW 1936 RZ MR-2345
Tina CAR-3014 Chorus, Dir GSW 1934 RZ G-22309
To You Sweetheart Aloha CAR-4353 Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2298 G-23008
Turn Your Money CAR-5863-1 Chick Henderson, Dir
GSW
1940 RZ MR-3352
Two Little Tears Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3466
Two Lovely People CAR-4964-1 Sam Browne, Dir GSW 1938 RZ
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Umbrella Man, The CAR-5205-1 Sam Browne, GSW 1939 RZ G-23730
Underneath The Arches Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-673
Valentina CAR-3166 Dir GSW 1935 RZ MR-1556
Vieni Vieni CAR-4820-1 Sam Browne, GSW 1938 RZ G-23386
Vienna In Springtime RZ GSW 1935 RZ G-22427
Wagon Wheels RZ Male vocal, Dir Billy
Reid
1934 RZ G-22197
Waltzing In A Dream CAR-1930 male vocal, Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-916
Waltzing With You In My
Arms
GSW 1934 RZ G-22076
Wanderer CAR-1553 Male vocal, Dir Billy
Reid
1932 RZ MR-742
Was It Rain Sam Costa, Dir GSW 1937 RZ
Was It The Moon Or Love Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-555
Way Down On Honolulu
Bar
We Three Alan Kane, Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3434 G-24388
What's At The Top Of A
Sunbeam
RZ Alan Kane, Dir EW 1941 RZ MR-3510 G-24519
Wheel Of The Wagon Is
Broken, The
CAR-3559-1 Sam Browne, Dir GSW 1935 RZ MR-1829 G-22581
When Budapest Was
Young
RZ GSW 1935 RZ G-22749
When Evening Comes 1936 RZ G-22933
When I Dream Of Home CAR-5864-1 Chick Henderson, Dir
GSW
1940 RZ MR-3353
When I Dream Of Home Dir Billy Reid
When I Heard The Organ
Play
RZ GSW 1938 RZ G-23404
When I Lost My Heart RZ GSW 1935 RZ G-22370
When It's Lamplighting
Time In The Valley
RZ GSW 1935 RZ G-22518
When Old Friends Are
Drifting Apart
When The Moon Comes
Over The Mountain
RZ Male vocal, Dir Billy
Reid
1931 RZ G-21233
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When The Sun Bids The
Moon Goodnight
When The Sun Says
Goodnight To
CAR-4352-1 Sam Browne, Dir GSW 1936 RZ MR-2298 G-23068
When The Sweet
Magnolias Bloom Again
Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ G-21989
When The Wild Wild Rose
Blooms
CAR-1836 Male vocal, Dir Billy
Reid
1933 RZ MR-886 G-21731
When They Played The
Polka
1938 RZ MR-2835
When You Dance With An
Old Sweetheart
Kay Harding 1941 RZ MR-3511
Where An Old Spanish
Town Used To Be
1936 RZ G-23213
While We Danced At The
Mardi Gras
CAR-1379 Dir Billy Reid 1932 REGAL MR-652
Whispering Grass Julie Dawn, Dir EW
Whistling Waltz, The CAR-3904-1 Sam Costa, GSW 1936 RZ G-22805
Who'll Buy An Old Gold
Ring
RZ Dir Billy Reid 1934 RZ MR-1230 G-22023
Whose Little WhatSit Are
You
RZ Alan Kane, EW 1940 RZ
Wine Song Cavan O'Connor, Dir GSW 1934 RZ MR-1469
Wishing Will Make It So Dir GSW 1939 RZ MR-3070
Without That Certain
Thing
CAR-2459 Dir Billy Reid 1934 RZ G-22020
Yesterdays Dreams RZ GSW 1940 RZ MR-3423 G-24387
You Don't Know How
Moch You Can Suffer
GSW 1939 RZ MR-3111
You Grow Sweeter As The
Years Go By
GSW 1939 RZ MR-3095
You Say The Sweetest
Things
You Were So Charming RZ GSW 1934 RZ MR-1411 G-22231
Zigeuner CAR-1697 Dir Billy Reid 1933 RZ MR-824
NOTES:
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Gramophone Emporium Closure
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Its been conrmed!
The Gramophone Emporium in
Edinburgh is closing in April 2014...
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St. Louis Symphony - The First Recordings
Written by Bill Anderson
Introduction
Like many classical record collectors, for years I assumed that the St.
Louis Symphonys recorded legacy started with the conductor Vladimir
Golschmann. As music director of the orchestra from 1931 through
1958, Golschmann made a number of signicant recordings for the RCA
Victor, Columbia, and Capitol record labels, both in the LP and 78 rpm
eras. Indeed, Golschmanns rst recordings as a conductor were with St.
Louis, in 1934, featuring
the premier recordings of
Alexander Tansmans
Triptyque for String
Orchestra,
(See Note 1)
and
the Haydn Drum Roll
symphony.
But before those sides are
recorded there was a
small group of discs made
with the orchestra for the
Victor Company from
1923 to 1925. The
recordings featured an
accomplished pianist and
composer leading the orchestra,
but one not usually associated
with conducting, Rudolph Ganz.
St. Louis and Its Orchestra: A Short History
St. Louis, Missouri, near the conuence of the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers, is a central point for transportation and commerce in the
Midwest. Initially relying on river trafc, it became, with the end of the
American Civil War, a critical rail hub and overland transportation
center. The beginning of the great western expansion of the United
States had St. Louis as a starting point, with the city earning the title
Gateway to the West.
Rapid Industrialization increased the importance of the city and
immigration its population. In 1850 the city had 160,000 inhabitants,
but by the 1890s close to a half-million people called St. Louis home.
And, like several Midwestern locations, the city became a magnet for
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Lithograph of St. Louis, Missouri in 1874
many European immigrants, most notably those of German, Italian, and
Slavic backgrounds. In addition to bringing needed labor and business
skills, these groups also brought over their own cultural history and
appreciation of the arts, especially music.
The city had a number of amateur and semiprofessional musical
organizations during that time, and several larger touring ensembles
provided both popular and classical concerts. By 1880 there was
enough interest in serious music that a 28 year old German organist,
Joseph Otten, and the city elders created the St. Louis Choral-
Symphony Society, the original name of the St. Louis Symphony. It was
(and is) the second oldest permanent orchestra in the United States.
Over the next several years the organization gave concerts of
predominantly choral music, but occasionally performed orchestral
works, including several Beethoven, Mozart and Mendelssohn
symphonies.
Mr. Otten stayed with the society until 1894, resigning after the Society,
struggling with decits, severely reduced the number of scheduled
concerts. Alfred Ernst, a 26 year old pianist from Germany, took over
as conductor. During his reign, the orchestra was able to get on rmer
nancial footing, and performance standards improved, gaining many
favorable reviews of concerts during the Worlds Fair, hosted by the city
in 1904. By the time Mr. Ernst returned to Germany in 1907, the
orchestra had a permanent performing venue, The Odeon Theatre, and
several musicians of note were performing with the orchestra, such as
Fritz Kreisler, and Josef Hoffman.
Max Zach was the third conductor of the Symphony. An
accomplished violist in the Boston Symphony, he was also a
seasoned conductor, directing the Boston Symphony's
popular concerts for 10 years. He made signicant
improvements in the orchestra during his tenure, adding a
number of new orchestra musicians and increasing the
number of concerts the orchestra would perform during the
season. Several noted soloists now played with the orchestra - Serge
Rachmaninoff, Wilhelm Backhaus, Albert Spaulding, Ossip
Gabrilowitsch, among others.
The stature of the Symphony improved steadily under Zach. During the
war years he was able to continue conducting the orchestra unmolested
(unlike fellow Germans Karl Muck in Boston, and Ernst Kunwald in
Cincinnati, both of whom were imprisoned as enemy aliens in 1918).
The orchestra began touring around the Midwest, including a pair of
concerts in Chicago in 1920. Unfortunately, the orchestra, on the verge
of shedding its provincial image, unexpectedly lost Dr. Zach, who died
from an infection in 1921.
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The Search for a New Conductor
The Symphonys Board of Directors understood that the St. Louis
Symphony was on the verge of becoming an important cultural
organization, both regionally and nationally. While appreciating the
professionalism Zach brought, he was not known as an inspiring artist.
So, a search was on for new conductor; a name musician would draw
larger audiences and increase the stature of the orchestra.
