There's an excellent article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocalion_Records
about Aeolian Vocalion records; being sold to Brunswick, being
licensed to Warner Bros., to the American Record Company, then purchased
by CBS...eventually landing with EMI.
In an article here: https://sunraarkive.blogspot.com/2008/?m=0 Author
Bill Holland writes:
The vaults of Universal Music Group (500,000 pre-tape and tape items),
EMI/Capitol (250,000 pre-tape and tape items) and PolyGram (275,000
pre-tape and tape items), have also been greatly updated are also held
now at modern, hi-tech storage facilities.
These three companies' holdings form more of a mosaic of both their
older core labels and the absorbed catalogues of smaller companies they
have bought.
Their older labels, such as Universal's Vocalion (1922) (shared with
Sony) and Decca (1934), EMI's Capitol (1942) and Polygram's Mercury
(1947) are also fairly intact. Polygram's vault, by the way, holds the
catalogue of more acquired companies--with more than 70 labels--than any
other major.
above from this link not working:
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2008
Labels Strive to Rectify Past Archival Problems
<https://sunraarkive.blogspot.com/2008/12/labels-strive-to-rectify-past-archival.html?m=0>
http://www.billholland.net/words/vault.html
On 5/30/2017 10:32 AM, Terri Brinegar wrote:
> Hello All,
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> I know that Vocalion archives are not in existence (or haven’t been located), but I would appreciate any information as to the last known whereabouts of their existence. I am researching a minister who recorded on Vocalion from 1927-1931.
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> What do you guys/gals know about Vocalion?
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> Thank you!
>
> Terri Brinegar
> PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology
> University of Florida
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