I have the record, and I sent a cassette of it to David Diehl. Perhaps he
can digitalize it.
Don Chichester
In a message dated 10/8/2012 8:03:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Allan Sutton says the first Victor was earlier:
http://www.mainspringpress.com/vic_minicon.html
I can't find audio of this record anywhere online. If someone knows of a
link or can make one,
please post it.
-- Tom Fine
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From: "Ryan Barna" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 7:08 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Victor's first electrics
Does anyone have solid documentation (for example, an original record list
or advance notice) of
when Victor 19626 by the Mask & Wig Glee Chorus/International Novelty
Orchestra was released? This
could have been the first electrical recording Victor issued. It wasn't
listed in any of the monthly
Victor supplements, and instead of giving a release date, the 1926 Victor
numerical book list the
release as being "issued for the Pacific Coast Trade." Otherwise, the
first documented electrical
Victor releases were 19621 (by Trinity Choir) and 19630 (by Meyer Davis).
Both went on sale May 1,
1925. Nine more electric records were issued May 29, 1925, among them was
the earliest electrical
recording by Victor to be issued (#35753 by the Eight Popular Victor
Artists), and the earliest Red
Seal (#6502 by Alfred Cortot, pianist). -Ryan
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