At rst, they tried to hire the violinist Fritz Kreisler. While he was not a
conductor, he was arguably one of the most well-known and popular
musicians of the time. Negotiations over salary eventually broke down,
and other musicians were considered for the position. During the end of
the 1921 season, three guest conductors performed with the symphony
and were candidates for the position; St. Louis native son Theodore
Spiering, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic under Mahler,
Dirk Fock, a rising young conductor from The Netherlands, and Rudolph
Ganz, a well known concert pianist, educator, and composer.
Of the three, Ganz had a particularly impressive debut with the
orchestra; so impressive that, in a straw poll taken by the musicians, he
was nearly unanimously recommended for the conductor post. The
Orchestras managing board agreed, and Ganz became the orchestras
permanent conductor in March, 1921.
Rudolph Ganz Before St. Louis.
Ganz was born in Zrich Switzerland in 1877. As a boy he
learned to play both the cello and piano, making his debut
as a concert pianist with the Berlin Philharmonic at age
22. Less than a year later, again with the Berlin
Philharmonic, he made his conducting debut, performing
his own First Symphony. At that time he also studied
composition under Ferrucio Busoni.
Ganz had an active professional life as a concert pianist throughout
Europe, and successful tours in both the United States and Canada. He
became head of the piano department of the Chicago Musical College in
1901, a post he held for ve years. Returning to Europe to continue his
concert career, he also made several piano recordings for Pathe, and
piano roll recordings for the Duo Art and Welte-Mignon companies.
A charming an erudite man, he was an active champion of modern
music of his time, but performed that role with humility and no small
sense of humor. Later in life, when asked what he desired for Christmas,
he said I'd like to have an hour or two added to the day. I'd like to have
more good hours on the radio and I wish Schoenberg would write
something melodious."
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Ganz and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - 1921 to 1927
Ganzs innovative programming and
interest in modern music were on full
display for his rst season in St. Louis. Of
the fteen programs offered during that
season, twelve presented works that
were heard in St. Louis for the rst time,
and of those works, 2/3rds were by
composers living in the 20th century.
But there was no skimping in rehearsing
or performing more mainstream works;
local critics were appreciative of his
insightful readings of the Brahms Third
and Tchaikovskys Fifth symphonies.
In that rst season, as with the others
throughout his tenure, the concerts
where Ganz was featured as soloist were
especially welcome. He performed the
Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto to both
popular and critical acclaim that rst
season (He performed this Concerto again
in 1926, and returned after the
intermission to conduct an impassioned
reading of the Pathtique Symphony).
What is especially impressive in the rst St. Louis years is that he was a
relative novice is a conductor. He was in effect learning his craft in full
view of the public, the critics, and most important of all, the musicians.
He wore the mantle of conductor lightly, freely admitting to the
orchestra that he
knew very little about
what to do with the
baton. "Gentlemen, the
orchestra is not my
instrument, so please,
do your best and we
will learn together
Ganz was especially
interested in getting
audience feedback.
One unusual approach
was to request that
audience members
return pamphlets,
included in the concert programs of a new work, indicating whether or
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The rst regular program with
Ganz as conductor of the St.
Louis Symphony
Rudolph Ganz and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Odeon Theater - 1922
not they wished to hear it again. Using that information, Ganz
programmed additional performances of, among others pieces,
Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, Mahler's Fourth Symphony, and Vaughn-
Williams London Symphony.
Other outreach projects included special children's concerts beginning
in 1922, the rst of its kind for American orchestras. Those concerts
included at least one especially programmed for African -American
children (unusual, considering the segregationist era) that featured
works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Ganz considered actively recruiting
women to play in the orchestras violin section, unheard of at that time
(although he never acted upon this idea).
The Victor Recordings
A different kind of outreach was envisioned when the orchestra began
to make commercial recordings. Ganz, according to one interview, saw
the records as a way to achieve national status for the orchestra. This
was especially important as Victor, although the largest recording
company in America, had only recently started to record American
orchestras. The rst Boston Symphony records (under Karl Muck) and
those with the Philadelphia Orchestra (under Stokowski) were made in
1917. The New York Philharmonic sides (with Mengelberg) followed in
1922. The popularity and reputation of these orchestras were
substantial, so it appears signicant that the Victor management
believed Ganz and the St. Louis Symphony should join that prestigious
group. It was, to be sure, not quite the same arrangement as the other
orchestras. The St. Louis discs were mostly issued on the lower status
Blue Label records as compared to the Red Seal for the other
organizations. But still it was a vote of
condence from Victor as to the
commercial potential of the project.
The recording sessions spanned
three short periods, all in late
autumn-early winter, over
three years. The sessions
resulted in the following
commercial records, unless
noted otherwise.
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St. Louis Symphony - The First Recordings
Prepared by Bill Anderson
1923 - (All Acoustic recordings)
Matrix No. Rec. Date Composer Title Victor Issue
C-28852 10/29/1923 C. M. v Weber Euryanthe Overture, part 1 55229A
C-28853 10/29/1923 C. M. v Weber Euryanthe Overture, part 2 55229B
C-28857 10/30/1923 Eduard Lassen Festival Overture, part 1 55202A
C-28858 10/31/1923 Eduard Lassen Festival Overture, part 2 55202B
B-28859 10/31/1923 Christian Sinding Rustle of Spring 45389A
B-28860 10/31/1923 Eugene d'Albert The Improvisator Overture 45389B
It is interesting to note that the Weber overture had not been performed
in St. Louis until premiered by Ganz in 1923. It was also one of the new
pieces the St. Louis audiences indicated they wished to hear in
subsequent concerts (Ganz scheduled again in his last season). The
Festival Overture of Eduard Lassen (1830-1904) is only one of two
recordings of the work done in the acoustic era. The dAlbert may have
been the rst recording of the piece.
1924 - (All Acoustic recordings)
C-28854 11/1/1924 Johann Strauss Artist's Life Waltz 55255A
C-28855 11/1/1924 Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance, no. 1 55255B
C-28856 11/2/1924 Rudolph Ganz St. Louis Symphonic March unpublished
C-31134 11/1/1924 G. Rossini Barber of Seville Overture, part 1 unpublished
C-31135 11/2/1924 G. Rossini Barber of Seville Overture, part 2 unpublished
C-31136 11/2/1924 F. Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave Overture, part 1 unpublished
C-31137 11/2/1924 F. Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave Overture, part 2 unpublished
C-31138 11/3/1924 Edward German Country Dance no. 1 unpublished
C-31139 11/3/1924 Edward German Pastorale & Merrymakers' Dance unpublished
Only one published record came out of this these sessions, and that disc
(Victor 55255) was a re-recording of the Strauss and Elgar abridged
works that were initially recorded, but rejected, in 1923. Further
processing of the other sides was halted as Victor experimented with
the Westrex electrical recording process in Camden, New Jersey.
Victors rst successful orchestral recordings, with the Stokowski and
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the Philadelphia Orchestra , were recorded on April 29th 1925,
effectively making all acoustically recorded orchestral discs obsolete,
including the items listed above. Sadly, the Ganz Symphonic March was
not rescheduled for the 1925 sessions.
1925 - (All CVE Matrixes - Electrical recordings)
CVE-31134 12/4/1925 G. Rossini Barber of Seville Overture, part 1 55290A
CVE-31135 12/4/1925 G. Rossini Barber of Seville Overture, part 2 55290B
CVE-31136 12/5/1925 F. Mendelssohn
Fingal's Cave Overture, part 1
(See Note 2)
9013A (*)
CVE-31137 12/7/1925 F. Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave Overture, part 2 9013B (*)
CVE-31138 12/5/1925 Edward German Country Dance no. 1 9009A (*)
CVE-31139 12/5/1925 Edward German Pastoral & Merrymakers' Dance 9009B (*)
BVE-34021 12/5/1925 Giovanni Bolzoni Minuet for Strings 45531B
BVE-34023 12/7/1925 N. Rimsky-Korsakov Song of India 45531A
The 12 inch records (CVE matrix
series) are electrical re-recordings of
the works originally done
acoustically in 1924. The Victor
issues noted above with (*) indicate
Red Seal releases, instead of the
Blue Label issues for all other St.
Louis recordings. It is unclear why
this was done.
With only eight double-sided records
to review, it is difcult to get a clear
picture of what Ganz and the
orchestra achieved during those six
years he was conductor. Part of this
is due to the unfortunate timing of
the recording sessions; the switch
from acoustical to electrical more or
less scrapped the 1924 sessions. And
the 1925 discs bring into high relief
the technical limitations of the early
electrical recording process. The
sound quality is not helped by the
boxy acoustics of the performing
venue (the specic location is
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An advertisement for St. Louis
Symphony records, from a 1927
symphony program.
unknown). Could those later sessions have offered more evidence to
gauge Ganz ability at that time as a conductor and programmer? We
will never know...
