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

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> 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...?!
> 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.
>
Mine is likewise! All the text on both labels is in English, while both 
sides
have Chinese ideograms below the titles on each side. Since I DON'T
speak/read Chinese, I am guessing these are the titles in Chinese. Oddly
enough, the longer of the two titles shows two Chinese characters; the
shorter one shows six or so...?!

Steven C.  Barr