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

[David Lennick]

Pity the album numbers aren't in Spottswood, although many of the individual 
records are (obviously not the ones recorded in Hungary etc).

Note to Mike Biel re a comment on ARSClist: The Bagelman (Barry) Sisters are 
indeed on purple label Victor 25-xxxx but those are all reissues from V-9000s 
of the early 40s. They were also on Standard in the mid 40s. And thanks to 
Peter Doyle, I have a most unusual pair of discs issued by Banner in 1950: HMS 
Pinafore in Yiddish, by a New York Hadassah group. Unbreakable! Plays for 22 
minutes! (That's why they made it unbreakable.)

dl

Randy Watts wrote:
> This has been a tough series to gather information on, the earlier releases in particular. They don't appear to have been the most well-publicized albums Victor/RCA Victor put out, but then mainstream America obviously wasn't the target audience for these, anyway.
> 
> Randy
> 
> --- On Sat, 3/6/10, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thank you Han and Randy for this
>> info.  This looks like a truly 
>> fascinating series of albums which have been almost
>> completely 
>> overlooked. I've put both your lists on thus posting but
>> not yet 
>> combined them.  I'd love to find some of then. 
>> The missing numbers 
>> might be even bore exotic.  And thanks to David
>> Burnham who sent me 
>> scans of his copy of S-60 offlist.  It is amazing what
>> is still not yet 
>> documented!
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 
>>
>> Randy Watts wrote:
>>> 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]
>>>    
>> Han Enderman wrote:
>>> There has been no response to Mike Biel's question,
>> therefore here what I know from images collected from ebay.
>>> I have images of covers of Victor S-series Albums:
>>> S-18 (= V-21127-32) = Musica de Rusia (Mexican issue)
>>> S-29 (= 83014-16) = Congas
>>> S-36 (= 83065-67) = Ludovic Lamothe
>>> S-41 (= V-21141 a.o.) = Russian Gypsy Melodies 2
>>> S-49 (= 26-5035 a.o.) = Sidor Belarsky
>>> S-51 = M. Chevalier Returns
>>> S-52 (= 25-5075 a.o.) = Kusevitsky, Cantorial Chants
>> (Canadian issue).
>>> S-18 & 29 as Discos Victor on front; S-36 as
>> Disques Victor;
>>> S-49-52 state International Set.
>>>
>>> Some labels mention the S-number, but possibly some
>> early album issues did not state the album number on the
>> records included.
>>> For ex., Vic 82507 by 'Arabian Girl' is without the
>> album nr on the label but was issued in album Melodias
>> Orientales 
>>> (with nice cover), but I'm not sure this is in the
>> S-series.
>>> Examples of labels stating the album nr are:
>>> 82588 (S-17)
>>> V-21127-30 (S-18)
>>> V-600 (S-22)
>>> 82857 (S-23)
>>> 83013 (S-28)
>>> 83014-16 (S-29)
>>> 83065 (S-36)
>>> 83085-87 (S-35)
>>> 83749 (S-40)
>>> V-21141 (S-41)
>>> 25-5075 (S-52)
>>> Evidently the V-21100 series existed before some were
>> coupled in numbered albums.
>>> Is it known when the designation "International
>> Series" started to appear on records?
>>> I have images of V-710 (Glahe: Hot Pretzels / Beer
>> Barrel Polka) without and with Int.Series stated.
>>> Han Enderman
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