Listening to the recordings give us a glimpse, however imperfect, of an
interesting artist. Ganz rst record as a conductor, the Weber
Euryanthe overture, is a strong and vibrant reading. The Mendelssohn,
too, is satisfying, with unique string phrasings and rhythmic approach.
The German Nell Gwyn dances offers enthusiastic performances of
these popular pieces.
In short, the discs we do have are a small sample, a hint of what may
have and could have been in those years of his involvement with the
orchestra. For collectors, this is a similar situation to that of Ossip
Gabrilowitsch. Like Ganz, Gabrilowitsch was known primarily as a
concert pianist, but was also the conductor of the Detroit Symphony.
The Gabrilowitsch recorded legacy as a conductor amounts to 4 double-
sided Victor discs done in 1928.
Ganz after St. Louis
Unlike Gabrilowitsch, who died while still leading the Detroit orchestra
in 1936, Ganz had a long and successful career after his years in St.
Louis (Ganz resigned his position in 1927 after a petition was circulated
criticizing his leadership and programming). Today he is remembered
primarily for his work at the Chicago Musical College, becoming the
president of that organization in 1934 and serving in that capacity until
1958. He also continued to perform publicly as both pianist and
conductor. Building on his enthusiasm working with young people, he
conducted the New York Philharmonics Young Peoples Concerts from
1939 until 1949. He also performed regularly on radio, for both classical
and popular programs. Ganz lived to age 95, passing in 1972.
As a recording artist, his output after the St.
Louis sessions was quite small. As a pianist;
four sides were done and released for
Victor in 1930. A few more were done by
American Decca in 1944. His last studio
recording as a conductor appears to be a
78 rpm set of 10 inch records he did
with a pickup orchestra (the
Metropolitan Symphony). The set was a
hybrid commercial / educational
document, with music critic Deems
Taylors commentary, dedicated to Griegs
Holberg Suite,
3
on the short-lived Pilotone
label, recorded in 1948.
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Audio recordings Available for Download
I was fortunate in 2008 to have access to all of the Ganz / St. Louis commercially released
recordings. I transferred and restored the Victor discs as part of an internet series titled
The Midwest Tour celebrating recordings of Midwestern based musicians from the 78
rpm and mono LP eras.
For those interested in hearing these records, they can be downloaded (in a zipped le)
from the following location:
https://www.mediare.com/?h1wa9vkm3k59cu9
(Note 3 - Includes recording of Holberg Suite)
The mp3 audio les were encoded in mono at 192 kbps. The zip le includes scans of the
Victor record labels. The transfer of the Pilotone set is also included.
Additionally, several Duo Art piano roll reproductions of Rudolph Ganz can be heard on
YouTube. Especially intriguing is a four hand performance (with Ernest Hutcheson) of the
Fingals Cave Overture, recorded the same year as the St. Louis Orchestra 78 sides:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?Dmaehd-uhDU
While controversy continues about the accuracy of piano roll reproductions, it is
interesting to note that, later in his life, Ganz thought favorably of his Duo Art recordings,
and was pleased that his students would listen to them!
References materials used for this article:
Rudolph Ganz - A Musical Pioneer. Jean Colette Collester, author. Published by The
Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1995.
Symphony and Song - The Saint Louis Symphony First Hundred Years 1880 -1980.
Katherine Gladney Wells , author. Published by The Countryman Press, 1980.
UC Santa Barbara Library Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings -
http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/42227/
Ganz_Rudolph_director
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Ganz
Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' Association Website -
http://www.amica.org/Live/Organization/Honor-Roll/Ganz.htm
St. Louis Symphony Website - http://www.stlsymphony.org/performers/
pastconductors.aspx
Audio Streams:
1. Stream the recording of Triptyque for String Orchestra by Alexander Tansman.
Golschmann & St. Louis Symphony - 1935 - http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/
mp3-music/albums/182
2. Stream the recording of Fingal's Cave Overture, Ganz & St. Louis Symphony - 1925 -
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/860/ganz-amp-st-louis-symphony
________________________________________________
A special thanks to Don Tait, collector and program host (retired) of
WFMT Chicago, for allowing me to use several of his 78 rpm records for
this project.
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Selected Victor 78rpm Label Scans featuring Rudolph Ganz
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Latest Videos on our Site
Compiled by Nathan Davis
The following videos were recently added to the 78rpm Collectors
Community website. To view each video on your SmartPhone, iPad,
Tablet or Android enabled device, point your QR Reader App at a
barcode below. The video will load automatically on your device.
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Pretending - Bert Firman's Dance Orchestra -
Zonophone 275 - Posted by Jonathan Holmes
An extremely well balanced recording - I've never
heard drum brush strokes so vividly on a recording
before! Bright and bouncy, typical of Firman's records
from this period.
BERT FIRMAN'S DANCE ORCHESTRA - Bert Firman,
vn, dir: probably: Vernon Ferry, Max Goldberg, t / Ted
Heath, tb / Herb Finney, cl, as / Arthur Lally, cl, as,
bar / Pat Whelan, ts / Cecil Norman, p, a / Joe
Brannelly, bj / bb / Warwick Barnes, d / Foster
Richardson, v. Hayes, Middlesex, May 18, 1926
4 Christopher Robin Songs - Posted by Jean Campbell
Collen
Webster Booth sings 4 Christopher Robin songs: Down
by the Pond, Vespers, Sneezles, Buckingham Palace.
Recorded in 1943 with accompaniment of an
instrumental quintet. HMV B9304.
Ain't Misbehavin' - The Charleston Chasers -
Columbia 5610 - Posted by Jonathan Holmes
A star-studded lineup for the Charleston Chasers -
superb solos all round!
THE CHARLESTON CHASERS - Phil Napoleon, t / Miff
Mole, tb / Jimmy Dorsey, cl, as / Arthur Schutt, p, / Joe
Tarto, sb / Dave Tough, d / Eva Taylor, v. New York,
June 28, 1929 - Photos used in video - courtesy Tyne
and Wear Museum Archives.
QR Reader apps can be downloaded from
iTunes or GooglePlay.
The videos can also be viewed manually by
using the following links:
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/videos
and http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/vids
February 2014 / 75
Cover Me Up With Sunshine - Jack Hylton's
Hyltonians (Al Starita's Kit-Cat Dance Band) -
HMV B5250 - Posted by Jonathan Holmes
A bouncy rendition of this cheerful song driven by Al
Starita's wonderful saxophone work, the phrasing
from 02:25 to 02:32 is just divine! This song was more
famously recorded by the Jean Goldkette Orchestra in
1926, with Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti, Spiegle
Wilcox, Frank Trumbauer and Steve Brown featured in
that band.
JACK HYLTON'S HYLTONIANS (AL STARITA'S KIT-
CAT BAND) - Al Starita, cl, as, dir: Tom Smith, Edwin
Knight, t / Ted Heath, tb / Jim Kelleher, as / George
Smith, cl, ts / Eric Siday, Jean Pougnet, vn / Sid Bright, p / Len Fillis, bj, g / Alfred Field,
bb / Eric Little, d. - Hayes, Middlesex, March 30, 1927
How to Package 78rpms - Posted by Nathan Davis
A video outlining how to package 78rpms correctly...
Considerin' - Arthur Lally And His Orchestra (ft. Al
Bowlly) - Decca F. 3187 - Posted by Jonathan Holmes
An effortlessly smooth recording with the superb
vocals of Al Bowlly. Even though this is a wonderful
song, Arthur Lally's band was the only one to record
this during the dance band era, which is a real shame.
ARTHUR LALLY AND HIS ORCHESTRA - Arthur Lally,
cl, as, bar, dir: Probably - Max Goldberg and another, t /
Tony Thorpe, tb / cl, as / cl, ts / Claude Ivy, p / Alan
Ferguson, g / Spike Hughes, sb / Rudy Starita, d / Al
Bowlly, v. - Chelsea, London, September 29, 1932.
Dating English 78rpm Records by Catalog Number
Prepared by Sam Hopper
This record number dating guide is mostly for classical 78rpms released by the
major English record companies during the 78rpm era and includes HMV and
Columbia and some lesser known labels. I have also included some material
under the COLUMBIA section for 10 and 12inch records for dating via matrix
numbers.
