[78-L] Vocalion Jewish series

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sat Oct 2 13:45:06 PDT 2010


Brunswick 67001 through 67138 are in that range of pages 1293-1552, so there's 
the answer..from 67139 the series was transferred to Vocalion. There are no 
Brunswicks beyond 67138 in this series.

dl

On 10/2/2010 4:34 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
> More thanks.
> I see now that I have images of several of them (in Voc 14000s).
> Most of these Jewish labels use a font different from other labels in the 14000s
> and have the A/B-side indication connected by a dash with the subsequent catnr,
> for ex. A-14294 / B-14294.
> Possibly from a different printer, or is this a Hebrew dash?
> Examples of popular issues are:
> A 14280 Patrolman Frank Quinn;
> A 14322 / B 14322 Michael Coleman.
> I.e., not Jewish (as in your list), but I now see that these are Irish (Jigs/Reels)
> and therefore are in the Spottswood index.
>
> I have some images of the Br 75000 Jewish series (75002 Olshanetsky&
> 75009 Schwartz). Apparently a selection was made for Vocalion.
>
> But this brings an interesting solution to the other question:
> The Br 67000 series is Jewish. I have images in range 67039-67128.
> Can you give the range for this Br series?
> This will explain if Voc 67139-182 are a copy or a continuation of the Br series.
>
> Han Enderman
> ===
>>>> On 10/2/2010 8:48 AM, Han Enderman wrote:
>> Thanks.
>> A zero at front indicates a 12" record in an otherwise 10" series.
>> I have an image of Voc 013018 (12"), price US $1.25 / Canada $1.50,
>> while adjacent 10" issues are 75c.
>> So 013018 has to be the second "zero" in this series.
>
> Right..and it's the only 0xxxxx in this run (ethnic, that is).
>>
>> With 67139-182 Jewish, what is in this series before 67139?
>
> No idea..not in the Spottswood index.
>
>> I have never seen a 75000 series issue.
>
> 75010-12 duplicate Brunswick 75010-2 and are by Maurice Schwartz. Other
> Schwartz Brunswicks don't seem to be duplicated.
>>
>> The range 14268-14794 is not clear to me. This is in the main popular series
>> (see Ty's ODP) including a few Lebedeffs.
>
> 14268 is Jean Alfred: Hatikvoh and Rosinkes mit Mandlen. (Spelling as per books.)
>
> Jewish records begin on page 1293 and end on page 1552, so I noted any
> numbering series I could see between those pages (I was a bit off in my earlier
> range, below). Here are the 14000s in the Spottswood numerical listing:
>
> 14268
> 14280
> 14294
> 14322
> 14335
> 14360
> 14361
> 14365
> 14379
> 14380
> 14381
> 14396
> 14397
> 14449
> 14452
> 14485
> 14502
> 14521
> 14523
> 14538
> 14548
> 14560
> 14561
> 14567
> 14605
> 14610
> 14618
> 14647
> 14673
> 14699
> 14711
> 14720
> 14742
> 14762
> --last one, as far as I can see. 14794 isn't Jewish..my bad.
>
> dl
>
> On 10/2/2010 8:48 AM, Han Enderman wrote:
>> Thanks.
>> A zero at front indicates a 12" record in an otherwise 10" series.
>> I have an image of Voc 013018 (12"), price US $1.25 / Canada $1.50,
>> while adjacent 10" issues are 75c.
>> So 013018 has to be the second "zero" in this series.
>>
>> With 67139-182 Jewish, what is in this series before 67139?
>> I have never seen a 75000 series issue.
>>
>> The range 14268-14794 is not clear to me. This is in the main popular series
>> (see Ty's ODP) including a few Lebedeffs.
>>
>> Han Enderman
>> ===
>>>>>
>> Spottswood's book lists Jewish recordings from (VERY approximately) page 1200
>> to page 1550 (I said it was very approximate), so Vocalion numbers in that area
>> are in the 13000 and 14000 series, with a few isolated exceptions. 013001 (this
>> seems to be the only one with a zero at the front) and 13002 through 13060 are
>> all in this section, and many of the numbers between 14268 and 14794 are
>> Jewish. Of those shown in the numerical index in Spottswood Vol. 7, maybe 25%
>> in this series are other languages, and there are large gaps (for example
>> between 14322 and 14332) that I guess aren't ethnic at all since they're not
>> listed.
>>
>> And 67139 through 67182 (no gaps) and 75010/12 are Jewish.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 10/1/2010 9:20 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
>>> I have a few Vocalion label images in the range 67153-67180.
>>> All mfd by Br-Balke-Collender and - considering the label type - issued about 1928/1929.
>>> All Jewish; for ex. 67153 Aaron Lebedeff.
>>> Does someone have any info on this series, like its numerical range ?
>>> These images are from 6 records, but I have nothing else in the series.
>>>
>>> Earlier Jewish material appeared in a small 2000 series and in a 13000 series,
>>> both mfd by Aeolian Co. and not continued by Brunswick.
>>>
>>> Han Enderman
>> <<<


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