[78-L] Double-sided Zon-O-Phone

[Bryan Wright]

I always assumed that double-sided Zon-O-Phone records from the  
1908-1912 period duplicated material issued on Victor, since Zon-O- 
Phone records were Victor products by this time. However, I've  
recently been trying to track down recording details on one particular  
ZOP disc without much luck.

Zon-O-Phone 5822 features Al Campbell and Arthur Collins singing "That  
Mysterious Rag" on one side and "The Santa Claus Song" by George P.  
Watson on the other. The record isn't included in Ty Settlemier's  
online database. I tried searching for the song titles in the UCSB  
online Victor database and found that Watson recorded "The Santa Claus  
Song" for Victor on 04/30/1907 but I could find no reference to the  
Campbell-Collins duet of "That Mysterious Rag." They recorded it for  
Columbia, but this clearly isn't the Columbia version. If this  
recording is exclusive to the ZOP issue, I'm wondering now if Watson's  
recording on the reverse is also a ZOP exclusive, or is it the same as  
the Victor pressing?

Sutton and Nauck's Record Label Encyclopedia doesn't have much to say  
about the swapping of masters between Victor and Zon-O-Phone during  
the 1908-1912 period. Can anyone provide more details?

Thanks!
Bryan W.