It is often possible to identify the recording date of some 78rpm records by their
appearance in sequence within a record series - as most major record companies
of the time released records more-or-less in order of record number. However,
this was not always the case. With the following list, I have tried to create some
order from the chaos.
I encourage all collectors who wish to explore this topic further to investigate
the excellent book, The Almost Complete 78 RPM Record Dating Guide (II).
By Steven C. Barr. Published and distributed by Yesterday Once Again ($14.95).
I also believe the book can be purchased through the NUACK website at www.
78rpm.com (See a review of this book at: http://www.timbrooks.net/review-
barr-almost-complete-guide
Although Steven will not be updating the book in the future, it is still a
comprehensive, well-research book priced at great value.
If you can help further with this project, I encourage you to contact me via the
following email address: admin@78rpmcommunity.com. Help with omissions,
corrections and/ errors would be greatly appreciated...
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Prex Label Record
Numbers
General Date Range
DB HMV 111-578 Acoustic recordings Pre-1925 DB HMV
860-1000 1925-1927
DB HMV
1000-2000 1927-1934
DB HMV
2000-3000 1934-1936
DB HMV
3000-4000 1936-1940
DB HMV
4000-4048 Pre 1938 (Mostly British recordings - Gilbert
and Sullivan)
DB HMV
4400-4700 Pre 1939 German recordings
DB HMV
4800-5200 Pre 1939 French recordings (Mostly
Landowska Society issues
DB HMV
5700-7000 1939-1950
DB HMV
7000-10000 Automatic couplings of all above material
DB HMV
21000 onwards 1950 onwards
DA
HMV
103-458 Acoustic recordings Pre-1925 DA
HMV
761-1000 1926-1929
DA
HMV
1000-1700 1929-1939
DA
HMV
1700-2000 1939 to mid-1950s until 78rpms phased out...
DA
HMV
4400-5450 Continental recording (Mostly prior to 1939
but some used post-WW2)
C
HMV
1200-2000 1925-1930 C
HMV
2000-3000 1930-1938
C
HMV
3000-3500 1938-1946
C
HMV
3500-4000 1946-1950
LX Col. 1-558 1930-1936 LX Col.
559-861 1937-1939
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862-939 1940-1942
940-1247 1946-1949
DX 1-756 1930-1936 DX
757-956 1937-1939
DX
957-1174 1940-1944
DX
1175-1622 1945-1949
DX
Columbia Columbia Sub-Set: Approximate recording date via Matrix Number Sub-Set: Approximate recording date via Matrix Number
10 Inch - Columbia 10 Inch - Columbia
Numerical Series Numerical Series 65300 January 1916
65825 January 1917
69200 January 1918
69625 January 1920
71185 January 1921
71425 January 1922
71999 January 1923
A 550 January 1924
WA Series WA Series WA 2795 January 1926
WA 4968 January 1927
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CA Series CA Series CA 12326 January 1932
CA 13465 January 1933
12 Inch - Columbia 12 Inch - Columbia
Numerical Series Numerical Series 75325 January 1917
76075 January 1918
76350 January 1919
74275 January 1922
76860 January 1923
AX Series * AX Series * AX 275 January 1924
AX 840 January 1925
WAX Series WAX Series WAX 1260 January 1926
WAX 2324 January 1927
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CAX Series CAX Series CAX 6270 January 1932
CAX 6631 January 1933
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K; AK Decca 1-1100 Pre 1945 (Recorded in ascending number) K; AK Decca
1100 onwards 1945 onwards (All ffrr)
X Decca Prior to 280 12inch (Gold label) Before 1949 (Pre-ffrr) X Decca
281 onwards Late 1949 onwards until series discontinued...
* The AX Series began in mid-1923 and details are accurate. Please also note
that the matrix numbers listed are the lowest known for their respective
years.
Prex Label Rec. Numbers Country of Issue
DB HMV 1-20 Danish Wartime Issues DB HMV
100-4049 DB International Series
DB HMV
5700-5999
DB International Series
DB HMV
6100-6999
DB International Series
DB HMV
4150-4152 Russia
DB HMV
4200-4332 Spain
DB HMV
4400-4699 German
DB HMV
5500-5699
German
DB HMV
7601-7720 German (Wartime issues)
DB HMV
4700-4704 Belgium
DB HMV
4800-5199 France
DB HMV
5200-5299 Scandinavia
DB HMV
5300-5321 Czechoslovakia
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5350-5449 Italy
05350-05359 Italy (Supplementary Wartime issues)
6000-6099 Switzerland
DB Auto-
Coup
947-9796 Mostly for English and International Series DB Auto-
Coup
10000-10147 Switzerland
DB Auto-
Coup
10500-10524 Denmark
DB Auto-
Coup
11000-11073 Sweden
DB Auto-
Coup
11100-11256 France
NOTES:
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Flashback...
February 2014 / 83
Excerpt from the Wall Street Journal - Tuesday June 1985
78 Fever: The Disks That Wouldnt Die
Nat Shilkret as Director - 78rpm Output
Nat Shilkret was born to a
musical family. His father
played a number of
instruments, and made
certain that Nat and his
three brothers were all
accomplished musicians at
an early age. Older brother
Lew Shilkret was a ne
pianist, but also worked in
the insurance industry.
Younger brother Jack
Shilkret had a career that
paralleled Nathaniel's
career: he played clarinet
and piano, recorded
extensively, and conducted
and played piano on the
radio and in motion
pictures. The youngest
brother Harry Shilkret was
a medical doctor, who
worked his way through
school playing trumpet, and
continued to play trumpet
frequently in Nathaniel's
orchestras, particularly for
radio broadcasts, long after he was a practicing allergist.
Nathaniel Shilkret's brother-in-law, Nathaniel Finston, was violinist in
many organizations in his youth and was musical director for
Paramount and later for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, at one time being
Nathaniel Shilkret's boss.
Shilkret was a child prodigy, touring the country with the New York
Boys' Orchestra from the ages of seven to thirteen as their clarinet
soloist. From his late teens to mid-twenties he was a clarinetist in the
best New York music organizations, including the New York
Philharmonic Society (under Vassily Safanov and Gustav Mahler), the
New York Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera House
Orchestra, the Russian Symphony Orchestra, Victor Herbert's
Orchestra, Arnold Volpe's Orchestra, Sousa's Grand Concert Band,
Arthur Pryor's Band, and Edwin Franko Goldman's Band. He was also a
rehearsal pianist for Walter Damrosch, playing for stars that included
dancer Isadora Duncan.
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Nat Shilkret
He joined the Foreign Department of the Victor Talking Machine
Company (later RCA Victor) around 1915, and soon was made manager
of the department.
[1][2][3]
In 1926 he became "director of light music" for Victor. He made
thousands of recordings, possibly more than anyone in recording
history. His son Arthur estimated the sales of these records was of the
order of 50 million copies. He was the conductor of choice for many of
Victor's innovative recordings. He conducted Victor's rst record made
by the electrical process, the rst commercial Victor Long Playing
record (in 1931) and was the rst conductor to successfully dub an
electrically recorded orchestra background over the recordings of
Enrico Caruso, Victor's star artist, who died in 1921, before electrical
recording was developed. The premiere recording of George Gershwin's
symphonic poem, An American in Paris, in 1929, was one of ve
conducted by Shilkret that eventually earned Grammy Awards. His last
Victor session was on December 21, 1932, although he is credited with a
later Victor session on July 9, 1940.
He was also one of radio's earliest stars, estimating that he made over
3000 broadcasts between 1925 and 1941, including being the conductor
for The Eveready Hour, regarded as the rst major commercial
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Shilkret (center holding baton) with the Victor Salon Orchestra, c. 1925
broadcast and the rst major variety show.
Between his conducting for records and for radio, virtually every
musical star of the day performed under the baton of
Nathaniel Shilkret. His orchestra members included
Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman,
Lionel Hampton, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Mike
Mosiello and Del Staigers. George Gershwin, Jascha
Heifetz, Mischa Elman and Andrs Segovia all
played under his direction. Opera stars Rose
Bampton, Lucrezia Bori, Feodor Chaliapin, Jon
Crain, Richard Crooks, Miguel Fleta, Emilio de
Gogorza, Amelita Galli-Curci, Mary Garden,
Beniamino Gigli, Helen Jepson, Maria Jeritza,
Giovanni Martinelli, Nino Martini, John McCormack,
James Melton, Grace Moore, Jan Peerce, Lily Pons, Rosa Ponselle,
Elisabeth Rethberg, Gladys Rice, Tito Schipa, Gladys Swarthout, John
Charles Thomas, and Lawrence Tibbett were all conducted by Nathaniel
Shilkret. The lists of popular singers and foreign artists that played
under his direction are just as impressive.
