[78-L] An interesting phonorecord,,,?!

[Malcolm Rockwell]

It's always intrigued me how these Shanghai Victors got to the 
US/Canada. Surely they were not made for export but internal consumption 
within English speaking China?
I've had a little contact with these records. Some of the rarest 
recordings by tau Moe were made for Shanghai Victor c. June 1934. The 
two that I know of are Vi 54769 and an unknown 2nd in the same series.

Aloha Means I Love You b/w Ua Like No A Like - Vi 54769
There's Nothing Else To Do In Malamokalu b/w Samoan Moon - Vi 54???

I believe Bob Brozman has both but he's not releasing any info about 
them. The first one showed up on eBay a few years back and BB paid a 
premium price for it!
As to the two questions:
#1: I doubt it
#2: I don't know
I also don't know how high the series went, numerically. Possibly it 
stayed within the 54700 - 54799 range if they were recorded in Shanghai 
(I'm 95% positive that both the Tau Moe recordings were taken there 
because Moe's touring itinerary supports this).
Mal

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Julian Vein wrote:
> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>   
>> Going through a milk box containing all Victor records...and found this?!
>>
>> It is a copy of Victor 24678 (two Whiteman sides)...whose manufacturer
>> credit is "Victor Recording Company of China" (IIRC) in Shanghai! Virtually
>> ALL the text on the labels is in English...suggesting it was marketed to
>> English-speaking "round-eyed devils" back in 1934, when it was current...?!
>>
>> So...(1) did this subsidiary operation issue ALL the current Victor records
>> as they were issued in the US Of A...or just records expected to sell to
>> what would seem to be an "emigre" English-speaking audience?
>>
>> And, (2)...did Victor's Chinese operation ever record and issue Chinese
>> artists...?!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>> _______________________________________________
>>     
> I have Victor 25191, Tommy Dorsey: "Alone" & "Two Hears Carved On A 
> Lonesome Pine".
>
> Mine says "RCA Victor Co. of China, Shanghai." The label is purple. 
> Apart from the titles the text is in English.
>
>       Julian Vein
>
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