Buenos Aires - International Novelty Orchestra (1925)
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“Buenos Aires” International Novelty Orchestra
Arthur Hall is vocalist
The International Novelty Orchestra plays “Buenos Aires” on Victor 19626, recorded on March 20, 1925.
This ensemble was normally led by Nat Shilkret. However, I've seen sources that cite Jack Shilket (who also conducted ensembles) as the conductor on this,
THIS IS AN EARLY ELECTRIC RECORDING!
The song is by Charles Gilpin.
It was in a show titled Joan of Arc.
The label states, "From the 37th annual production of the Mask and Wig Club (University of Pennsylvania)."
This is the "B" side of an interesting disc. The "A" side medley on Victor 19626 was recorded on March 16, 1925, so this has historic interest as one of the earliest electrical recordings issued by the Victor Talking Machine Company. The "B" side performance, cut four days later, is nearly as early.
Victor was licensed to use the Western Electric system by early 1925 and experimented.
Columbia was experimenting with microphones and the Western Electric process, too, so a race was on!
On March 11, 1925, pianist Olga Stokowski recorded numbers, but they were not released.
Five days later--on March 16--a Mask and Wig Club performance was captured with a microphone. I uploaded that elsewhere. Instead of being stuck in a vault, it reached some homes weeks later though early buyers were unaware of any new process and lacked proper equipment for playing "electric" recordings. Victor issued this electric disc and others without identifying the discs as being different.
This inaugurated Victor's transition from "acoustic" to "electric" recording.
We should not be surprised that no announcement was made that this was a new type of record. The company, not ready to commit itself, was dipping toes in the water of electric recording, issuing a few discs with no publicity, curious about possible responses. A campaign promoting electric recordings would come later.
This disc was not distributed nationally. It may have been available around Pennsylvania only since the Mask and Wig Glee singers had local appeal. The disc is rare. The newspaper of the singers' college announced that the disc was available in April 1925.
In July of 1925, the public could purchase a disc with "electric" recordings of an earlier date (though nothing was said by the company about this at the time)--a 12-inch Victor disc with performances recorded on February 26, 1925, was issued in July of 1925. The 12-inch disc has performances captured very early with a microphone, but the company did not rush the release. The 10-inch disc was issued earlier.
The 12-inch disc is Victor 35753--"A Miniature Concert' by the Eight Popular Victor Artists" with Murray, Burr, Wiedoeft, Banta, Silver, Campbell, Croxton, and Meyer. This was recorded a few weeks earlier than the "Joan of Arkansas" medley but was released months later than the "Joan of Arkansas" item.
Arthur Hall is vocalist
The International Novelty Orchestra plays “Buenos Aires” on Victor 19626, recorded on March 20, 1925.
This ensemble was normally led by Nat Shilkret. However, I've seen sources that cite Jack Shilket (who also conducted ensembles) as the conductor on this,
THIS IS AN EARLY ELECTRIC RECORDING!
The song is by Charles Gilpin.
It was in a show titled Joan of Arc.
The label states, "From the 37th annual production of the Mask and Wig Club (University of Pennsylvania)."
This is the "B" side of an interesting disc. The "A" side medley on Victor 19626 was recorded on March 16, 1925, so this has historic interest as one of the earliest electrical recordings issued by the Victor Talking Machine Company. The "B" side performance, cut four days later, is nearly as early.
Victor was licensed to use the Western Electric system by early 1925 and experimented.
Columbia was experimenting with microphones and the Western Electric process, too, so a race was on!
On March 11, 1925, pianist Olga Stokowski recorded numbers, but they were not released.
Five days later--on March 16--a Mask and Wig Club performance was captured with a microphone. I uploaded that elsewhere. Instead of being stuck in a vault, it reached some homes weeks later though early buyers were unaware of any new process and lacked proper equipment for playing "electric" recordings. Victor issued this electric disc and others without identifying the discs as being different.
This inaugurated Victor's transition from "acoustic" to "electric" recording.
We should not be surprised that no announcement was made that this was a new type of record. The company, not ready to commit itself, was dipping toes in the water of electric recording, issuing a few discs with no publicity, curious about possible responses. A campaign promoting electric recordings would come later.
This disc was not distributed nationally. It may have been available around Pennsylvania only since the Mask and Wig Glee singers had local appeal. The disc is rare. The newspaper of the singers' college announced that the disc was available in April 1925.
In July of 1925, the public could purchase a disc with "electric" recordings of an earlier date (though nothing was said by the company about this at the time)--a 12-inch Victor disc with performances recorded on February 26, 1925, was issued in July of 1925. The 12-inch disc has performances captured very early with a microphone, but the company did not rush the release. The 10-inch disc was issued earlier.
The 12-inch disc is Victor 35753--"A Miniature Concert' by the Eight Popular Victor Artists" with Murray, Burr, Wiedoeft, Banta, Silver, Campbell, Croxton, and Meyer. This was recorded a few weeks earlier than the "Joan of Arkansas" medley but was released months later than the "Joan of Arkansas" item.