Notes
1. Shilkret, Nathaniel, ed. Shell, Niel and Barbara Shilkret, Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the
Music Business, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2005. ISBN 0-8108-5128-8
2. Shilkret, Nathaniel, Barbara Shilkret, and Niel Shell, Feast or Famine: Sixty Years in the Music
Business, archival edition of Shilkret autobiography, 2001 (copies deposited in the New York Public
Library for the Performing Arts, The City College of New York Archival Library, The New York
Philharmonic Archives, The Victor Archives (SONY)).
3. Shell, Niel, Nathaniel Shilkret: A Most Prolic and Diverse Creator of Recorded Sound, ARSC
Journal, 39 (2008), 80--90.
Nat Shilkret - Victor Output on 78rpm
This preliminary discography outlines the Victor 78rpm releases of Nat Shilkret
directing the Victor Orchestra from 1926 to 1931. It was prepared by Nathan Davis with
the generous assistance of J.E. Knox (This preliminary document may contain errors and
omissions) Corrections can be directed to admin@78rpmcommunity.com
NOTES
I. This preliminary discography will be updated with additional information in a later
advertised edition
II. Date of recording is listed using the English standard - DD/MM/YY
III. w/- with vocals by... (Only vocalists are noted)
IV. List is organized by ascending record number
V. BVE- matrix numbers are all 10inch recordings and CVE- matrix numbers are all
12inch recordings - BOLD matrix take number indicates issued take
VI. KEY - " 78rpm Electric ! 78rpm Acoustic
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Victor 1926
Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
KEY: #Label #Rec. No. #Composition #Orch/Performer(s) #Composer #Rec. Date #Matrix/Take
1. " Victor 20113# Barcelona## # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Billy Murray Evans-Kahn 16/07/26 BVE-35780-1-2-3
Listen online at: http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/mp3-music/albums/437
2. " Victor 20113# On The Riviera# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Carl Mathieu 16/07/26 BVE-35781-1-2-3 (Also HMV B-5111)
Listen online at: http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/mp3-music/albums/437
3. " Victor 20145# Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven# Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch.
w/Franklyn Baur 18/08/26 BVE-36049-1-2-3-4
4. " Victor 20145# I Wish You Were Jealous Of Me# # Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch.
w/Franklyn Baur Haubrich-Rowel 18/08/26 BVE-36050-1-2-3 (Also HMV B-5190)
5. " Victor 20172# La Paloma## # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Yradier 12/04/25 BVE-26753-10-11 (Also HMV B-5155)
Takes 1-9 - matrix B-26753
6. " Victor 20172# O Sole Mio## # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Di Capus 04/02/26 BVE-26654-8-9-10 (Also HMV B-5155)
Takes 1-7 - matrix B-26654
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7. " Victor 20231# Half A Moon...# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Johnny Marvin Reynolds-Dowling-Henley 24/09/26 BVE-36352-1-2-3
8. " Victor 20259# All Alone Monday# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Johnny Marvin Kalmar-Ruby 08/10/26 BVE-36802-1-2-3-4
9. " Victor 20260# Adios# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Henry Burr Harry Owens 07/10/26 BVE-36395-1-2-3-4
10. " Victor 20272# Because I Love You# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Instrumental 16/10/26 BVE-36394-1-2-3-4-5-6
11. " Victor 20313# You Will, Won't You?# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Bessinger Caldwell-Harbach-Kern 01/11/26 BVE-36889-1-2-3
12. " Victor 20313# In Araby With You# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
01/11/26 BVE-36890-1-2-3
13. " Victor 20336# Some Day# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Gene Austin Speir-Polla 11/11/26 BVE-36923-1-2-3
14. " Victor 20352# Sweet Thing# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Johnny Marvin Williams-Kahn-Verges 16/11/26 BVE-36932-1-2-3-4
15. " Victor 20373# Riff Song# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Revelers Romberg-Harbach-Hammerstein 29/11/26 BVE-36981-1-2-3-4
16. " Victor 20373# One Alone## # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Romberg 29/11/26 BVE-36982-1-2-3
Victor 1927
NOTES:
1 - Note item No.51 - featuring a later Victor number
1. " Victor 20503# Flapperette# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Greer 07/01/27 BVE-37522-1-2-3 (Also Victor 0127;
Victor OE-22 and Victor (Canada) 20429)
2. " Victor 20429# Prudy# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra [Labelled
as - Zez Confrey Orchestra]
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w/Banta Derose 07/01/27 BVE-37523-1-2-3 (Also Victor 0128;
Victor OE-5; Victor 21010; Victor X-16081 and Victor (Canada) 20429 as well as HMV B-5403)
3. " Victor 20436# High, High, High Up In The Hills## Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch.
w/Charles Harrison 12/01/27 BVE- 37540-1-2-3-4-5
4. " Victor 20464# School Day Sweethearts# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James Edwards 28/12/26 BVE-37185-1-2-3
5. " Victor 20471# What Does It Matter?# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Elliot Shaw rec/Berlin 03/02/27 BVE-37598-1-2-3-4 (Also HMV
Australia EA-195)
6. " Victor 20474# Kinkajou# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Billy Murray Tierney/McCarthy 03/02/27 BVE-37597-1-2-3 (New York)
7. " Victor 20474# Rio Rita# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James Tierney/McCarthy 07/02/27 BVE-37748-1-2-3-4 (New York)
8. " Victor 20503# Doll Dance# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Herb-Brown 03/03/27 BVE-38134-1-2-3-4 (New York) (Also
Victor 0128 and Victor OE-17 (Dubbed for 12inch))
9. " Victor 20508# Ain't She Sweet?# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Ager-Yellen 10/03/27 BVE-38153-1-2-3-4
10. " Victor 20512# Desert Song Waltz# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Hammerstein-Romberg-Harbach 07/03/27 BVE-38110-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
11. " Victor 20599# Hallelujah!# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Robin-Grey-Youmans 14/04/27 BVE-38347-1-2-3-4 (Also
HMV (UK) B-5312)
12. " Victor 20603# There's Everything Nice About You# Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch.
w/Ed Smalle/Johnny Marvin Terker-Bryan-Wendling 19/04/27 BVE-38357-1-2-3-4 (Also
HMV (UK) B-5319)
13. " Victor 20603# More We Are Together# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/The Ravelers Connelly-King-Campbell 07/04/27 BVE-38438-1-2-3
14. " Victor 20615# Why Should I Say That I'm Sorry?# Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch.
w/Henry Burr Conley 28/04/27 BVE-38373-1-2-3-4
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15. " Victor 20634# Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong# Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch.
w/Joe Sherman Raskin-Fisher/Rose 05/05/27 BVE-38374-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
16. " Victor 20646# Wherever You Go-Whatever You Do# Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch.
w/Lewis James Meroff-Grossman-Goodwin-Shay 05/05/27 BVE-38390-1-2-3
(Also HMV (UK) B-5361)
17. " Victor 20659# Rainbow Of Love# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James Squires-Perry 05/05/27 BVE-38389-1-2-3
18. " Victor 20659# Dawn Of Tomorrow# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Johnny Marvin/Ed Smalle/Elliott Shaw Gravelle-Green 09/05/27
BVE-38737-1-2-3-4
19. " Victor 20675# Me And My Shadow# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Johnny Marvin Al Jolson-Rose-Dreyer 12/05/27 BVE-38399-1-2-3-4
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20. " Victor 20681# Lucky Lindy!# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Richard Crooks/Murphy/Luther/Baer/Patton Gilbert-Baer 26/05/27
BVE-38844-1-2-3
21. " Victor 20681# America Did It Again## Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Mathieu/Murray/Harrison/Stanley/Baughman Koeler-Bloom 31/05/27
BVE-38797-1-2-3-4
22. " Victor 20727# Whoo-Oo?You-Oo,That's Who!# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Johnny Marvin Ager-Yellen 19/05/27 BVE-38814-1-2-3 (Also HMV (UK)
B-5327)
23. " Victor 20732# Ain't That A Grand And Glorious Feeling?# Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch.
