[78-L] Victor S- series (Was: 5 Prayers of Moses)

[Randy Watts]

I don't own the album in question. The information came from a highly incomplete listing of S series albums I compiled while doing some research at the Library of Congress a few years ago. What I know about these is listed below.

Randy

S-5 - MARINA - Orquesta Internacional de Concierto; Eduardo Vigil y Robles, conductor [6 discs: 30069/74]

S-13 - MELODIAS GITANO-HUNGARAS - Various [6 discs: V-11086/91]

S-18 - MUSICA DE RUSIA - Various [6 discs: V-21127/32]

S-19 - MARCHAS MILITARES - Various [6 discs: 82652/57]

S-20 - ROUMANIAN MELODIES - Gregore Dinicu and His Roumanian Gypsy Orchestra [3 discs: V-19024/26]

S-21 - RUSSIAN GYPSY MELODIES - Gypsy Wanderers [3 discs: 21133/35]

S-23 - IMMORTAL TANGOS - Carlos Gardel [6 discs: 82856/82861]

S-25 - JEWISH MELODIES - Molly Picon [3 discs: V-606/8]

S-29 - CONGAS - Various [3 discs: 83014/16]

S-36 - FLEURS D'HAITI - Ludovic Lamothe [5 discs: 83065/69]

S-40 - MEXICANA: SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE, VOL. 1 - Various [4 discs: 83748/51]

S-41 - RUSSIAN GYPSY MELODIES - Various [3 discs: V-21140/42]

S-44 - INTERNATIONAL NIGHT: AN ADVENTURE IN MUSIC - Henri René and His Musette Orchestra [3 discs: 25-0060/62]

S-45 - CONTINENTAL GAIETIES - Various [5 discs: 25-0064/68]

S-46 - VIENNESE NIGHTS - Henri René and His Orchestra [4 discs: 25-0071/74]

S-47 - IN THE "CSARDA": FAMOUS HUNGARIAN GYPSY MELODIES - Alexander Sved with Charles Benci and His Gypsy Orchestra [4 discs: 25-6056/59]

S-48 - GEMS OF THE SYNAGOGUE - Cantor Josef Rosenblatt [3 discs: 38-1020/22]

S-49 - SONGS OF THE STEPPES - Sidor Belarsky [4 discs: 26-5035/38]

S-50 - LATIN-AMERICAN FOLK SONGS - Olga Coelho [3 discs: 26-9018/20)

S-51 - MAURICE CHEVALIER RETURNS - Maurice Chevalier [4 discs: 25-1088/91]

S-52 - CANTORIAL CHANTS - Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky [4 discs: 25-5075/5078]

S-53 - SAMBAS - Various [4 discs: 23-0727/30]

S-54 - WONDER WALTZES - Henri René and His Orchestra [4 discs: 25-0107/10]

S-55 - GYPSY AIRS - Marina Koshetz [3 discs: 26-5039/41]

S-56 - FESTIVAL GEMS - Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky [3 discs: 38-1025/27]

S-57 - CHRISTMAS IN POLAND - Schola Cantorum of SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary; Father Henry Waraksa, conductor [4 discs: 25-9187/90]

S-58 - FELICES PASCUAS: CANCIONES DE NAVIDAD - Pedro Vargas; Henri René, conductor [3 discs: 23-1357/59]

S-59 - LOS GAVILANES - Cast album, featuring Mary Isaura, Trini Avelli, Ricardo Mayrall Eduardo Brito; Gerlabert, conductor [4 discs: 23-1360/63]

S-60 - TEFILOTH MOSHE: PRAYERS OF MOSES - Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky [3 discs: 38-1033/35]

S-62 - FIESTA LIRICA UNIVERSITARIA - Coro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico; Augusto Rodriguez, conductor [2 discs: 23-1446/47]

S-65 - SERENATA - Tres Diamantes [4 discs: 23-5859/62]

--- On Fri, 3/5/10, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> THANK YOU!!!!!!  Where did you find this
> listing?  Do you have it or do 
> you have it listed in a catalog or discography?  I
> have been unable to 
> find a listing for it other than an Israeli CD which seems
> to be sourced 
> from three different recordings from the sound quality and
> 
> instrumentation on the sample clips. 
> 
> Is there a listing of the S series albums?  All I see
> is the Rosenblatt 
> S-48 in the 1948 catalog, and I happen to have that
> album.  I also 
> somewhere have an album by Stephen Wise with broken discs,
> and I suppose 
> it also is in the S series.  And then I also have an
> empty album marked 
> "Victor Library of Recorded Music" which looks to be of a
> type Victor 
> provided for a uniform set of albums shown in a small
> shelving unit in 
> the July 1937 Victor monthly supplement, and a similar
> shelving unit in 
> a G.Schirmer brochure for a post-war September.  I
> thought these albums 
> were unmarked, but the one I have is numbered S-38. 
> 
> Did these albums of uniform design have anything to do with
> the Carnegie 
> Foundation library collection?
> 
> Is there a listing of the S- series?  The 48 catalog
> notes these as 
> International. 
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mvbiel.com
> > --- On Fri, 3/5/10, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Does anybody have any identification
> >> for a 12-inch album set with the 
> >> possible title "5 Prayers of Moses"?  I am
> not sure if
> >> the first place 
> >> is a 5 or 4 or even a letter, or if it is even
> part of the
> >> title.  I do 
> >> not know if it is music or spoken word.  I do
> not know
> >> the label, but 
> >> there might be a catalog number of either 560 or
> S60. 
> >>
> >> It is a spine label of a wrapped album set seen in
> a
> >> photograph from 
> >> around 1950 of Rosemary Clooney in the Commodore
> Record
> >> Shop.  She is 
> >> holding a copy of the 78 set of Billie Holiday on
> >> Commodore, and some of 
> >> the albums on display are 10-inch Commodore
> LPs.  The
> >> bottom shelf has 
> >> 12-inch 78 albums and I can identify each one (and
> I have
> >> most of them!) 
> >> but this one album is still in the factory paper
> wrapper.
> >> The picture is 
> >> on the copyright page of the book about album
> covers "in
> >> the groove" by 
> >> Eric Kohler. 
> >>
> >> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> >>     
> >
> >
> >       
> 
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