[78-L] Vi 42106

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Thanks, Han.
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Cameron House, which was built 
by the Cameron family in Olinda, Maui in 1914. It sits halfway up 
Haleakala, Maui's BIG volcano, and was a stopover point for early 
travelers going to view the summit. The house is in great shape. It was 
built well before electricity and lit and fueled by hand compressed 
kerosine. The compressor is like a giant tire hand-pump and had to be 
charged before use. The original lines are still in place throughout the 
house, albeit inoperative, for in-wall kerosine lamps.
There is a collection of some 500 or so records, mostly pre-WW! single 
sided Victor popular and classical stuff, and the Camerons, who still 
own the property, wanted to know its worth. The whole collection covers 
from c. 1904 - c. 1950. The Vi 42106 was one of two Blue label Cantonese 
records.
There was also a nice Victrola open-horn player and a small collection 
of Hawaiian material which I'm digitizing for them.
So thanks very much for filling me in. I will pass it on.
Malcolm

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On 10/14/2011 3:16 AM, Han Enderman wrote:
> There is some useful info on early Chinese Victors, recd in USA&  China, in
> Sherman-Nauck's Victor Guide, p.207-209, with many label ill.
> Here it is reported that 10" 1-sided Cantonese, recd in USA, includes :
> 1769-1789, renumbered 7180-7200 Mme. Chalia&  S.H.Dudley.
> This mx series would date from 1902-1903.
>
> The blue 42000 series label with 4-line patents in Chinese (blue for Cantonese)
> is dated ca. 1909-13.
> I have numerous images of this series, and the 4-line labels are the earliest.
> The next type (not ill. in Sherman-Nauck) is a 3-line patents label, with the patents
> legend in English, and stating Victor Talking Machine Co. Like the previous one,
> it has the name Victor shown on Nipper's grammophone.
> Next type in the series is batwing label.
> Other label colors indicate different dialects (e.g., Amoy white).
>
> han enderman
> ===
>>>> I have recently acquired 10", Blue label, Vi 42106. The Encyclopedic
> Discography of Victor Records at Santa Barbara has no info. All the
> lettering including the copyright data, except for "Chinese Cantonese"&
> "Song with accompaniment", is in Cantonese.
> The numbers int the runouts are 7199 (1788) and 7200 (1789).
> When and where was this recorded and who is the artist?
> Malcolm
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