(Troubadours) w/Franklyn Baur Ager-Yellen 09/06/27 BVE-38893-1-2-3
24. " Victor 20732# Just Like A Buttery## Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
(Troubadours) w/Johnny Marvin Dixon-Woods 02/06/27 BVE-39206-1-2-3
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25. " Victor 20759# There's A Trick In Pickin' A Chick Chick Chicken# Nat Shilkret/
Victor Orch.#
w/Johnny Marvin Tobias 09/06/27 BVE-38892-1-2-3
26. " Victor 20777# Kitten on the Keys# # Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch. (Labelled as:
Zez Confrey and His Orchestra)
Confrey 16/06/27 26259-11-12-13-14-15-16 (Also HMV
(UK) B-5354)
Listen online at: http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/415/victor-20777
27. " Victor 20819# What Do We Do On A Dew-Dew-Dewy Day?## Nat Shilkret/
Victor Orch.
w/Johnny Marvin Sherman-Tobias-H.E. Johnson 01/07/27 BVE-39618-1-2-3
28. " Victor 20830# Paradise Isle# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Klages-Goering-Pettis 07/07/27 BVE-39631-1-2-3-4
29. " Victor 20837# It's A Million To One You're In Love# Nat Shilkret/ Victor Orch.
w/Franklyn Baur Akst-Davis 21/07/27 BVE-39689-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
30. " Victor 20848# Tired Hands# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
(Troubadours) w/Johnny Marvin Piantadosi 11/08/27 BVE-39957-1-2-3
31. " Victor 20884# Paree# # # Nat Shilkret And International Novelty
Orchestra
Padilla 02/06/27 BVE-39207-1 (Also HMV (UK) 7-604 - Not
Conrmed)
32. " Victor 20899# Are You Happy?# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Ager-Yellen 21/07/27 BVE-39690-1-2
33. " Victor 20899# Are You Thinking Of Me Tonight?# Nat Shilkret/ Victor Orch.
w/Johnny Marvin/Elliot Shaw/Franklyn Baur Davis-Akst-Gilbert 18/08/27
BVE-39990-1-2-3
34. " Victor 20976# Headin' For Harlem# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Dowling-Hanley 22/09/27 BVE-40110-1-2-3
35. " Victor 20976# Wherever You Are# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Dowling-Hanley 22/09/27 BVE-40111-1-2-3 (New York)
36. " Victor 20978# Molly Malone# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James Cohan 15/09/27 BVE-39180-1-2-3 (New York)
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37. " Victor 20996# Thinking Of You# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James Kalmar-Ruby 29/09/27 BVE-40134-1-2-3 (New York)
38. " Victor 20996# Up In The Clouds# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Kalmar-Ruby 07/10/27 BVE-40157-1-2-3 (New York)
39. " Victor 21000# Diane# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur/Lewis James/Elliott Shaw Rupee-Pollack 07/10/27
BVE-40158-1-2-3
40. " Victor 21011# Loved One## # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Henry Burr Henry 29/06/27 BVE-39612-1-2-3 (New York)
41. " Victor 21025# Where Is My Meyer?(Where's Himalaya?) # Nat Shilkret/ Victor Orch.
w/Arthur Hall Gilbert-Profes 15/10/27 BVE-40185-1-2-3 (New York)
42. " Victor 21031# I Live,I Die For You# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James Smith-Romberg 20/10/27 BVE-40195-1-2-3 (New York)
43. " Victor 21031# Eyes That Love# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James Smith-Romberg 20/10/27 BVE-40196-1-2 (New York)
44. " Victor 21032# I Told Them All About You# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James Friend 27/10/27 BVE-40522-1-2 (New York)
45. " Victor 21037# Dainty Miss# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Barnes 27/10/27 BVE-40521-1-2-3 (New York)
46. " Victor 21080# Nothin'# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Gene Austin Turk-Handman 15/09/27 BVE-39181-1-2 (New York) (Also HMV
(UK) B-5429)
47. " Victor 21149# Tin Pan Parade# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James/James Melton/Elliot Shaw/Wilfred Glenn 15/12/27 BVE-41178-1-2
(New York)
48. " Victor 21213# Dear, On A Night Like This# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Elliot Shaw Caesar-conrad 22/12/27 BVE-41198-1-2-3 (New York)
49. " Victor 21215# Why Do I Love You?# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Hammerstein-Kern 13/12/27 BVE-41170-1-2-3 (New York) (Also
Victor 25250)
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50. " Victor 21215# Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Hammerstein-Kern 15/12/27 BVE-41177-1-2-3 (New York) (Also
Victor 25250)
51. " Victor
1
35845# Ziegfeld Follies-Parts 1 & 2# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Brox Sisters/Franklyn Baur/Edgar Fairchild/Ralph Rainger Berlin
09/09/27 CVE-39169-1-2-3-4 (New York) (Also HMV (UK) 2-04649)
Victor 1928
1. " Victor 21229# Rain Or Shine# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Scrappy Lambert Ager-Yellen 02/02/28 BVE-42402-1-2-3 (New York)
2. " Victor 21229# Forever And Ever# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Scrappy Lambert Ager-Yellen 02/02/28 BVE-42403-1-2 (New York)
3. " Victor 21233# Man I Love# # Nat Shilkret (Troubadours)
w/Troubadours Gershwin 26/01/28 BVE-41583-1-2-3-4-5 (New York)
4. " Victor 21256# Beggar# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Scrappy Lambert Kahal-Wheeler-Snyder 09/02/28 BVE-42428-1-2-3 (New York)
5. " Victor 21259# Little Mother# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James Rapee-Pollack 23/02/28 BVE-43106-1-2-3 (New York)
6. " Victor 21259# Without You, Sweetheart# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Johnny Marvin De Sylva-Brown-Henderson 23/02/28 BVE-43107-1-2-3 (New York)
7. " Victor 21298# Chloe (Song Of The Swamp)# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
02/03/28 BVE-42529-1-2-3 (Camden)
8. " Victor 21327# Moments With You# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Silver Masked Tenor (Joseph White) 16/02/28 BVE-42446-1-2-3 (New York)
9. " Victor 21371# Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Troubadours Herbert 12/01/28 BVE-41284-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 (New
York)
10. " Victor 21371# Bells Of St. Mary's# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Furber-Adams 16/02/28 BVE-42447-1-2 (New York)
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11. " Victor 21392# Maybe You'll Be The One Who'll Be The One# Nat Shilkret And
The Victor Orchestra
w/Elliot Shaw 12/01/28 BVE-41540-1-2-3 (New York)
12. " Victor 21392# Dream House# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
(Art Hickman's Orchestra)
w/Scrappy Lambert Cowan-Foxe 19/04/28 BVE-43653-1-2-3 (New York)
13. " Victor 21393# Y Como Le Va?# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Valverde 12/04/28 BVE-43630-1-2 (New York) (Also
Victor 0437 and Victor OE-8 (Dubbed for 12inch))
14. " Victor 21431# Fascinatin' Vamp# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Nussbaum 12/04/28 BVE-42404-1-2-3-4-5-6 (New York)
15. " Victor 21432# Get Out And Get Under The Moon# Nat Shilkret/ Victor Orch.
w/Johnny Marvin/Frankie Marvin Tobias-Jerome-Shay 03/05/28
BVE-43699-1-2-3 (New York)
16. " Victor 21450# Goodnight-Medley Waltz# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/James Melton/Lewis James/Elliott Shaw 26/04/28 BVE-43672-1-2 (New York)
17. " Victor 21450# Till We Meet Again# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur/Carson Robison Egan-Whiting 10/05/28 BVE-45133-1-2-3
(New York) (Also HMV (UK) B-5686)
18. " Victor 21493# In The Good Old Summer Time# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James W. Joy-Evans 07/06/28 BVE-45610-1-2-3 (New York)
19. " Victor 21493# Sidewalks Of New York# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James Lawlor-Blake 07/06/28 BVE-45611-1-2 (New York)
20. " Victor 21497# You're Wonderful# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Fields-Gardner-Ash 08/06/28 BVE-45571-1-2 (New York)
21. " Victor 21497# That's My Weakness Now# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frankie Marvin Green-Stept 07/06/28 BVE-45609-1-2-3 (New York)
22. " Victor 21515# Dusky Stevedore# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Elliot Shaw/Wilfred Glenn Razaf-Johnson 19/06/28 BVE-45647-1-2-3 (New York)
Listen online at: http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/720/shilkret
February 2014 / 95
23. " Victor 21515# When Sweet Susie Comes Steppin' By# Nat Shilkret/ Victor Orch.
Kaufman-Kelly-Bibo 19/06/28 BVE-45648-1-2-3 (New York)
Listen online at: http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/716/when-sweet-susie-goes-steppin-0
24. " Victor 21572# Out Of The Dawn# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Donaldson 19/07/28 BVE-46322-1-2-3 (New York)
25. " Victor 21572# Jeannine (I Dream Of Lilac Time) Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch.
w/Franklyn Baur Gilbert-Shilkret 27/07/28 BVE-46619-1-2-3 (New York)
26. " Victor 21603# Nagasaki# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Crumit Dixon-Warren 12/07/28 BVE-45873-1-2-3 (New York)
27. " Victor 21603# Moonlight Madness# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Davis-Coots 27/07/28 BVE-46620-1-2-3 (New York)
28. " Victor 21606# Kiss Before The Dawn# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Troubadours Perkins 10/05/28 BVE-45132-1-2-3 (New York)
29. " Victor 21633# Someday, Somewhere# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Erno Rapee-Pollack 16/08/28 BVE-46903-?
30. " Victor 21643# Lonesome In The Moonlight# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Luther/Phil Dewey/Jack Parker Russell-Baer 16/08/28
BVE-46904-1-2-3-4 (New York)
31. " Victor 21654# Dolores# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Troubadours/Frank Munn Grossman-Ward 30/08/28 BVE-46967-1-2-3 (New York)
32. " Victor 21683# Beggars Of Life# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Jack Parker/Frank Luther/Phil Dewey/Wilfred Glenn Brennan-Hajos 13/09/28
BVE-46966-1-2-3-4-5-6 (New York)
33. " Victor 21726# You Tell Me Your Dream# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Luther/Jack Parker/P.Dewey Kahn-Daniels 06/10/28 BVE-47714-1-2
(New York)
34. " Victor 21726# Goodnight## # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/F.Luther/J.Parker/P.Dewey Wood-Bibo-Conrad 06/10/28 BVE-47715-1-2
(New York)
February 2014 / 96
35. " Victor 21746# Love (All I Want is Love)# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Leo O'rourke/P.Dewey/F.Luther Zuro-Weinberg 06/09/28 BVE-46988-1-2
(New York) (Also on Victor 21702)
36. " Victor 21746# Marie# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lewis James Berlin 18/10/28 BVE-47766-1-2-3 (New York)
37. " Victor 21753# Cross Roads# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Klages-Axt-Mendoza 18/10/28 BVE-47764-1-2-3 (New
York)
38. " Victor 21753# I Still Keep Dreaming Of You# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Scrappy Lambert Davis-Burke 22/10/28 BVE-47775-1-2-3 (New York)
39. " Victor 21772# Another Kiss# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Elliot Shaw Schertzinger 01/11/28 BVE-48111-1-2-3 (New York)
40. " Victor 21772# Gotta Be Good# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra.
w/TheFour Rajahs Schertzinger 01/11/28 BVE-48112-1-2-3-4 (New York)
41. " Victor 21802# Jimmy Valentine# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Billy Murray/Frank Luther/Phil Dewey/Jack Parker Edwards-Madden
30/11/28 BVE-49215-1-2-3 (New York)
42. " Victor 21819# Night Of Memories# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Yellen-Jerome 15/11/28 BVE-48165-1-2-3 (New York)
43. " Victor 21838# Betty# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Cristy-Shilkret 06/12/28 BVE-49173-1 (New York)
44. " Victor 21845# Jumping Jack# # Nat Shilkret/ Victor Orch. (Labelled as:
Zez Confrey and His Orchestra)
17/12/28 BVE-49263-1-2 (New York)
(Also Victor 0369 and Victor OE-19 (Dubbed for 12inch))
February 2014 / 97
Victor 1929
Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra (and) All Star Orchestra
1. " Victor 21845# Jack in the Box# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
(Labelled as: Zez Confrey and His Orchestra)
Confrey 03/01/29 BVE-49262-1-2-3-4-5 (New York) (Also
Victor 0370 and Victor X-16190)
2. " Victor 21847# Carolina Moon# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/The Troubadours/Scrappy Lambert (Burt Lorin) 10/01/29 BVE-49629-1-2-3 (New York)
3. " Victor 21847# When Summer Is Gone# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Harrison-Wilhite 10/01/29 BVE-49630-1-2 (New York)
4. " Victor 21853# Dream Train# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Jack Parker/Phil Dewey Newman-Baskette 17/01/29 49656-? (Not Conrmed)
5. " Victor 21886# Broadway Melody# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Four Rajahs Freed-Brown 15/02/29 49958-? (Not Conrmed)
6. " Victor 21886# You Were Meant For Me# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Scrappy Lambert (Burt Lorin) 15/02/29 BVE-49959-1-2-3 (New York)
7. " Victor 21896# Some Sweet Day# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Shilkret-Pollack 07/02/29 BVE-49931-1-2-3 (New York)
8. " Victor 21896# Lady Divine# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Kountz-Shilkret 27/02/29 BVE-49997-1-2-3 (New York)
9. " Victor 21931# One Girl# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Luther Hammerstein-Youmans 28/03/29 BVE-50933-1-2-3-4-5-6 (New York)
10. " Victor 21931# Pagan Love Song# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Freed-Herb Brown 07/03/29 BVE-51012-1-2 (Camden)
11. " Victor 21943# Things That Were Made For Love# Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch.
Tobias-Kahal-De Rose 13/03/29 BVE-50935-1-2-3
(New York) (Also Victor 0459, Victor X-16049 and Victor OE-6 (Dubbed for 12inch))
12. " Victor 21943# I Get The Blues When It Rains# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Scrappy Lambert (Burt Lorin) Stoddard-Klauber 04/04/29 BVE-51604-1-2-3 (New York)
February 2014 / 98
13. " Victor 21981# I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling# Jesse Crawford and Nat Shilkret
Rose-Link-Waller 07/05/29 BVE-47993-? (Not Conrmed)
14. " Victor 21985# Blue Hawaii# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
(Labelled as: Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra)
w/Don Howard Baer-Caesar-Schuster 13/05/29 BVE-51928-1-2-3-4-5 (New York)
15. " Victor 21996# Susianna# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Scrappy Lambert (Burt Lorin) Williams 25/01/29
BVE-49024-1-2-3-4-5 (New York)
16. " Victor 21996# (The) Lonesome Road# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Willard Robison Austin-Shilkret 26/04/29 BVE-51927-1-2 (New York)
17. " Victor 21997# Nobody But You# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Don Howard Goodwin-Edwards 13/05/29 BVE-51995-1-2-3 (New York)
18. " Victor 22004# Let Me Have My Dreams# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Akst-Clarke 23/05/29 BVE-53431-1 (New York)
19. " Victor 22004# Am I Blue?# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Don Howard Akst-Clarke 23/05/29 BVE-53433-1-2 (New York)
20. " Victor 22012# Your Mother And Mine# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Edwards-Goodwin 27/05/29 BVE-53441-1-2-3 (New York)
21. " Victor 22023# When We Get Together In The Moonlight# Nat Shilkret/ Victor Orch.
w/Belle Mann Ryan-Rose-Violinsky 06/06/29 BVE-53459-1-2-3 (New York)
22. " Victor 22035# Junior# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Scrappy Lambert (Burt Lorin) Donaldson 28/06/29 BVE-53476-1-2 (New York)
23. " Victor 22054# My Dream Memory# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Don Howard Clare-Levant 15/07/29 BVE-55609-1-2-3 (New York)
24. " Victor 22073# My Song Of The Nile# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/The Troubadours/Scrappy Lambert (Burt Lorin) 30/07/29 BVE-55641-1-2 (New York)
25. " Victor 22073# Waiting At The End Of The Road# Nat Shilkret/ Victor Orch.
w/Phil Dewey/Frank Luther/Jack Parker Berlin 30/07/29 BVE-55642-1-2 (New York)
February 2014 / 99
26. " Victor 22079# Love (Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere)# Nat Shilkret/ Victor Orch.
w/Gloria Swanson Janis-Goulding 03/08/29 BVE-55645-1-2-3 (New York) (Also
released on 45rpm disc and LP)
27. " Victor 22152# Love Me# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Lenoir-Morse-Aivaz 16/09/29 BVE-55693-1-2-3 (New York)
28. " Victor 22195# Georgia Pines# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Johnny Marvin Trent-De Rose 17/10/29 BVE-56787-1-2-3 (New York)
29. " Victor 22197# I'll Close My Eyes To The Rest Of The World# Nat Shilkret (All
Star Orchestra)
w/Frank Luther/Jack Parker/Phil Dewey Friend 08/11/29 BVE-57532-1-2 (New York)
30. " Victor 22197# Deep In The Arms Of Love# Nat Shilkret (All Star Orchestra)
w/Frank Luther/Jack Parker/Phil Dewey Davis-Ingraham 08/11/29
BVE-57533-1-2-3 (New York)
31. " Victor 22203# Chant Of The Jungle# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Freed-Brown 31/10/29 BVE-57514-1-2 (New York)
32. " Victor 22203# That Wonderful Something# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Mark Kel's Happy-Go-Lucky Boys Alter-Goodwin 14/11/29
BVE-57516-1-2-3-4-5 (New York)
33. " Victor 22222# My Fate Is In Your Hands# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Waller-Razaf 14/11/29 BVE-57539-1-2-3 (New York)
34. " Victor 22241# Lonesome Little Doll## Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Cowan-Boutelje 21/11/29 BVE-57551-1-2-3 (New York)
35. " Victor 22241# Dream Lover# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Franklyn Baur Grey-Schertzinger 13/12/29 BVE-57580-1-2-3-4-5-6 (New York)
36. " Victor 22247# Dream Lover# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Jeannette MacDonald/The Revelers/James Melton/Lewis James/Elliott Shaw/Wilfred
Glenn Grey-Schertzinger 11/12/29 BVE-57597-1-2-3-4 (New York) (Also
released on LP)
February 2014 / 100
Victor 1930
Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra (and) Victor Salon Orchestra
NOTES:
2 - Note items Nos.26, 27 and 28 - featuring a later Victor number
1. " Victor 22266# Until Love Comes Along# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Clare-Levant 03/01/30 BVE-58120-1-2-3-4-5 (New York)
2. " Victor 22276# "May I Say ""I Love You""?"# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Davis-Coots 19/12/29 BVE-58121-1-2 (New York)
3. " Victor 22276# Cross Your Fingers# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Scrappy Lambert Swanstrom-Davis-Coots 03/01/30 BVE-58122-1-2-3-4-5 (New York)
4. " Victor 22290# Blue Is The Night# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/James Melton Fisher 20/01/30 BVE-58506-1-2 (New York)
5. " Victor 22306# Singing A Vagabond Song# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Luther Richman-Messenheimer-Burton 6/02/1930
BVE-58556-1-2-3-4 (New York)
6. " Victor 22306# Singing A Vagabond Song# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Luther Burton-Messenheimer-Richman 06/02/30
BVE-58556-1-2-3-4 (New York)
7. " Victor 22334# Alone With My Dreams# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Elliot Shaw Kahn-Archer 30/01/30 BVE-58629-1-2-3 (New York)
8. " Victor 22339# Whippoorwill# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Landt Trio De Vall 28/03/30 BVE-59656-1-2-3 (New York)
9. " Victor 22410# Syncopated Love Song# Victor Salon Orchestra
Suesse-Shilkret 13/12/29 BVE-58105-1-2 (New York)
10. " Victor 22410# Mood In Blue# # Victor Salon Orchestra
Pollack-Shilkret 13/12/29 BVE-58107-1 (New York)
11. " Victor 22417# Kiss Me With Your Eyes# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Scrappy Lambert Gillespie-Eldred 24/04/30 BVE-62206-1-2-3 (New York)
12. " Victor 22425# Dancing With Tears In My Eyes#Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Dubin-Burke 12/05/30 BVE-62218-1-2 (New York)
February 2014 / 101
13. " Victor 22432# Ragamufn Romeo# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
De Costa-Wayne 12/05/30 BVE-62219-1-2-3 (New York)
14. " Victor 22450# If You're Not Kissing Me# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Freed-Brown 04/06/30 BVE-62264-1-2 (New York)
15. " Victor 22472# Dixiana# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Luther Caldwell-Tierney 27/06/30 BVE-62296-1-2 (New York)
16. " Victor 22472# Mr. And Mrs. Sippi# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Luther Caldwell-Tierney 27/06/30 BVE-62297-1-2 (New York)
17. " Victor 22477# Roses Are Forget-Me-Nots# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Hoffman-O'ynn-Osborne 22/06/30 BVE-62295-1-2 (New York)
18. " Victor 22526# Moonlight On The Colorado# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Billy Moll/Robert A. King/Scrappy Lambert/Frank Luther 28/08/30
BVE-63603-3 (New York)
19. " Victor 22529# African Serenade# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Luther Shilkret 28/08/30 BVE-63605-? (Not Conrmed)
February 2014 / 102
VICTOR 22529 - Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
See Item No.20 above for details...
20. " Victor 22565# Ukulele Moon# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Luther/Lew Conrad Davis-Conrad 25/10/30 BVE-63154-? (Not Conrmed)
21. " Victor 22571# La Seduccion# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Noceti 03/10/30 BVE-63370-? (Not Conrmed)
22. " Victor 22571# Bolero# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Ravel 03/10/30 BVE-63370-? (Not Conrmed)
23. " Victor 22581# Wedding Of The Birds# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Tobias-Kisco 20/11/30 BVE-64363-? (Not Conrmed)
24. " Victor 22581# Baby's Birthday Party# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Ronell 20/11/30 BVE-64364-? (Not Conrmed)
25. " Victor 36030
2
# Maytime-Medley# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Smith-Herbert 15/10/30 BVE-63155-? (Not Conrmed)
26. " Victor 36030# Love And Spring# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Strauss 15/10/30 BVE-63156-? (Not Conrmed)
27. " Victor 36036# Abandonado# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
Pasadas 03/10/30 BVE-63368-? (Not Conrmed)
Victor 1931
1. " Victor 22728# Trees# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Frank Munn Kilmer-Rasbach 11/06/31 BVE-69616-? (Not Conrmed)
2. " Victor 22728# Black Eyes# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
11/06/31 BVE-69932-? (Not Conrmed)
3. " Victor 22739# I'm Through With Love# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Gus Kahn/Matty Malneck/Fud Livingston/Gene Austin 11/06/31
BVE-69928-? (Not Conrmed)
4. " Victor 22739# Without That Gal# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Walter Donaldson/Gene Austin 11/06/31(NYC) BVE-69929-1 (New York)
February 2014 / 103
5. " Victor 22740# How The Time Can Fly# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Lew Conrad Donaldson 11/06/31 BVE-69930-? (Not Conrmed)
6. " Victor 22781# I Apologise# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Al Hoffman/Al Goodhart/Ed Nelson/Paul Small 29/07/31 BVE-70134-1
7. " Victor 22782# "Kiss Me Goodnight, Not Goodbye"# Nat Shilkret/Victor Orch.
w/Paul Small 29/07/31 BVE-70132
8. " Victor 22802# Sweet And Lovely# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Gus Arnheim/Harry Tobias/Jules Lemare/Russ Columbo 9/09/31 BS-70224-2(NYC)
9. " Victor 22806# Love Letters In The Sand# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Nick Kenny/Charles Kenny/J. Fred Coots/Gene Austin 9/09/31 BS-70222-1(NYC)
10. " Victor 22826# "Goodnight, Sweetheart"# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Ray Noble/James Campbell/Reg Connelly/Russ Columbo 9/10/31 BS-70282-1(NYC)
11. " Victor 22826# Time On My Hands# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Harold Adamson/Mack Gordon/Vincent Youmans/Russ Columbo 9/10/31 BS-70281-1(NYC)
12. " Victor 22867# Prisoner Of Love# # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Leo Robin/Russ Columbo/Clarence Gaskill/Russ Columbo 9/10/31 BS-70283-1(NYC)
13. " Victor 22894# "I Thank You, Mr. Moon"# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Paul Small 31/12/31 BVE-70994-? (Not Conrmed)
14. " Victor 22902# Delicious# # # Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Paul Small 31/12/31 BVE-70996-? (Not Conrmed)
15. " Victor 22902# Somebody From Somewhere# Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra
w/Sylvia Froos 31/12/31 BVE-71211-? (Not Conrmed)
NOTES:
1. Listen to additional Nat Shilkret 78rpms from 1931 here:
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/718/shilkret-california-ramblers-v
February 2014 / 104
February 2014 / 105
Highlights in our next Edition (No.5 - Due out - April 2014)
- Collecting 78rpms - A Personal Journey - Jonathan Holmes
- A Strange British Path - Wes Williams
-
The Missing U.S. Columbia Masterworks Sets - Sam Hopper
-
Jack Hylton and His Orchestra - Nathan Davis
-
British Labels: The Gramophone Company (HMV) 1898-1925 - Wes
Williams
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